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Originally Posted by Dan02
And yes with this critique i am saying I could/can make a better documentary on water issues facing the planet, but i lack the political motivation and there just isn't the financial incentive for me so it won't be happening.
Overall the documentary gets a D- for attempting alarmism instead of actually getting it right.
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You should make a documentary on the subject, sounds like you've already done the research. If the UN's number of 30 billion is so funny that you doubled over in laughter, send then an E Mail and tell them the real numbers.
I'm puzzled as to why you would go on such a rant against this film.
Just because you could produce a much better film doesn't give you the right to blast the producers of this film. I'm sure the producers of the film put a lot of time effort and money to get this documentary and it's message "out there" and I assume their motives were not driven by greed since most of these loose money.
Since your in the movie business I looked this up for you,(means nothing to me) IMDb rates it a 7.5/10. It was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and won Best Documentary at the Vail Film Festival and it did loose money.
I find it disgusting that we as a society spend $100 billion yr. on bottled water but can't provide the poor with a cheap filter or basic water treatment.
It's ironic your mention that people should get their water out of the Elbow River reminded me of that news story last summer about the lack of male fish in the river.
Apparently the chemicals/pollution in the water are turning male fish into female fish
Some Fun Facts
3/10th of 1% of all the world's water is usable by humans.
17% of the world's population lack access to clean drinking water.
This is improved from 22% in 1990.
About 1 billion people lack access to safe clean drinking water.
The UN Children's Fund reports that over 1.2 billion people who were without access to safe water in 1990
now have it.
37% of the world's population lack access to water for basic hygiene.
Households without plumbing spend on average 90 minutes a day hauling water for family needs.
Women, usually responsible for hauling water when plumbing is absent,
on average carry 45 pounds of water at a time.
4,700 died on average every day in 2005 - mostly children under 5 - due to lack of clean potable water.
Every 8 seconds a child dies from a water-borne disease.
I made an effort to get the "Waves for Water" filter some attention and I guess your attack helped by bumping the thread, so thanks, feel free to carry on.
