Blue Gold: World Water Wars is an award-winning 2008 documentary by Sam Bozzo

Sam Bozzo

Sam Bozzo is an American film director and author.Bozzo wrote, directed, and edited three short films. For Which It Stands was screened in the Sundance Film Festival. The Shadowed Cry was created as a Top 10 Director assignment for Project Greenlight, run by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck...

, based on the book Blue Gold: The Right to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water by Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow

Maude Victoria Barlow is a Canadian author and activist. She is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, a citizens’ advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada. She is also the co-founder of the , which works internationally for the human right to water...

 and Tony Clarke

Tony Clarke (activist)

Tony Clarke is a Canadian activist. Born in 1944, he grew up in Chilliwack, British Columbia, graduating from Chilliwack Senior Secondary School in 1962. He was class president. He studied at the University of British Columbia and did graduate work at the University of Chicago, obtaining a PhD in...

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It was produced by Mark Achbar

Mark Achbar

Mark Achbar is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for directing The Corporation and Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media.- Biography :Achbar is a graduate of Syracuse University's Fine Arts Film Program...

 (The Corporation) and Si Litvinoff (The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth (film)

The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg.The film is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought...

), and narrated by Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...

. The film was first screened on October 9, 2008, at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival

The Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October...

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Synopsis

Blue Gold:World Water Wars examines environmental and political implications of the planet's dwindling water supply, and posits that wars in the future will be fought over water. The film also highlights some success stories of water activists around the world and makes a strong case for community action.

Critical reception and awards

• Audience award for Best Environmental Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival
• Ecology Now! award at the European Independent Film Festival
• Jury prize for best documentary feature at the Newport Beach Film Festival
  Newport Beach Film Festival
  The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....