Blue Gold Movie Review: The Blue Gold Film On Water Wars

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This Blue Gold film on Water Wars, directed by Sam Bozzo, has some very important messages; water is a necessary component for all human beings, its supply is running out faster than we are able to replenish the source. In my opinion, this video encourages us to save water, to understand the politics, and to help out in this water crisis. This reminds me of the book Mockingjay part 1. It 's seems like we are district 13, and the government is the capitol. They don 't care about who dies, and will do anything to make everyone follow their rules. In this film, the members of big companies, asked permission from the government to privatized the water. Just like in the movie, the capitol doesn’t care about who death of people, all they want …show more content…

If you think about it, what is money? It 's just a piece of paper, with a bunch of words and numbers, that we give great value towards. We use it to purchase items, and trade items. Now these people in big companies, want more of that paper with greater value. They, don 't care who they hurt to get the paper. The big water companies can never be satisfied with how much they have, they will still go after more. In the film, there was a house in Africa that caught on fire, and the family didn 't have enough money to stop the fire. This reminds me of my trip to California. My mom 's best friend has a tower on top of a mountain, that she goes hiking on every morning. One day I woke up early enough and went along with her. Near the mountains, there used to be a lake, and now because of the drought, it is all …show more content…

This means that there weren 't enough nutrients in the grass, which tracks back to having no rain. The rain as said in the film, carries nutrients for the grass and plants to grow healthy. However, if there is no rain, there are no nutrients for the grass, if we don 't have lush green grass, and when the dry grass rubs against one another, it catches on fire. Droughts have a very big impact, it can destroy ecosystems, and also threaten drinking water. Deforestation has a big impact on losing ground

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