Sundance film features work of Canadian activist Maude Barlow

A new documentary scheduled to be screened at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival next week will showcase the work of Canadian social justice advocate Maude Barlow. FLOW: For Love Of Water, a film by award-winning director Irena Salina, shows how the global water crisis affects communities around the world.

The Los Angeles Times calls FLOW a “lively and engaging look at a truly serious situation.”

Canadian author and chairperson of the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow is featured prominently in the film as she uncovers the corporate profiteering that drives global water business. Barlow has been invited to join the director at the screening in Salt Lake City next week.

Barlow has won several awards for her leading role in the international movement to promote the right to water including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as “the alternative Nobel.” Her latest book, Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, outlines a plan to reverse the alarming trend of water commodification which has led to environmental devastation, political turmoil and overwhelming rates of water-related deaths around the world.

Maude Barlow will be speaking to media in Salt Lake City and available for phone interview.

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