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Maude Barlow, the main subject of the documentary Water On The Table, is in part, hugely responsible for the positive outcome and the historic vote that took place at the United Nations General Assembly this past week: Of the 192 member states, 122 voted YES to recognize the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. [...]

Editing a documentary is always an epic process of discovery
It requires hard work,  flexibility and clarity of mind. 50% (or more) of a narrative structure is unearthed  during arduous sessions of trial and error. Does this sound grim? Well, it’s not, it is actually a fascinating process. A graceful alchemy informs the work at a certain [...]

On June 24th I joined a G8 protest with the Council of Canadians on beautiful Fairy Lake in Huntsville, a few hours before a local screening of Water On The Table.  I filmed the event from one of the four canoes; to bear witness and to document a meaningful political action: we and countless others [...]

The Theatrical Launch of WATER ON THE TABLE is tonight at 7pm at the Mayfair Theatre: 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa! Maude Barlow and Liz Marshall in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. We hope to see you there!

Every so often an idea sticks and won’t go away. It then requires dogged determination to usher it into the world! Water On The Table is an example of such a film that needed to be made, no matter what. It began in 2003 when I read Blue Gold, Maude Barlow’s first book about the [...]

Nearly 70% of the worlds freshwater is locked in ice.

Most of the rest is in Aquifers that we are draining much more quickly than the natural recharge rate.

Two-thirds of our water is used to grow food.

With 83 million more people on earth each year, water demand will keep going up unless we change how we [...]

The feature length version of Water On The Table has been submitted to Hot docs for consideration. And, the broadcast hour will premier on TVO’s The View From Here on March 24th @ 10pm EST.
Making Water On The Table has consumed me entirely, for the last 2-3 years. I was determined to tell a [...]