MADISON--The River Alliance of Wisconsin, in cooperation with Sundance Cinemas and Oscilloscope Pictures, will host a screening of the critically acclaimed new documentary, Flow: For the Love of Water, at 7pm on Friday October 10, 2008. Tickets for the event are $30, and include admission to the screening, a Q&A featuring Wisconsin state senator Mark Miller and Natalie Lloyd from Food & Water Watch, and a post-screening reception. Proceeds from the event support the River Alliance's work to save Wisconsin's flowing waters.
Flow, director Irena Salina's new award-winning documentary, investigates what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century - The World Water Crisis. Using interviews with scientists and activists, Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.
The New York Times says Flow provides a "...informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests" and "ruthlessly dismantles our assumptions about water safety and government oversight."
Leading a brief discussion after the showing is Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona), chair of the state Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee, where he successfully championed the passage of the Great Lakes Compact. He also co-chairs the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee. Senator Miller has been a long and good friend of conservation and the environment.
The film's director is Irena Salena, who started her career at 15 as a radio journalist in Paris, then worked in production on numerous US films before writing and directing her first short, See You on Monday, sponsored by LifeTime Televsion for the Hamptons Film Festival. Her first film, Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim (2000) is an award-winning documentary that delves into the remarkable life of St. Louis-born artist Judith Deim.
Tickets for this event can be purchased in person at the Sundance Cinemas Madison box office or by calling 608-316-6900. All sales are cash or check only for this event; no credit cards will be accepted. Screening start time is subject to change. More information on the event can be found at http://www.wisconsinrivers.org.
Formed in 1993, the River Alliance of Wisconsin is a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen advocacy organization that works to protect and restore Wisconsin's rivers and watersheds. The organization's membership includes more than 3,000 individuals and businesses and more than 80 local watershed groups--one fo the largest memberships of statewide river groups in the country.