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Environment Water Community Solution Exchange for the Water Environment Water Community Solution Exchange for the Water Community Consolidated Reply Query: Films on Water Related Issues – Examples; Referrals Compiled by Pankaj Kumar S., Resource Person and Ramya Gopalan, Research Associate 18 April 2007 From Nitya Jacob, Writeshop Infotech Private Limited, New Delhi Posted 20 March 2007 I work for the Writeshop Infotech Private Limited, an organization providing communication design and documentation support to various stakeholders in the development sector. In the recent Visioning Workshop of the Water Community, one of the suggestions was to set up a resource centre with water-related information. This does not exist at the moment. I would like to suggest that we begin with films, as this is a specific sort of information that can be collected and made available both online and offline. I request members to share information on water-related films that they have made or that they know about. The topics could cover any of the following broad areas in the water sector: • Drinking water– access, quality, equity, technology, urban/rural governance, good practices, etc. • Water resources– sustainability, access, water harvesting, governance, policy issues, Groundwater, policy analysis, impact of globalization and privatisation, etc. • Sanitation– need, gaps, lack of access, emerging methods and technologies, integrating with rural and urban settlements, problems in scaling up, etc. • Water Quality– chemical and bacteriological contamination due to industries, water-logging, excessive groundwater extraction, unsafe waste disposal practices, etc. • Success stories- in above spheres, which have been documented on film Members are requested to please provide the following information: • Name of film, Director, Producer, duration, language, theme/subject (3 to 4 lines), year of production, location of production, etc. • Members may also share any proforma they may have designed for recording and storing information on these films systematically. • The information may also include names of agencies that support filmmaking on water-related issues. This listing will help us develop a compendium of films on water that we will share with all members, and which will help us spread awareness and water literacy among various stakeholders. Responses were received, with thanks, from 1. N. K. Agarwal, Geological Survey of India (GSI), Dehradun 2. Padma S. Vankar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur 3. Vijay Krishna, Arghyam, Bangalore 4. Saugat Ganguly, Gamana, Hyderabad 5. S. Damodaran, WaterPartners International India Liaison Office, Tiruchirappalli 6. R. Srikanth, WaterAid India, New Delhi 7. Divyang Waghela, Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO), Gandhinagar 8. Anand Rudra, USAID- India, New Delhi 9. Umesh Varma, Gamana, Hyderabad 10. Sarah Figge, UNDP, New Delhi 11. Sajan Venniyoor, UNESCO, New Delhi 12. Anjal Prakash, WaterAid India, New Delhi 13. Mrinalinee Vanarase, IORA for Environmental Solutions, Pune (Response 1; Response 2) 14. V. Kurian Baby, Socio-Economic Unit Foundation, Consultancy and GIS Division, Thrissur 15. Kumar Tiku, UNDP, New Delhi 16. Sanjay Barnela, Moving Images, New Delhi* 17. Prema Gera, UNDP, New Delhi 18. Apoorva Mishra, Knowledge Networking for Rural Development in Asia/Pacific Region (ENRAP), New Delhi* 19. Nimmi Chauhan, Drishti - Media, Arts and Human Rights, Ahmedabad* 20. Satish Vangal, UNDP, New York* 21. Siddharth Pillai, Bangalore Film Society, Bangalore* 22. Jo Scheuer, UNDP, New Delhi* * Offline Contributions Further contributions are welcome! Summary of Responses In response to the query, seeking information on water-related films to develop a compendium of films on water to spread awareness on water related issues and increase water literacy among various stakeholders, members recommended a number of national and international films on a range of themes- drinking water, water resources, sanitation, livelihoods etc. The Recommended Documentation section contains the details on the specific films mentioned by members. In addition, respondents listed several organizations involved in the making thematic films on water. Several websites and portals highlighting films on water were also mentioned, the Recommended Portals and Information Bases section contains details. Related Resources Recommended Documentation From Saugat Ganguly, Gamana, Hyderabad Waterworks India: Four Engineers and a Manager Centre for Science and Environment; 22 minutes; in English http://csestore.cse.org.in/Store1.asp?currentpage=3&sec_id=4&subsec_id=14 Award-winning English film is a homage to five barefoot Indian rural engineers who have kept alive tradition of water harvesting. Changing Currents - Plumbing the Rights Part 1 Centre for Science and Environment; 26 minutes; in English