Community Resiliency Film Series: "Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia"

Stevenson Grange #121’s 2023 “Critical Issues Of Our Times” film series features four documentaries with the central theme “What We Have Forgotten.” Each film will be presented on a Saturday, from 10:30 am–12:30 pm, with group discussions to follow. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. All films are also viewable on Kanopy for free with your library card. 

This month we will be watching Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia. 

Runtime: 1h 18m 

Release Year: 2020

Genres: Social Sciences/Anthropology/Human Rights/Documentaries

UMA: A WATER CRISIS IN BOLIVIA tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a national water crisis. The government has consistently supported the expansion of mining, granting miners unrestricted water access and failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws. UMA, the Aymara word for water, takes us on a journey from the tropical Andean glaciers and the highest navigable lake in the world to the mines of Oruro, and the vanished Lake Poopo. It is a women’s story of displacement, resistance, and struggle for environmental justice.

*Source: https://www.kanopy.com/en/fvrl/video/12168860 

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