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Irena Salina directs this feature-length documentary about the industry and consumption of humankind's most precious resource: water. As African villages survive on potentially toxic water supplies ou... read more read more...t of sheer necessity, Salina explores how the corporate structure has come to control humanity's water supply, creating a dire situation that experts have come to refer to as the World Water Crisis. With issues of pollution, politics, and human rights all coming to a head with the issue, Salina points the finger at the specific corporate and governmental figures responsible for the crisis, and takes a look at how grassroots organizations work to fight the increasing privatization of water, hoping to end the imbalance in access to the precious resource that has already had mortal consequences for so many. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Irena Salina

Release Date: January 20, 2008

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DVD Release Date: December 9, 2008

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  • iamthethinman
    August 18, 2010
    iamthethinman
    Yep, an eye-opening documentary. I knew a lot of what they showed, but so much more is highlighted. This is another of those films that should be required viewing. As a political documentary, this is spot-on. See it.

    As a documentary, it is a little scattered and probably could ... read morehave dwelled on some points for longer. It might have given a more emotional involvement if it did sit on things for longer. Still, not too much to complain about.
  • kyjeunette
    April 20, 2010
    kyjeunette
    rena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

    Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply wit... read moreh an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

    Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question 'CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?'

    Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.

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John Anderson
October 18, 2008
John Anderson, Variety

All of Salina's interviews and data tell a graphic story about corporate water piracy, the complicity of governments, the burden put on the poor and the scam of bottled water. But she can't quite jam ... Full Review

Kenneth Turan
October 18, 2008
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

As if we didn't have enough to worry about. Full Review

Patricia Hluchy
October 17, 2008
Patricia Hluchy, Toronto Star

Salina's film might have been stronger had it not tried to cover so many water-related issues. But there's no denying its power. Full Review

Jennie Punter
October 17, 2008
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

Flow makes the case against the privatization of water, which is happening in gazillions of impoverished communities around the world, not to mention North American backyards. Full Review

Ty Burr
September 26, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

When filmmaker Irena Salina does marshal the facts, Flow is an eye-opening, troubling 90 minutes that makes us think twice about an element we take for granted. Full Review

G. Allen Johnson
September 19, 2008
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

Salina's film is a very effective primer of an underreported problem. If nothing else, it made me thirsty. Full Review

V.A. Musetto
September 12, 2008
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

I have already stopping buying a bottle a day to bring to the office. Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
September 12, 2008
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Irena Salina's astonishingly wide-ranging film is less depressing than galvanizing, an informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests. Full Review

Joe Neumaier
September 11, 2008
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

Touching on everything from the cost citizens of poor countries pay for water to corporate hoodwinking in the bottled-water business, Flow makes you thirsty for more information Full Review

Vadim Rizov
September 10, 2008
Vadim Rizov, Village Voice

One of those charming little documentaries that make you question whether the human race is really worth preserving. Full Review

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