Tiffany Tong
October 16th, 2008
Film Review
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Water is essential to life. There is no argument; water is a defining characteristic when we look for signs of life. Blue Gold: World Water Wars is directed by Sam Bozzo and based on the book “Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water.” The documentary sets off with the memoir of an explorer who survived seven days in the desert without water. He was literally “running dry of blood.” We are reminded that water issues affect all directly, whether rich or poor. Thus, the documentary argues, water is a human right; privatization will always harm the interests of the public. Corporate control of the essence of life is absurd.