Community Resiliency Film Series: Critical Issues of Our Times

Stevenson Grange #121’s 2019 “Critical Issues Of Our Times” film series will feature five documentaries.  Part of the Grange’s Community Resiliency programs, all the films feature the central theme of community. Each film will be shown on a Saturday, starting at 10:30 am until Noon, with group discussions to follow.  Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch.

“Water on the Table”

A character-driven, social-issue documentary by Liz Marshall that explores Canada’s relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?  The film features Maude Barlow, who is considered an “international water-warrior” for her crusade to have water declared a human right.  ”Water must be declared a public trust and a human right that belongs to the people, the ecosystem and the future, and preserved for all time and practice in law. Clean water must be delivered as a public service, not a profitable commodity.”  The film intimately captures the public face of Maude Barlow as well as the unscripted woman behind the scenes. The camera shadows her life on the road in Canada and the United States over the course of a year as she leads an unrelenting schedule. From 2008 – 2009 Barlow served as the U.N. Senior Advisor on Water to Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations.

All Community Resiliency Programs are co-sponsored by the Stevenson Community Library and Stevenson Grange #121.