Water on the Big Screen

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The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, the longest-running showcase for international documentaries in the US and one of New York City’s best-kept cultural secrets, will kick off next Friday night at the American Museum of Natural History.

This year’s lineup, as usual, features a broad spectrum of films in both traditional and experimental form that tackle a range of issues from coping with disabilities to global human rights and the plight of indigenous communities. One current issue that many of this year’s entries deal with is water rights and accessibility. As our planet continues to grow more crowded and our environments continue to deteriorate under the prevalence of environmentally irresponsible practices, availability and access to water is quickly becoming one of the more vital concerns of the 21st Century.

Among the festival’s 29 entries, five films (packaged in two separate programs) are dedicated to this pressing issue: “Village of Dust, City of Water” and “Thirst” (@ 3:15 PM on Saturday, Nov. 10); and “El Agua en Tiempos Extras (Water in Extra Times)”, “Gimme Green” and “The Water Front” (@ 1:15 PM on Sunday, Nov. 11). These screenings will be held in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibit, “Water: H20 = Life”, on view through May 2008. As is typical of the Mead screenings, these films will only be shown once during the course of the festival. For more information, click here.


Posted on Friday, November 2nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm | Tagged in New York City, Other Events | posted by Bill

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