Water on the Table

My journey began in 2003 when I read Blue Gold: The Battle Against the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water, Maude Barlow’s first book about the global water crisis. Fast forward to 2007, when I set forth tenaciously to make my first feature-length documentary film that would intimately centre Maude Barlow’s unwavering focus and inspired determination to have water declared a human right. While exploring Canada’s water from both a celebratory and political perspective, it was important to illustrate the dramatic tensions that exist in the struggle to protect water from privatization. Water On The Table presents a nail-biting thesis of strong opposing views to Maude’s vision, from policy makers and business specialists in Canada and the U.S.