''Water and Power'' is a 1989 experimental documentary film by
Pat O'Neill Pat O'Neill may refer to:
Sportspeople
* Pat O'Neill (American football) (born 1971), American football player
*Pat O'Neill (Dublin footballer) (born 1950), Dublin Gaelic footballer and manager
*Pat O'Neill (Galway footballer) (born 1956), Galway G ...
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Summary
A reflection between nature and man in
Los Angeles about the city's surroundings'
desertification
Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...
due to enormous water consumption.
Reception
It won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 1990
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
. It was selected to the United States
National Film Registry in 2009 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ''Water and Power'' was preserved by the
Academy Film Archive in 2009 in conjunction with Pat O'Neill.
See also
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1989 in film
The year 1989 involved many significant films.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Events
* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basin ...
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The Decay of Fiction
''The Decay of Fiction'' is a 2002 American 35mm part color and part black-and-white experimental film noir project directed by independent filmmaker and artist Pat O'Neill. The film, initially conceived as a documentary, was produced by O'Neil ...
''-a 2002 film also by O'Neill
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Art film
References
External links
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TCM.com
{{Sundance Grand Jury Prize Documentary
1989 films
Films directed by Pat O'Neill
United States National Film Registry films
Films set in Los Angeles
1989 documentary films
1980s avant-garde and experimental films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
Sundance Film Festival award-winning films