Documentary
The idea is simple - bring saltwater into the desert -evaporate it by means of the sun and create freshwater, food and energy in desert areas, thus creating the potential to change the lives of millions. But it's 50 degrees in the sun and it seems that every drop of fresh water requires a drop of sweat.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
We Feed the World
Gimme Green
You've Been Trumped Too
Kiss the Ground
Plunder
Living Water
Let's Look at Water
Killing the Colorado
Thirst: Mission Liberia
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
River's End: California's Latest Water War
Efter floden
Yakuaya, la esencia del agua
Okavango: A Flood of Life
A Thirsty World
Zentralasiens Kampf ums Wasser
Water and the Dream of the Engineers
Pražský vodovod
The Water Cycle
L'Iran à court d'eau
SIMILAR MOVIES
We Feed the World
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2005
A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming. A must-see for anyone interested in the true cost of the food on their plate.Gimme Green
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2007
Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop-the lawn.You've Been Trumped Too
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2016
A timely film exploring the confrontation between a feisty 92-year-old Scottish widow and her family and a billionaire trying to become the most powerful man in the world.Kiss the Ground
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2020
Sheds light on an alternative approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.Plunder
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2020
Iranian people’s water requirements are mostly depending on groundwater, though these sources are swiftly ending and the farmers are overusing millions of cubic meters of water annually. This documentary shows the tragedy of progressive depletion of groundwater resources in Iran in the past 50 years. While analyzing the water managements in past decades, we will see the environmental and social losses of such plunder, like land subsidence and migration of more than 11 million Iranians to suburbs of megacities.Living Water
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2020
Let's Look at Water
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1947
This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all parts of the city with water is also illustrated, as is the safeguarding of water supplies on trains, ships and aircrafts.Killing the Colorado
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2016
The drought in the American West is predicted to be the worst in 1,000 years. Join five Academy Award-winning filmmakers as they explore the environmental crisis of our time and how to fix it before it's too late.Thirst: Mission Liberia
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2014
Follow Dr. Todd Phillips though the Ebola - stricken jungles of Liberia as he and his team struggle to bring the Gospel and clean water to an entire nation - border to border - for the first time in history.Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1997
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries.River's End: California's Latest Water War
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2021
A documentary that reveals California's complex struggle over who gets fresh water, and how moneyed interests game the system. Constant battling over uncertain water supplies heralds an impending crisis—not just in California, but around the world.Efter floden
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2019
Yakuaya, la esencia del agua
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2012
Yaku: water; aya: essence, blood. Yakuaya is a non-verbal documentary about the descent of water and life that follows the journey of a drop of water from its birth on a glacier until its arrival at the sea. Along the way, water influences the life of a peasant, locks himself in the rhythm of a bottling factory, brings people together in the city, transforms the life of a woman, leads a river navigator, awakens hope in a desert and welcomes the innocence of two children in the sea.Okavango: A Flood of Life
IMDB 9 | Feb , 2021
A great flood arrives in a desert kingdom, transforming a dustbowl into a vast and lush wetland, in one of the most diverse habitats on earth. This breath-taking blue-chip natural history film is a journey through Okavango’s seasons, seen through the eyes of an indigenous River Bushman. Our storyteller guides us through the course of Okavango’s flood and into a savage drought, interweaving intimate and spectacular wildlife stories. The arrival and disappearance of precious water determines the destiny of the millions of animals that call Okavango home. For many, the flood is a lifeline. For others, it brings the greatest challenges. Everyone lives or dies by this epic event. It is the heartbeat of the Kalahari.A Thirsty World
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2012
Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet.Zentralasiens Kampf ums Wasser
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2015
Water and the Dream of the Engineers
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1983
Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastructure throughout the USA.Pražský vodovod
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1948
The Water Cycle
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1972
An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.L'Iran à court d'eau
IMDB 8 | May , 2018