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Brave Blue World

  • 20192019
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Brave Blue World (2019)
Brave Blue World is a documentary that paints an optimistic picture of how humanity is adopting new technologies and innovations to re-think how water is managed.
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Brave Blue World is a documentary that paints an optimistic picture of how humanity is adopting new technologies and innovations to re-think how water is managed.Brave Blue World is a documentary that paints an optimistic picture of how humanity is adopting new technologies and innovations to re-think how water is managed.Brave Blue World is a documentary that paints an optimistic picture of how humanity is adopting new technologies and innovations to re-think how water is managed.

IMDb RATING
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779
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  • Directors
    • Tim Neeves
    • Alexander Whittle
  • Writers
    • Steven Goldsmith(script writer)
    • Aoife H Kelleher(scriptwriter)
    • Tim Neeves(scriptwriter)
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Matt Damon
    • Jaden Smith
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  • Directors
    • Tim Neeves
    • Alexander Whittle
  • Writers
    • Steven Goldsmith(script writer)
    • Aoife H Kelleher(scriptwriter)
    • Tim Neeves(scriptwriter)
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Matt Damon
    • Jaden Smith
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    • 26User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Brave Blue World (2019)
    Thomas Williams, Alexander Whittle, and Jaden Smith in Brave Blue World (2019)
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    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • Narratoras Narrator
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Self - Co-Founder Water.Orgas Self - Co-Founder Water.Org
    Jaden Smith
    Jaden Smith
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    Sanmit Ahuja
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    Tina Arrowood
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    Evalyne Ayoti
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    Vedika Bhandarkar
    • Selfas Self…
    Hans-Ulrich Buchholz
    • Selfas Self…
    Craig Criddle
    • Selfas Self…
    Glen Daigger
    • Selfas Self…
    Patrick Decker
    • Selfas Self…
    Michael Flynn
    • Selfas Self…
    S. Govindraju
    • Selfas Self…
    Jay Iyengar
    • Selfas Self…
    Peter Holme Jensen
    • Selfas Self…
    Linda Kampschreur
    • Selfas Self…
    Paula Kehoe
    • Selfas Self…
    Beth Koiji
    • Selfas Self…
    • Directors
      • Tim Neeves
      • Alexander Whittle
    • Writers
      • Steven Goldsmith(script writer) (scriptwriter)
      • Aoife H Kelleher(scriptwriter)
      • Tim Neeves(scriptwriter)
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    Brave Blue World is a documentary exploring the exciting new technologies and innovations that have the potential to solve the world's water crisis. The film highlights scientific and technological advancements that have been taking place, often behind the scenes, to ensure the world's population has access to clean water and safe sanitation services and the environment is protected. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, Brave Blue World features scientists, engineers and activists from around the world, including Matt Damon, who co-founded global non-profit Water.org, and Jaden Smith, co-founder of non-profit 501CThree, which is providing water filtration systems to communities in Flint, Michigan.
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    2/10
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    I am a chemist, engineer, and water resource scientist. While I'm always happy to see a documentary raise awareness of water availability/quality issues, this documentary has a number of issues of its own.

    First of all, the so-called 'solutions' being offered by its sprawling list of do-gooder celebrities are not innovative, novel, or sustainable. They're well-proven technologies putting temporary band-aids on deep sociopolitical problems for the sake of making their celebrity sponsors feel good.

    Second, the film has a number of corporate sponsors. As a result, it failed to touch on some very real issues with the way we currently treat water. For example, Reverse Osmosis is disgustingly inefficient. It wastes about half the water it treats. It also absolute munches through power, and the waste stream from RO is a concentrated pollutant being shot back into the environment. But Suez, one of the sponsors, is a major player in RO and membrane desalination. So that got glossed over.

    Third, it perpetuates the myth of a straight-up bogus technology. Humidity-condensers are not viable products. They've been debunked over and over and over again. The thermodynamics of converting whatever small amount of moisture is in the air to drinking water are enormous. And other than that lone instance of local innovation, the rest of the documentary reeks of western-savior complex.

    This documentary is mental candy. Replaces real nutrition, and is bad for your teeth (from all the clenching).
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    • chemgurl
    • Oct 29, 2020

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • film website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vidunderlige blå Verden
    • Production companies
      • BlueTech Research
      • Brave Blue World Foundation
      • Prospect Arts
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      • $400,000 (estimated)
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      50 minutes
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