THIRST: A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our
water -- from bottles to tap. Is water part of a shared "commons", a human right for all people? Or is it a commodity to be bought, sold, and traded
in a global marketplace? THIRST tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India, and the United States that are asking these fundamental questions,
as water becomes the most valuable global resource of the 21st Century. A character-driven documentary with no narration, THIRST reveals how the
debate over water rights between communities and corporations can serve as a catalyst for explosive and steadfast resistance to globalization.

Reviews:
"THIRST is a provocative portrayal in stark human terms of current battles over water privatization. Communities rise in protest; corporate interests
seem to turn a deaf ear. Can there be a middle ground? THIRST provides a passionate jumping off point for a debate that is just beginning." Tom
Graff, Environmental Defense

"THIRST brilliantly dramatizes a potential threat of great enormity. A careful and deeply disturbing film about the threat to human safety and
survival worldwide by corporate attempts to privatize the earth's water supplies." Norris Hundley, author, The Great Thirst and Professor Emeritus
of History, UCLA

"A moving and inspiring film about one of the biggest water issues of our day...it sounds a clarion call for citizens and governments to reaffirm that
water is a public trust, not a commodity to be exploited for private profit. I hope THIRST is viewed widely, discussed at town meetings and in
legislative debates, and that it energizes citizen involvement in water decisions. A powerful -- and needed -- film." Sandra Postel, Director,
Global Water Policy Project

"Do you know who controls your water? You'd better find out. As this powerful film shows, it may already be a private corporation run from afar.
THIRST challenges apathy and ignorance about our most precious resource and shows how every citizen's voice can, indeed must, make a difference. See
this film, and be inspired to act." Peter H. Gleick, 2003 MacArthur Fellow and author, The World's Water

"THIRST is a remarkable film. The looming freshwater crisis is the greatest environmental and human rights crisis of our time. Not surprisingly, the
move is on by powerful corporations and governments to commodity and cartelize the world's water supplies for power and profit. THIRST is the
story of this assault and the fight to stop it." Maude Barlow, National Chair, Council of Canadians and Co-author, with Tony Clarke, Blue Gold, The
Fight to Stop Corporate Theft of the World's Water

"Beautiful and engaging..." Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director

"THIRST is an important and timely film, and vividly illustrates the human costs of commodifying a most basic human right -- water. From women in India
struggling to care for their families in the absence of fresh water and adequate sanitation to the people of Stockton, California, fighting to
maintain control over their water resources, THIRST tells a powerful story of resistance and survival." California State Senator Liz Figueroa (D,
Fremont) Chair, Select Committee on International Trade Policy Chair

"THIRST beautifully shows how the labor movement can work closely with community groups and the environmental movement to defend public jobs and
the public trust. Struggles for control of water could become the focus for creative new coalitions to reverse the tide of privatization." Peter Olney,
Institute for Labor and Employment, University of California

"THIRST is a transformative experience. As patrons left the theater, it was clear that the entertainment they had witnessed had progressed to education,
visual beauty to substantive understanding. They had been fulfilled and motivated, their minds engaged and expanded. Despite the fact that the
issues raised often inflame the passions, audience members felt they had grown without rancor, moved forward without leaving any players or arguments
behind." Professor Robert Benedetti, Executive Director, Jacoby Center for Regional and Community Studies, University of the Pacific

"THIRST documents how power, politics and money all combine in the raging international debate about water policy. The underlying issues of community
versus corporate control are remarkably similar whether in India or the United States. The control of water may be responsible for more political,
economic and even military clashes in the 21st century than was oil in the 20th." Congressman George Miller (D-7, California) Former Chair, House
Committee on Natural Resources

"Surprisingly captivating...unlike so many other documentaries about multinationals -- documentaries that tend to be overbearingly supercilious
and contemptuous -- THIRST simply lets the story tell itself...THIRST is like a message in a bottle sent from the future. It tells the beginning of
what could be one of the major political and economic issues to shape the next century. Don't say they didn't warn you." Phil Busse--The Portland
Mercury

"THIRST gives you dry mouth." Matthew Hirsch, San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Another smart bottom-to-top take on complexly related racial, economic, legislative, and individual issues. The crux here: can water access remain
'part of the global commons' everyone should have free access to, or is it doomed to become an economic commodity bought and sold like any
other?...This important and engrossing film provides a spur to activism that no one should ignore, unless they're rich enough in obliviousness to
propose, 'Let them drink sake.'" Dennis Harvey, San Francisco Bay Guardian

"By showing how activists in Stockton, Cochabamba and India are all...thinking globally but acting locally, Snitow and Kaufman give us a
provocative look at the current and coming water wars...After seeing THIRST it will be hard to ever take water for granted." Jonathan Curiel, San
Francisco Chronicle

"A groundbreaking and provocative new film about the rush to privatize what the filmmakers rightly define as the very essence of life." Silja J.A.
Talvi, AlterNet

"THIRST insightfully and thoroughly explores the contentious issues surrounding water privatization, showing us that it's not merely a Third
World concern but a dark and growing trend right here in our own backyard." Shannon Abel, HOT DOCS Canadian International Documentary Festival

"A compelling study of corporate greed, exploitation of the disadvantaged, and volatile uprising among civic-minded protestors demanding equal voice in
a controversial issue...A valuable tool for awareness and activism, especially in water rich communities that could become the next battleground
for the public's right to water, THIRST deserves to be seen by all who drink, flush, and cook with life's most essential element. Highly
recommended." Video Librarian

"Highly Recommended" Educational Media Reviews Online