Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

The cost of having 10 liters of safe drinking water every day per person is just $2. Yet there are billions around the world who don't have access to it. FLOW, the award-winning documentary by Irena Salina, looks into the escalating world water crisis. Water is being privatized in countries, leaving the poorer people without access to clean water and more susceptible to disease. Hundred thousands of people are displaced by dams being built, while being falsely promised land elsewhere and much more. Companies are pumping water out of areas around the United States to bottle for sales, turning streams into mudflats and causing water levels to drop. FLOW visits Africa, Bolivia, India, Canada, France and the United States, and looks into the question, "Can anyone really own water?" And also, do you really know what's in your drinking bottle? -- Rachel Manuel