http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2009/08/12/trouble-the-water-review/ Documentary Film News and Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2009/08/12/trouble-the-water-review/comment-page-1/#comment-196531 Jennifer Lang Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:03:38 +0000 http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2009/08/12/trouble-the-water-review/#comment-196531 This was a great documentary and Kim rapped a beautiful song toward the end; she is a very talented woman. It amazes me how people who face the most incredible odds have such talent. NO ORGANIZED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OUT DURING EMERGENCIES is something that a lot of people (with cars) never even thought about prior to or even after Katrina! In most of Europe there probably would have been public transportation provided, at the very least. [Prior to Good Year, Standard Oil -- and some other car related conglomeration buying up all the trolley tracks in Los Angeles, for example, the "motor city" once had some of "the best public transportation in the world." Hard to believe that today.] Corporate interests are so closely tied to the government that people are vastly forgotten, especially the descendants of slaves who put in billions of free hours building this country for which they have never been compensated. Then a bunch of ignorant people complain about people wanting free handouts. We (usually white descendants of slave-owners) had all of OUR free handouts for years -- using slave labor, the prerequisite for many of the privileges we have today. But no substantial efforts have been made to compensate or even create a level playing field, let alone properly repair the levies in New Orleans (that effect places like the ninth ward the most). Higher, drier, safer ground was taken up by the more privileged classes long ago. Is there a place to make donations to the group that made this film? They really should be rewarded and supported for making something out of nothing. Also, someone could start a collection for the brother in the film who was never compensated by FEEMA due to a lack of address. Seeing all the systems that have been set up to send aid to Haiti made me wonder if such systems could also be set up for New Orleans recovery in the areas that have been neglected. That $2000 FEEMA COMP AMOUNT for example, could be raised in an instant with some kind of $1 cell phone contribution method like the ones that have been set up for Haiti (which we all should continue to support for similar reasons.) This was a great documentary and Kim rapped a beautiful song toward the end; she is a very talented woman. It amazes me how people who face the most incredible odds have such talent. NO ORGANIZED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OUT DURING EMERGENCIES is something that a lot of people (with cars) never even thought about prior to or even after Katrina! In most of Europe there probably would have been public transportation provided, at the very least. [Prior to Good Year, Standard Oil -- and some other car related conglomeration buying up all the trolley tracks in Los Angeles, for example, the "motor city" once had some of "the best public transportation in the world." Hard to believe that today.] Corporate interests are so closely tied to the government that people are vastly forgotten, especially the descendants of slaves who put in billions of free hours building this country for which they have never been compensated. Then a bunch of ignorant people complain about people wanting free handouts. We (usually white descendants of slave-owners) had all of OUR free handouts for years — using slave labor, the prerequisite for many of the privileges we have today. But no substantial efforts have been made to compensate or even create a level playing field, let alone properly repair the levies in New Orleans (that effect places like the ninth ward the most). Higher, drier, safer ground was taken up by the more privileged classes long ago. Is there a place to make donations to the group that made this film? They really should be rewarded and supported for making something out of nothing. Also, someone could start a collection for the brother in the film who was never compensated by FEEMA due to a lack of address. Seeing all the systems that have been set up to send aid to Haiti made me wonder if such systems could also be set up for New Orleans recovery in the areas that have been neglected. That $2000 FEEMA COMP AMOUNT for example, could be raised in an instant with some kind of $1 cell phone contribution method like the ones that have been set up for Haiti (which we all should continue to support for similar reasons.)

]]> http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2009/08/12/trouble-the-water-review/comment-page-1/#comment-184687 London Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:27:51 +0000 http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2009/08/12/trouble-the-water-review/#comment-184687 Great Documentary ! inspired me to make one of my own Great Documentary ! inspired me to make one of my own

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