Progressive Film Series: December 13, 2012
TAPPED
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13POPPA ROLLO'S PIZZA
WEST-BANK MEETING ROOM
703 N.VALLEY MILLS, WACO
6 PM: PIZZA & BUSINESS
6:30: FILM & DISCUSSION
RUNTIME: 76 MINUTES
ADMISSION: One nonperishable food item for a local food bank
This film is appropriate for all ages.
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 recourse that ought to never 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.
"With style, verve and righteous anger, the film exposes the
bottled water industry's role in suckering the public, harming our health,
accelerating climate change, contributing to overall pollution, and increasing
America's dependence on fossil fuels. All the while gouging
consumers with exorbitant and indefensible prices." --Peter Rothberg, The
Nation
**Winner
of 5 Best Documentary Awards**
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