The rising wave / directed by Yask Desai and Shweta Kishore.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kishore, Shweta., Director.

Desai, Yask., Director.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--India.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Economic aspects--India.

Water-supply--Government policy--India.

Water rights--India.

Water rights.

Water--India.

Water.

Water--Social aspects--India.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 min.).

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008.

Language Note:

This edition in Hindi with English subtitles.

Summary:

In India water has a deep spiritual and functional significance. The Rising Wave explores both these aspects; worshipped as a sacred common while also being essential for generating livelihood. The film eloquently presents a culture built on water being shared, used and managed in ways unchanged for centuries. Richly filmed in three different states of India, The Rising Wave uncovers groups that have been dependant on their local natural water resource for generations as they fish and farm for livelihood. In the rapidly transforming economy of India, corporations now lay claim to control and determine access to this natural resource. A contrasting picture emerges; a contrast between the two divergent views of water; water as a billion dollar industry against water as a sacred natural gift for all humankind. This spells conflict for the future.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).

Recorded in India.

OCLC:

877880050