Although it covers most of the globe and makes up the major portion of the human body, we take few things for granted like we do water. Director Irena Selina aims to change this lack of appreciation with her engaging exploration of our most vital resource. Confronting the issue from both the supply and demand sides—pollution and climate change on one hand, growing populations and industry privatization on the other—Selina combines an extensive list of expert interviews with firsthand footage from the frontlines in regions as diverse as the deserts of South Africa and the suburbs of Minnesota. From global battles against the privatization of drinking water to local skirmishes over access to water rights, Flow outlines a developing problem we can scarcely afford to ignore.

Presented as part of the Depth of Field 2009-2010 Series: Adaptology: Films of Food & Drink

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