WATER ON THE TABLE - FILM: Water Warrior Maude Barlow

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WATER ON THE TABLE - Featuring Canada's own water-warrior Maude Barlow!

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Then . . .VOTE for "Water on the Table" by Feb. 29:

http://www.cinemapolitica.org/audience-choice/2011

Watch the Water on the Table trailer:
http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/WOTT/index.html


VOTE: 'Water on the Table' for Cinema PoliticaAudience Choice Award
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Water on the Table' - Liz Marshall's film featuring the water justice work of Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow - is already one of the most widely screened films within the Cinema Politica network.

Now it may win the Cinema Politica Audience Choice Award! To help this happen, vote at
http://www.cinemapolitica.org/audience-choice/2011 by February 29 at midnight.

There are DVDs and t-shirts to be won by those who vote.

Be sure to cast your ballot for 'Water on the Table' today.

Earlier this month, TV Ontario announced that it will broadcast 'Water on the Table‘ on March 21 at 9 pm and March 28 at 10:30 pm.

As noted in their media release, “Filmmaker Liz Marshall follows Canadian activist Maude Barlow as she campaigns against the privatization of water and tries to bring attention to how industry is polluting the water table.”

The March 21 screening will air just after ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ (8 pm-9 pm), which draws about 100,000 viewers an evening.

In October 2010, the film was named the best Canadian feature at the Planet in Focus film festival.

For campaign blogs related to ‘Water on the Table’, go to:

http://canadians.org/blog/?s=%22water+on+the+table%22

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WATER ON THE TABLE - Featuring water-warrior Maude Barlow
http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/WOTT/index.html

An idea sticks and won’t go away. It then requires dogged determination to usher it into the world! Water On The Table is an example of such a film that needed to be made, no matter what. It began in 2003 when I read Blue Gold, Maude Barlow’s first book about the global water crisis, I was deeply inspired by her vision and her commitment to “water justice”. Fast forward to 2007 when I set forth (tenaciously) to raise funds for an epic film concept that would: a) intimately feature Maude’s crusade to have water declared a human right, b) explore Canada’s water from both a celebratory and political perspective, c) present strong opposing views from experts in Canada and the U. S.

Not an easy film to pitch or to fund – especially during a time when the film and television industry was experiencing a wave of ‘water fatigue’. But I persisted and support started to trickle through; a cascading effect that eventually made it possible to barrel ahead into production right at the time when Maude Barlow was to become the Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the U. N. General Assembly! This storyline helps to underscore the premise of the film.

So, with the help of a stellar team of filmmakers Water On The Table was realized, and was born into the world early in 2010. My hope is that it touches hearts and minds and significantly contributes to the growing movement to have water declared a human right.

– Liz Marshall, Director, Producer, Writer

Visit the Water on the Table webpage:
http://www.wateronthetable.com/

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Watch the Water on the Table trailer:
http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/WOTT/index.html

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TVO to broadcast ‘Water on the Table’, March 21 & March 29
http://canadians.org/blog/?p=13526

By Brent Patterson, Thursday, February 9th, 2012

TV Ontario announced today that it will broadcast ‘Water on the Table‘ on March 21 at 9 pm and March 28 at 10:30 pm. As noted in their media release, “Filmmaker Liz Marshall follows Canadian activist Maude Barlow as she campaigns against the privatization of water and tries to bring attention to how industry is polluting the water table.”

The March 21 screening will air just after ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ (8 pm-9 pm), which draws about 100,000 viewers an evening.

In October 2010, the film was named the best Canadian feature at the Planet in Focus film festival.

For campaign blogs related to ‘Water on the Table’, go to
http://canadians.org/blog/?s=%22water+on+the+table%22


The film’s website is at
www.wateronthetable.com/