… “The idea is a strong one and the debates compelling, but does it make good cinema?  The answer is yes. Water on the Table is filmmaker Liz Marshall’s first feature length documentary, but it nonetheless follows in a growing body of work that focuses on talking about issues with an artistic vision. The film follows Maude on Canada-wide and international junkets, speaking to crowds, politely disrupting political meetings, doing work for the UN, where she served asSenior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly (that’s the full title) in 2008/2009. This is a woman whose polite demeanour masks an iron determination, who confronts politicians and security personnel in a measured voice, a proper grandmother who wears pearls and just the right shade of lipstick as she talks about revolutionary politics.”

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http://www.artandculturemaven.com/2010/03/water-on-table-documentary-about-maude.html