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    Blue Gold: World Water Wars

    • 20082008
    • Not RatedNot Rated
    • 1h 30min
    IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    1.2K
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    Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)
    Documentary

    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 investor... Read allWars 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, la... Read allWars 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 civilization... Read all

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    • Director
      • Samuel Vartek
    • Writers
      • Maude Barlow(book)
      • Tony Clarke(book)
      • Samuel Vartek(narration)
    • Stars
      • Jim Olson
      • Tony Clarke
      • Maude Barlow
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Samuel Vartek
    • Writers
      • Maude Barlow(book)
      • Tony Clarke(book)
      • Samuel Vartek(narration)
    • Stars
      • Jim Olson
      • Tony Clarke
      • Maude Barlow
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    • 16User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins

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    Jim Olson
    Jim Olson
    • Self - Environmental Attorneyas Self - Environmental Attorney
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    Tony Clarke
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    Maude Barlow
    Maude Barlow
    • Self - Authoras Self - Author
    Octavio Rosas Lando
    Octavio Rosas Lando
    • Self - CASIFOPas Self - CASIFOP
    Eduardo Hernando Halez
    Eduardo Hernando Halez
    • Self - Mexico City Water Works Unionas Self - Mexico City Water Works Union
    Robert Glennon
    Robert Glennon
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    Ryan Schwebach
    Ryan Schwebach
    • Self - New Mexico Farmeras Self - New Mexico Farmer
    Michael Kravcik
    Michael Kravcik
    • Selfas Self
    Vandana Shiva
    Vandana Shiva
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    Peter Warshall
    Peter Warshall
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Dr. Peter Warshall)
    Helen Sarakinos
    Helen Sarakinos
    • Selfas Self
    Wenonah Hauter
    Wenonah Hauter
    • Selfas Self
    Kyang Hae Lee
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    • (archive footage)
    Clair Muller
    Clair Muller
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    Oliver Hoedmann
    • Selfas Self
    Raymond Aurillier
    Raymond Aurillier
    • Selfas Self
    Harry Ott
    Harry Ott
    • Selfas Self
    Daniel Vermeer
    Daniel Vermeer
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    • Director
      • Samuel Vartek
    • Writers
      • Maude Barlow(book)
      • Tony Clarke(book)
      • Samuel Vartek(narration)
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    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? —Sam Bozzo
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      • It's not the money. It's the power.
    • Genre
      • Documentary
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      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      Samuel Vartek won the camera he used to shoot this film when his short film Holiday on the Moon (1994) 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.
    • Quotes

      Wenonah Hauter: In the U.S., the largest amount of groundwater is being used for agriculture. And you really have to deal with agriculture to solve our water problems.

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    10/10
    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.
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    • Mar 19, 2009

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    • Release date
      • January 16, 2010 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blue Gold: Life for Sale
    • Filming locations
      • Brazil
    • Production company
      • Purple Turtle Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30min
    • Color
      • Color

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