Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)

Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private ... See full summary »

Director:

Sam Bozzo

Writers:

Maude Barlow (book), Sam Bozzo (narration),

Stars:

Jim Olson, Tony Clarke, Maude Barlow

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Olson	...	Himself - Environmental Attorney
Tony Clarke	...	Himself - Author
Maude Barlow	...	Herself - Author
Octavio Rosas Lando	...	Himself - CASIFOP
Eduardo Hernando Halez	...	Himself - Mexico City Water Works Union
Robert Glennon	...	Himself - Author
Ryan Schwebach	...	Himself - New Mexico Farmer
Michael Kravcik	...	Himself
Vandana Shiva	...	Herself - Author
Peter Warshall	...	Himself (as Dr. Peter Warshall)
Helen Sarakinos	...	Herself
Wenonah Hauter	...	Herself
Kyang Hae Lee	...	Himself (archive footage)
Clair Muller	...	Herself - Atlanta City Council
Oliver Hoedmann	...	Himself

Storyline

Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Can the human race survive?

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Plot Keywords:

color in title

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Taglines:

You cannot make peace with thirsty people.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 January 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Blue Gold: Life for Sale

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Purple Turtle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sam Bozzo won the camera he used to shoot this film when his short film Holiday on the Moon won the TriggerStreet.com Film Festival. Kevin Spacey presented Sam the camera at the Toronto Film Festival and said "Go make another film". 'Blue Gold' is the result.

User Reviews

BLUE GOLD FILM Screened 19-March-2009 Cavite Economic Zone Cavite Philippines

This film Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)serves as a caution for all of us, it's the time to conserve our water in our daily lives. We need to fight to our right to water. To the Philippine Government its a wake-up call to create laws or to strictly implement our existing laws concerning water conservation. We need to find ways to re-build the sources of water. This film shown the importance of waters, its limited. So lets start to share this thing to our family, to our friends, to all the people around us.

To those who make this film, we thanked you, we learned a lot. We are here to support your mission.