Living Water
Oct 29, 2020 | IMDB 0
77 min Watch NowDocumentary
The vibration of machines echoes across the desert. Ever since Jordanian nomads settled in the spectacular landscape of Wadi Rum, they grew dependent on complex water infrastructure. The source is right below their feet, yet they struggle to meet basic needs. In the meantime, deep water extraction feeds private large-scale farms, animates visionary development and secures growing urban population. Bedouins, farmers and city dwellers: they all expect to have a fair share, but digging for “blue gold” unleashes environmental time-bomb. The story of power, exploitation and changing ecological circumstances in one of the most water-poor countries in the world.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Gimme Green
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
A Thirsty World
Kiss the Ground
Okavango: A Flood of Life
Killing the Colorado
There Will Be Water
Water and the Dream of the Engineers
Plunder
Efter floden
83 and Alone: Bhutan's Water Crisis
Saving the Dead Sea
Soylent Green
The Ice Pirates
Woman in the Dunes
Save Your Water Supply
The Lighthorsemen
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
The Warrior and the Sorceress
The Devil Has a Name
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Gimme Green
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2007
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 1997
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IMDB 7 | Mar , 2012
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IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 2020
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IMDB 9 | Feb , 2021
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IMDB 6 | Aug , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1983
Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastructure throughout the USA.Plunder
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2020
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IMDB 8 | Aug , 2019
83 and Alone: Bhutan's Water Crisis
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2019
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IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 1973
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IMDB 5.6 | Mar , 1984
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IMDB 8.2 | Feb , 1964
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 1954
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IMDB 6 | Sep , 1987
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IMDB 4.2 | Mar , 1947
Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.The Warrior and the Sorceress
IMDB 4.2 | Sep , 1984
The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight incessantly for control of the village's only well. Kain sees his opportunity and announces that his sword is for hire... but his eyes stay clearly on the beautiful captive sorceress Naja, and his newly awakened purpose.The Devil Has a Name
IMDB 5.3 | Aug , 2019
An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.