Waterlife is a film telling the epic story of the Great Lakes which provide the Earth with 20% of its surface fresh water and economic and recreational sustenance to 35 million people. That precious resource is under assault by toxins, sewage, invasive species, evaporation and profound apathy.
Along the way, Waterlife shows us the Lakes as they might appear to a seagull, a fish, a water molecule and other amazing perspectives. It courses through the lives of extraordinary individuals: the Anishinaabe medicine woman who walked the 17,000 km perimeter of the lakes out of empathy, the last of the great Michigan fishing families, the village where toxins ensure that most new babies are girls.
Although initial screenings are confined to Canadian audiences for the near future, I highly recommend visiting the website which must be as compelling and immersive an experience as the film. It is a deep website that explores our relationship to the Great Lakes and to water itself in great detail.
Beautifully designed, the site interface is rich yet doesn’t get in the way of the story. It is complemented by an impressive score with musical compositions by the likes of Brian Eno, Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson and Philip Glass. Waterlife is a beautiful way to learn about what is happening to one of the great wonders of the natural world and what we can do to keep it that way.
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