| 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm |
Film: "Tapped" University Center: Room 275A |
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a
commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce?
Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big
business of bottled water.
From the
producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely documentary
is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry
that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become
a commodity: our water.
From the plastic
production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring
documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities
which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives
affected by the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those
caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water.