FLOW

Irena Salina’s cautionary documentary is determined to stir things up. Water, the quintessence of life, sustains every creature on Earth. The time has come when we can no longer take this precious resource for granted. Unless we effect global change, impoverished nations could be wiped from the planet. Roused by a thirst for survival, people around the world are fighting for their birthright. Under the cover of darkness, African plumbers secretly reconnect shantytown water pipes to ensure a community’s survival. A California scientist exposes toxic public water supplies. A “water guru” promotes community-based initiatives to provide water throughout India. The CEO of a billion-dollar water company argues for privatization as the wave of the future. A Canadian author pops the cork on bottled water, unveiling the disturbing realities that drive profits in the global water business. Flow: For Love of Water is an inspired, yet disturbingly provocative, wake-up call. The future of our planet is drying up rapidly. Focusing on pollution, human rights, politics, and corruption, filmmaker Salina constructs an exceptionally articulate profile of the precarious relationship uniting human beings and water. While each community’s challenges are unique, the message is universal--the time to turn the tide is now. --© Sundance Film Festival

Friday, 09/12 Panel Discussion (after 7:30PM screening)
Steven Starr, Producer of FLOW
Renee Maas, Food & Water Watch
Susan LaSalle, Corporate Accountability
Paula Daniels, Los Angeles Commissioner of Public Works

Saturday, 09/13 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Miguel Luna, Urban Semillas

Saturday, 09/13 Panel Discussion (after 7:30PM screening)
Steven Starr, Producer of FLOW
David Nahai, Los Angeles Department Of Water & Power
Heal The Bay Speaker TBD

Sunday, 09/14 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Steve Fleischli, Waterkeeper Alliance

Sunday, 09/14 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)
Tom Ford, Santa Monica Baykeeper

Monday, 09/15 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)


Tuesday, 09/16 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)


Wednesday, 09/17 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)
Pearl Abarca, Engineers Without Borders
Nick Fontaine, Engineers Without Borders