H2Omx / Cactus Film and Video presenta ; una película de Jose Cohen en colaboración de Lorenzo Hagerman ; en coproducción con Fernando Hernández, Jaime Cohen.

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Mexico City was built not near water but in the middle of a lake. To supply it with fresh water is such a task that it makes it compulsory to bring it from other states. In addition once sewage water leaves the city it ends up in agriculture. This film is an environmental case study of the Valley of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Cactus Film & Video (Firm)
Icarus Films
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Other Authors: Cohen, Jaime (Producer)
Cohen, José (Director, Producer)
Hagerman, Lorenzo (Director, Producer)
Hernández, Fernando (Producer)
Language:Spanish
English
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
Subjects:
City planning > Environmental aspects > Mexico > Mexico City.
Sustainable development > Mexico > Mexico City.
Water resources development > Mexico > Mexico City.
Water-supply > Mexico > Mexico City.
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (77 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:
H2O
H2O mx
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Mexico City was built not near water but in the middle of a lake. To supply it with fresh water is such a task that it makes it compulsory to bring it from other states. In addition once sewage water leaves the city it ends up in agriculture. This film is an environmental case study of the Valley of Mexico as it struggles to save itself while its population grows. Can a mega-city mobilize its 22 million citizens to become water sustainable?
Note:Originally produced by: Cactus Film and Video/Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, c2013.
Title from title frames.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:TD229.M4 H86 2014b
Credits:Photography, Bernabé Salinas ... [et al.] ; editing, Paula Heredia, Omar Guzmán, Lorenzo Hagerman ; music, Laboratorio de Investigación en Resonancia y Expresión de la Naturaleza, A.C., Ariel Guzik.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 30, 2014).