Connecting ancient wisdom with practical 21st century solutions, Our Blue World is a spectacular and eye-opening film about our deepest and most precious resource. As anthropologist Wade Davis points out, every culture holds water sacred. Ecologist and philosopher Li An Phoa experienced an epiphany drinking water directly from the Rupert River in northern Quebec… She now campaigns to create clean drinkable river systems all over the world, because, “if we are taking care of the rivers, we are taking care of ourselves.” The film takes us to the Mississippi, to Cambodia, Europe, Burundi… To Peru, where Incan canals alleviate water shortages in Lima, and to China, where “sponge cities” store rain from monsoon season to cultivate green urban spaces year-round.
Apr 22: Post-screening discussion with author and anthropologist Wade Davis, Paul O’Callaghan (BlueTech Research, producer, Our Blue World), Dr. Shannon Waters, Dr. Mark Johnson (Canada Research Chair in Ecohydrology) and others
Ruán Magan
Liam Neeson (narrator), Wade Davis, Li An Phoa, Paul O’Callaghan
Ireland
2024
English
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Screenwriter
Ruán Magan, Paul O’Callaghan
Cinematography
Oliver Hegarty, Brian O’Leary, Colm Whelan
Editor
Juangus Dinsmore
Original Music
Anna Rice
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