Synopsis
An inspired, yet disturbingly provocative, wake-up call: our life-giving water is a resource in peril across the planet.
The film highlights a global crisis on water politics, pollution and human rights and warns that water, the quintessence of life and our most precious resource, can no longer be taken for granted. Unless we effect global change, impoverished nations could be wiped from the planet and by their thirst for survival, people across the planet are fighting for their birthright.
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Press
"Critically important, global in scope."
Variety
"Crisply-packaged and beautifully photographed…Salina is certainly able to put across the inarguable proposition that the world is facing a water crisis in the near future or even present…Salina, a onetime French radio journalist, seems at her most surefooted when detailing the minutiae of stories like this."
Film Critic
"“Flow” is an eye-opening, troubling 90 minutes that makes us think twice about an element we take for granted."
Boston
"Less depressing than galvanizing, an informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests…Naming names and identifying culprits, “Flow” is designed to awaken the most somnolent consumer. At the very least it should make you think twice before you take that (unfiltered) shower."
The New York Times
"Quietly apocalyptic…smartly done."
LA Times
"A wake up call to safeguard the planet’s most essential resource…the film’s concerns are difficult to dismiss."
Hollywood Reporter
"‘Flow’: A Crisis Made Clear…heartbreaking and infuriating."
The Washington Post
"Infuriating and incredible…if you get the chance, see this film."
Boing Boing
"In Irena Salina’s impassioned wakeup call, water is vanishing at alarming rates, and what’s left of it is being soiled, bottled and trafficked by conglomerate buccaneers at the cost of human lives. The commoditization of the elements is the main target of the film’s outrage, and Salina provides an international tour of aquatic terrors."
Slant Magazine
"Deeply unsettling…raises some uneasy questions about commodification of natural resources and the public good that are worth thinking about."
Philadelphia Weekly
Festivals
& Awards
Sundance Film Festival
Documentary Competition
Rome International Film Festival
Vail Film Festival
Winner of Best Documentary
Mumbai International Film Festival
International Jury Prize
United Nations Association Film Festival
Winner Best Documentary
Cast & Crew
Bill Alexander | |
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Maude Barlow | |
Basil Bold | |
Shelly Brime | |
Anthony Burgmans | |
Kent Butler |
Director | Irena Salina |
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Producer | Steven Starr |
Executive Producer | Stephen Nemeth |
Co-Producers | Gill Holland, Yvette Tomlinson |
Cinematography | Pablo de Selva, Irena Salina |
Editor | Caitlin Dixon, Madeleine Gavin, Andrew Mondshein |
Music | Christophe Julien |
Sound | Ken Hahn |