Flow: For Love of Water

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Flow: For Love of Water
Directed by Irena Salina
Editing by Caitlin Dixon
Madeleine Gavin
Andrew Mondshein
Running time 93 min
Country Flag of the United States U.S.A.
Language English

Flow: For Love of Water is a 2008 documentary film directed by Irena Salina produced by Steven Starr and co-produced by Gill Holland and Yvette Tomlinson . The film features interviews with water and community activists Maude Barlow, Peter Gleick scientists Ashok Gadgil, Rajendra Singh and Vandana Shiva. The film won the Grand Jury Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival.

The film concentrates on the big business of privatization of water which prioritizes profits over the availability of clean water for people and the environment. Major businesses depicted in the film are Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company, Suez (company), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

It competed in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.[1]

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  1. ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition" (PDF) (2007-11-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-07.

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