Water for Life

Water for Life is a highly informative and moving documentary that highlights the significance of water in resistance to megadevelopment projects across Latin America.The film brings viewers into the flow of three high-profile struggles that are emblematic of regional environmental activism in recent decades-the Mapuche defense of the Ro Cautn against hydroelectric dams, the campesino struggle against the Pacific Rim Gold Mine in San Isidro, Cabaas, El Salvador, and the Lenca resistance against the SinoHydro hydroelectric dam on the Ro Gualcarque in Honduras.The film focuses on key environmental activists, Alberto Curamil, Francisco Pineda, and Berta Cceres, respectively, providing fascinating, in-depth interviews with them, their family members, activists and community members, and allies, along with live action footage.By foregrounding activist voices, the film has the feeling of human rights accompaniment.