http://csestore.cse.org.in/Store1.asp?currentpage=3&sec_id=4&subsec_id=14 Film documents local communities from India and South Africa focusing on the issue of water as a common property and a right that is indistinguishable from the right to life Wastewater in Urban Agriculture in Hyderabad International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Directed: Stephanie Buechelar, Gayathri Devi and Rama Devi; 22 minutes To avail of a copy contact IWMI at http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ Documentary film on the use of wastewater in urban agricultural settings of Hyderabad Partners in Action (“Lok ji Vani”) (from Divyang Waghela, Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO), Gandhinagar, Gujarat) Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO); 24 minutes; in English and Gujarati http://www.wasmo.org/eng/resource.shtm Film captures experiences of WASMO implementing a community based water supply programme, includes success stories showing the process and work in earthquake affected areas of Kutch, Gujarat Chaliyar... The Final Struggle (from Umesh Varma, Gamana, Hyderabad) Under Construction: A Distribution Initiative for Independent Films; Director: C. Saratchandran and P. Baburaj; 1999; 35 minutes; in Hindi, English subtitles http://www.magiclanternfoundation.org/uc_filmlist.htm#Chaliyar Illustrates a river, her people and a factory that gobbles all the precious natural resources and pollutes the land and lives; English (subtitled), Hindi, 35 minutes The Bitter Drink (“Kaippu Neeru”) (from Umesh Varma, Gamana, Hyderabad and Sajan Venniyoor, UNESCO, New Delhi) Under Construction: A Distribution Initiative for Independent Films; Directors: P. Baburaj and C. Saratchandran; 2003; 26 minutes; in Malayalam, English subtitles http://www.magiclanternfoundation.org/uc_filmlist.htm#Kaippu Updated version of the Adivasi people’s struggle in Plachimada, Kerala against Coca Cola, and their demand to close the plant to safeguard their water and land resources 1,000 Days and a Dream (from Umesh Varma, Gamana, Hyderabad and Sajan Venniyoor, UNESCO, New Delhi) Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles; Directors: C. Saratchandran and P. Baburaj; 2006; 77 minutes http://indianfilmfestival.org/movies07/1000daysandadream.html Follows community groups as they go up against politicians, state police and corporations to protect their lands, water and children from dangers brought by the Coca Cola plant From Umesh Varma, Gamana, Hyderabad and Sanjay Barnela, Moving Images, New Delhi Hunting Down Water Moving Images; Director: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; 2003; 32 minutes; in English, subtitles http://www.movingimagesindia.com/water.htm# Film documents the growing pan-Indian water crises relaying the politics of water supply and ground water extraction River Taming Mantras Moving Images; Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; 2004; 31 minutes; in English, subtitles http://www.movingimagesindia.com/water.htm# Explores the technological, economic and political rationale that underlies the adoption of using embankments as flood control measures From Sanjay Barnela, Moving Images, New Delhi Water Business is Good Business Moving Images; Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; 2004; 26 minutes; in English, subtitles http://www.movingimagesindia.com/water.htm# Film travels from Delhi, to Indore and from Bombay to Chennai, exploring the politics and economics of urban water supplies against the rising water crises in urban India Algebra of Water Moving Images; Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; 2004; 48 minutes; in English, subtitles http://www.movingimagesindia.com/water.htm# Documentation of the man-made water crisis largely due to diversion of water from rural communities to meet the rising needs in urban areas and the misuse of water by urban elites Small Remedies Moving Images; Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; 2004; 48 minutes; in English, subtitles http://www.movingimagesindia.com/water.htm# Film examines the challenges of watershed conservation in rural India, specifically within the context of the caste and class based divisions that characterize Indian society. From Sarah Figge, UNDP, New Delhi Thirst Directors: Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman; 2004; 62 minutes To avail of a copy contact Food and Water Watch at http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/films/films “Thirst” visits communities in Bolivia, India, Japan, and Stockton, California showing how corporations are buying local water supplies and communities loose control of resources Water Warriors Media that Matters Festival; Director: Liz Miller; 2006; 6 minutes http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/water_warriors/ Tells the story of how an inspiring group of citizens, residents of Highland Park, Michigan just outside
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