Fresh water is a basic need yet poorly accessible to the majority of the world's population. Besides its political implications, Africa's chronically inadequate distribution of this essential resource also raises enormous problems for life in general and for the economic growth of vast regions across the continent. Through the images of Valdés, a boy from a rural village in Cameroon, Uboldi clearly illustrates the importance of having a supply of fresh water.
Valdés
Genre
Documentary
Country
Italy
Year
2008
Duration
1'
Director's Notes
Director's Notes
«Living in a village without running water makes us Europeans acutely aware of water's intrinsic value. Africans understand its value as if by instinct. As Valdés shows us, this appreciation emerges even before they are old enough to carry water back from a stream several kilometers away. This slice of life was filmed in the village of Baloum, Cameroon, where most of the story of my first feature film, Terzo mondo, primo, terzo, takes place».
Water
Water
Pure from its source, uncontaminated and bottled in plastic, this essential element is both wasted and sought after like a treasure, too much or too little in a changing world.
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