''Waterlife'' is a 2009
documentary film and
web documentary about the state of the
Great Lakes. It was directed by
Kevin McMahon.
Film
McMahon began filming ''Waterlife'' in 2007. The film explores the beauty of the Great Lakes as well as their degradation due to
water pollution.
The film looks at the water system from its
headwater
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
Definition
The ...
s in
Lake Superior to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Gulf of St. Lawrence () is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, at an average depth of .
...
, accompanied by Josephine Mandamin, an
Anishinabe elder from
Thunder Bay, who walks along the Great Lakes each spring to protest deteriorating conditions.
''Waterlife'' is co-produced by Primitive Entertainment and the
National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
The film received the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature at the 2009
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June ...
.
The
United Kingdom distributor is
Dogwoof Pictures.
Web documentary
The interactive version of ''Waterlife'' was created by Toronto-based web and design company Jam3 and creative directors Adrian Belina and Pablo Vio for the NFB, incorporating material from the documentary film. The conception and development of the website took approximately four months. ''Waterlife'' explores different aspects of the state of the Great Lakes through 23 individual sections, incorporating text, images and sound.
It received the
Webby Award for best web documentary (individual episode).
See also
*''
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes
''The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes'' is a 1968 Canadian short film featuring a humorous geography lesson, in which a canoeist travels abruptly through time as he crosses the Great Lakes, experiencing cataclysmic changes in different eras. The ...
'', a 1968 NFB film about the Great Lakes
* ''
Water on the Table''
References
External links
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Adobe Flash)
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National Film Board of Canada web documentaries
Great Lakes
Documentary films about water and the environment
Canadian environmental websites
2009 documentary films
Webby Award winners
Water pollution in Canada
Water pollution in the United States
2009 films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films
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