Film: Thirst

[LeslieMoyer]

Is water a human right or a commodity to be bought and sold in the global marketplace?  For a look into this question, come join Sustainable Tulsa and Films for Thought at the Nightingale for the screening and discussion of Thirst.

Thirst
Monday, February 20 at 7:00pm
Nightingale Theatre
1416 E. Fourth St.

The event is free and open to the public, but donations for the use of the space will be gladly accepted.  For more information call Keeshi @ 808-7713.

More About the Film . . .
Thirst vividly documents the global resistance to water privatization. Centered by footage from the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, the film parallels stories from Cochabamba, Bolivia, Rajasthan, India and Stockton, California.

This is the first film that deals directly with the global corporate drive to privatize water resources — a worldwide threat to public health, welfare and trust. Narratives in the film look at corporate takeovers of municipal water utilities, the perverse commercialization of bottled water, and bulk water sales and transfers.

The central story in Thirst takes place in Stockton, California. Mayor Gary Podesto proposes to give control of the water system to a consortium of global water corporations. He is surprised by the reaction as Stockton residents create a new grassroots coalition to demand a say in the decision.