The Fight for Water

2003 | Color | 14 min

The Fight for Water Members of the autonomous communities of Chiapas speak about the ways water projects fit into their autonomous process, help fight sickness, have provided a reflection for how to protect existing water sources, and represent another means of resistance to globalization projects like the Puebla-Panamá Plan

Country: México
Direction: Israel;
Script: Israel;
Production: Autónomo 17 De Noviembre; Municipio
Photography: Israel;
Sound: Israel;
Music: Músicos Tradicionales;
Art direction: Israel;
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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