One Water (TV 2008)

Water is essential to existence. Our bodies require it, as do our souls. It is the stuff of life and death, of sweat and tears, of need and wonder. Water bubbles through our imaginations, ... See full summary »

Directors:

Sanjeev Chatterjee, Ali Habashi

Writer:

Sanjeev Chatterjee

Stars:

The Dalai Lama, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Robert Kennedy Jr.

Cast

Credited cast:
The Dalai Lama	...	Himself
Felipe Fernández-Armesto	...	Himself
Robert Kennedy Jr.	...	Himself
Oscar Olivera	...	Himself
Donna Shalala	...	Herself - Feature Narrator (voice)
Martin Sheen	...	Narrator (voice)
Vandana Shiva	...	Herself

Storyline

Water is essential to existence. Our bodies require it, as do our souls. It is the stuff of life and death, of sweat and tears, of need and wonder. Water bubbles through our imaginations, splashes through our forms of play and winds through the tributaries of human spirituality. Yet, as precious as we know water is, we have treated it as if it were infinite and cheap, which has led to an international crisis of epic proportions. One Water is a film that celebrates all the myriad ways water has touched human lives around the globe and explores our changing relationship to water as it grows ever more perilously scarce. The film leaves audiences with a series of provocative questions that culminate in one that will impact all of our futures: is water a human right or a commodity? Through a starkly emotional journey, the audience is invited to bear witness and encouraged to recognize this major global crisis as his or her very own. Filmed in 15 countries in both hemispheres, One Water ...

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 June 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

L'eau en partage

Company Credits

Production Co:

University of Miami

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min 68 min (feature)

Color:

Color

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