Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Water The Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay. Documentary about the global uses & abuses of water. Shot on location in numerous countries. Originally shot on Super 16mm. Letterboxed widescreen (more than likely 1.66:1) version.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Montage: CU shimmering water; MCU water being hosed into rusted vat; CU watering can, red flowers in garden; TLS sewage, polluted water; MS man punching numbers onto calculator, processing bills in accounting department; TLS Indian woman sweeping dirty, filthy street; MS bucket of muddy-water being raised from well; MCU Indian boy washing hands, face at public pump; nice TLS reflection of setting sun on water. Body Shop founder ANITA RODDICK says The notion that a few people can own resources is so frightening a concept. Secretary-General of the United Nations KOFI ANNAN says The poor are paying too high a price for water. Journalist ISABEL ALLENDE says Water is priced so highly that some people pay 20% of their income. MS white patrons buying water at refreshment stand in England. TLS customers at street vendor (water cart) in India. MS Indian men passing cash, counting money in office. CU check (cheque) being written to water company.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Panning LS Ajmer, India. TLS/MSs Muslim Indian man descending steps to water reservoir, filling large goatskin bag (masak) with water, ascending steps, walking along streets; man is employed as a Bhistee, or water carrier. MS Bhistees delivering water to mosque, money being exchanged. MSs Muslim Indians washing hands & feet (ablution) outside mosque before prayer. Nice MS reflection in puddles of Bhistee walking along street. Journalist ISABEL ALLENDE says "Unfortunately, water has become such a luxury in many places that there is a price to it. I do not agree w/ that. I think that water should be available to everyone free, but rationed. You should be very aware of how much water you can use per day, per person." Former Prime Minister of Israel SHIMON PERES says "The Lord gave us fresh air free of charge. So we waste it, pollute it, kill it, don't understand the value of it. We pay for tomatoes, so we are very careful. We wash it, pack it, put it in the refrigerator. When it comes to fresh water it s so normal & natural that people are wasting it & destroying it." TLS Hindu Indian woman standing by wall with umbrella during rainstorm. TLS green-colored bus driving through flooded street, India.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
TLS/MSs burly Mexican man wearing straw cowboy hat & blue jeans, entering compound, turning on water pump; MSs Mexican men wearing straw cowboy hats standing in line, paying for water, female clerk processing orders. MS white teenage American boy showering; MS/MCUs white teenage American boy brushing teeth in fancy sink. MS lawn sprinklers, tilt down to MCU water pouring into backyard swimming pool. TLS woman reclining in chaise lounge, tanning by backyard swimming pool, misters spritzing from overhead, Phoenix, Arizona. MSs white women buying water at stand in England, teenage clerk refilling plastic bottles. Body Shop founder ANITA RODDICK says "The subjects of the UK no longer own the water ways. It used to be an eligible right to own the waterways, as all subjects should. So now companies have come in, privatize the water, say that there s an economic value on that water. We will sell that water to the highest bidder."
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Serene LS old stone arch bridge spanning still river in England, hazy painterly reflection of bridge on water. MS sheep grazing in high grass in pasture. TLS five horses grazing in pasture cordoned by barbed wire. Hazy LS English cottages & spire church clustered on rolling hillside. Panning MS backpacking white couple walking along street of small village, stopping at stone fountain; tilting MS engraved stone: A pint of cold water three times a day is the surest way to keep doctor away. Who so thirsteth let him come hither & drink. CUs woman pressing fountain tap-nothing happens. Nice TLS bustling crowded sidewalk in London, England (sea of humanity, pedestrians, congestion, overcrowding, population problem, Jack Q. Public). LS/TLSs stone aqueducts, reservoirs, rook towers in quaint English countryside. MS elderly white Englishman watering potted flowers with metal watering can in backyard. MS elderly white Englishwoman drinking (tea?) from dainty ceramic cup in backyard. Sideview MS Englishwoman Vicky Anderson using garden hose to wash small Euro car parked on street with garden hose. TLS Vicky Anderson sitting in backyard with husband, talking: "I really felt the government should just maintain the whole water industry so that the whole population of Britain, from the north of Scotland way down to the south of England, across Wales, can have access."
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
TLS/MSs construction workers (blue hard hats & yellow safety vests) hauling, installing new underground water pipeline in cozy suburb. MS young white male construction worker sporting tattoo on bicep & shoulder kneeling, installing rebar at construction site. TLS tractor shovel driving through construction site; MS balding middle-aged white male tractor driver sporting tattoo on shoulder driving machine. Site Manager Matthew Rankin stand before planning plan on wall, says, The old sewage system collects all the sewage from the whole town to Sidmouth & Sitford & collects it into a big chamber at the seafront. Panning LS two docked commercial fishing boats, traffic turning at No Outlet circle, buildings at atypical seaside port town in England. TLS Atlas tractor shovel driving through construction site. CU finger pointing, traveling along planning & zoning map posted on wall. Cinematic LS several white boys swimming, diving into ocean, seagulls flying through frame.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Cyril Holley of England says At the moment, it's a bit more than pensioners can pay out, 27 lb. odd a month. If they reduce it next year, everyone will be happy, I should think." MSs white English boy (Leland Paralimnitis) brushing teeth in sink while mother, Jenny Paralimnitis, watches on. MS Jenny putting suds in kitchen sink. CUs water coming from faucet, tapering off to a drip . Ms. Paralimnitis says "I wouldn't manage if they cut the water off. I couldn't wash up, I couldn't have a bath, I couldn't do the washing, Leland couldn't clean his teeth. You just couldn t survive." H/a MS toilet (note the yellow urine) being flushed-- no water pressure, no flush. MS/CUs Mr. Holley paying bills at desk in home, stacking British money. MS cat leaping onto stone fence from birdhouse in backyard. MS man filling watering can from spigot, watering tulips. A. Godley of England says "The supply of water to this trough comes from a spring on the hillside. It supplies the whole village. Great zooming out TLS idyllic babbling brook in English countryside. MCU pressure tap on stone trough. But the final straw that made us cut the water off was when Yorkshire Water demanded rates for this public tap. So tourists will push the tap, nothing comes out. They're disappointed, go into the shop & buy some lemonade. And I'm the shopkeeper!" Body Shop founder ANITA RODDICK says "The ownership is about economic ownership. It's not for the value of the community. It's about how a few people can be made richer. For me there's an obscenity in saying the community not own the waters, do not own rivers, the sea, do not own anything." Nice MS/MCUs man feeding swans & geese at pond in park.