About Water: People and Yellow Cans

Name: Über Wasser: Menschen und gelbe Kanister
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2007-02-23
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.2

Original title: Über Wasser: Menschen und gelbe Kanister

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About Water: People and Yellow Cans (2007)

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'He who wants water must be prepared to kill for it' an old Arab saying goes. At the beginning of the 21st century water, the ancient source of life, already is in short supply all over the ... Read all'He who wants water must be prepared to kill for it' an old Arab saying goes. At the beginning of the 21st century water, the ancient source of life, already is in short supply all over the world. From the heart of Africa to the Aral Sea in the Kazakh steppe the film portrays dif... Read all'He who wants water must be prepared to kill for it' an old Arab saying goes. At the beginning of the 21st century water, the ancient source of life, already is in short supply all over the world. From the heart of Africa to the Aral Sea in the Kazakh steppe the film portrays different people's lives and their struggle for water and survival.

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Director
- Udo Maurer
Writers
- Michael Glawogger(concept)
- Udo Maurer(idea)
- Ursula Sova(concept)

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

Top review

Ambitious documentary.

This protracted documentary has theatrical standard filming and a significant subject going for it, battling a reluctance to trim it's material to a length any but the most determined film festival subscriber will support.

In three Third World locations, too much or too little water creates misery. Bangladeshishis move their corrugated iron homes out of the path of land-eroding floods. Kazahks live on a dried up sea bed and, in Nairobi,getting drums of water from unreliable tap proprietors bears down on the slum people.

Good colour and a nice score. Captions in place of commentary.

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