Thirst: Ask the Filmmakers
Doug from California asks: I grew up in the Central Valley of California near Stockton, and now use a similar utility that is going through discussions of privatization. My question is the following:...
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Dear Viewer, We had heard some crazy stories about water: Corporations wanted to drag polar ice caps to the Middle East for profit. An entrepreneur wanted to suck water from two wild California rivers...
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Thirst: Filmmaker Interview
POV: What lead you to make this film? What did you find compelling about the story of water? Alan Snitow: We wanted a story that linked the global and the local. We were pulled to the privatization of...
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Thirst: Filmmaker Bios
Alan Snitow produced and directed Thirst, Secrets of Silicon Valley (PBS/Independent Lens, 2001) and Blacks and Jews (Sundance Film Festival, PBS/POV, 1997). Snitow was a news producer at KTVU-TV, the...
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Thirst: Essay: Holy Water
Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive. The water I will draw tomorrow from my tap in Malibu is today crossing the Mojave Desert...
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Thirst: Case Studies: Harvesting Water from the Sky
Rainwater Harvesting Fog Catchers Rainwater Harvesting Rainwater Harvesting Years of plundering the Aravallis forest to the north of Rajasthan, India brought short-term wealth to its owners but...
View ArticleThirst: Primer
“Food and water are basic rights. But we pay for food. Why should we not pay for water?” — Ismail Serageldin at the Second World Water Forum, The Hague “Water should not be privatized, commodified,...
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Thirst: Essay: California and Common Sense
A great debate has emerged across the country about the current tendency toward privatization of water utilities — the shift from non-profit, public-owned water utilities to for-profit,...
View ArticleThirst: Film Update
The water conflicts portrayed in Thirst have continued and intensified since the end of filming in September, 2003. STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA In Stockton, the Citizens Coalition, Sierra Club, and League of...
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Thirst: Film Description
Population growth, pollution, and scarcity are turning water into “blue gold,” the oil of the 21st century. Global corporations are rushing to gain control of this dwindling natural resource, producing...
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