Uma : a water crisis in Bolivia

Publication/Creation:: [London, England] : The Royal Anthropological Institute, [2020]
Resource Type:: Video or Visual Material

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Full Title:: Uma : a water crisis in Bolivia / director, writer & executive producer, Ana Llácer ; producer, Ana Llácer

Additional Author/Creators:: Llácer, Ana, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, film distributor

Genre:: Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Subjects:: Environmental justice--Bolivia
Indigenous women--Political activity--Bolivia
Women environmentalists--Bolivia
Environmental policy--Bolivia--Citizen participation
Water-supply--Bolivia
Water security--Bolivia
Water resources development--Political aspects--Bolivia
Water resources development--Government policy--Bolivia
Water--Law and legislation--Bolivia

Summary:: Three indigenous communities in the Bolivian highlands fight to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a national water crisis. UMA, the Aymara word for water, takes us on a journey from the tropical Andean glaciers and the highest navigable lake in the world to the mines of Oruro, and the vanished Lake Poopó. It is a women's story of displacement, resistance, and struggle for environmental justice. Filmed in 2015-2017.
Language:: English
Spanish
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Technical Note:: DVD-R; PAL; all regions; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
General Note:: This disc is a burned DVD-R and may not play in some DVD players or drives.
Title and credits from screen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
Participant/Performer Note:: María Luísa Rafael, Óscar Campanini, Marcelo Miralles, Esther Balboa, Jorge Campanini.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Director of photography, Joan Gascón ; editor, Nina Thomas ; original music, Talking Rings.