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DAM-L CBC documentary on water: Captured Rain



Subject: CBC/Discovery Documentary - "Captured Rain"

FRESH WATER, FREE TRADE AND THE LOOMING CRISIS IN NORTH AMERICA -- IS THE
FOCUS WHEN CBC and DISCOVERY-CANADA PRESENT _CAPTURED RAIN_

Part-1:  TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 AT 9 P.M.  (on CBC_s Witness)
Part-2:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 AT 10 P.M. EST / 7 P.M. PST (on Discovery)

A United Nations study has concluded that water will be the oil of the 21st
Century.  The World Bank predicts that wars will be fought over fresh water.
Now, to the list of chronic water problems caused by drought, population
growth and pollution -- we add the complication of international free trade
agreements.

In the U.S. Midwest -- America_s breadbasket -- and the sunny Southwest --
the world_s youngest and most affluent desert civilization -- urban growth
seems unstoppable; surface water supplies are overtapped;  aquifers are
being drained faster than nature can replenish them.  In northern Mexico,
the same problems are even worse.  On top of everything else, add global
warming.  Something has to change.

A seemingly _endless supply_ of pristine fresh water lies tantalizingly
nearby -- on the other side of the world_s longest, undefended border.  Is
Canada part of the solution to the U.S. and Mexico_s water problems?

CAPTURED RAIN is a unique collaboration between two Canadian broadcasters _
CBC Television and Discovery Channel Canada.  This two-part documentary
special sheds new light on the most vital environmental, economic and social
issue of the new century.

Part-1 (CAPTURED RAIN: American Thirst, Canadian Water -- on CBC_s Witness)
is all about the international politics of water as a _tradeable commodity_
in the global marketplace.  Part-2 (CAPTURED RAIN: Northern Water, Southern
Drought -- on Discovery) explores the  science and engineering, the
conservation efforts, the history and mechanics of bulk water transfers as
well as the environmental impacts.

The two-part production of CAPTURED RAIN was written, directed and narrated
by Jerry Thompson and produced by Bette Thompson and Terence McKeown for
Raincoast Storylines Ltd. in association with CBC and Canada_s Discovery
Channel (John Panikkar, Vice-President, Production.)  Hilary Armstrong is
senior producer of WITNESS.

Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by
the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, Telefilm Canada:
Equity Investment Program, CTF: Licence Fee Program, British Columbia Film,
The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Province of British
Columbia - Film Incentive BC, Rogers Documentary Fund, and Rogers Telefund.

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Jerry Thompson
writer / director
Raincoast Storylines Ltd.
Halfmoon Bay, BC, Canada

Phone: 604-885-9813
Fax: 604-885-9872