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This is an insightful, wide-ranging documentary about how water is becoming the new oil, mined for profit by corporate interests. FLOW also delves into how pollution is affecting worldwide clean water supplies and how "under the radar" the issue has become.

FLOW is a vital wake-up call that reminds us how we cannot live without water and that companies have figured out that there is a profit to be made in that fact, on the one hand, and other businesses have paid little heed to the toxic impact that their byproducts have on our water supply.

Just released in DVD form at the end of 2008, this is a mind-opening documentary that should help bring this vital issue to the forefront it deserves.

From an online reviewer:

There's a battle going on for the source of life, water. Our corporate media isn't saying much about it, but across the globe citizens are struggling against transnational corporations like Nestle and Vivendi which are seizing the dwindling fresh water supplies. It's an absolutely critical topic that this film explains in an informative and inspiring fashion. "Flow" takes us to Bolivia Cochabamba!: Water War in Bolivia, South Africa, India Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit, Michigan and beyond; and introduces us to the people who are being harmed by corporate tyrannies that are claiming the water of their land. Big businesses are making a fortune as they pollute or divert water supplies, or bottle it for sale at prices that the world's poor cannot afford.

People in the wealthy nations may feel they are immune from this crisis, but they too are being ripped off by the bottled water racket and poisoned by the continuing toxification of water with synthetic chemicals Toxic Legacy: Synthetic Toxins in the Food, Water and Air of American Cities.

"Flow" features many heroes we don't yet know the names of, like Vandana Shiva and Maude Barlow; but we are fortunate they have been slowing the march of the corporate fundamentalists The Corporation. People concerned about health and justice will want to contribute to the cause of water rights for humans, not for CEOs. Buying and sharing this film is a great first step. Subscribing to magazines like Onearth also helps, as the Natural Resources Defense Council is featured in this film due to the research and litigation they've been advancing on this and so many other pressing environmental issues.

Parts of this film will anger the viewer, but that mood is a natural and necessary part of the process toward social change.

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