Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water

A Book By Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, with Michael Fox. Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley & Sons, 2007, Cloth, 275 pages

Beginning where the documentary film leaves off, Thirst investigates eight recent high-profile controversies over the corporate takeover of water in the United States and illuminates how and why ordinary people are fighting back both here and abroad. Engrossing and alarming, these character-based stories focus on citizen battles to maintain public control of local water systems and on struggles to challenge the bottled water industry.

2008 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner – Conscious Media/Journalism

“A riveting and engaging account.”
Carl Pope, Sierra Club

“Passionate…every American should read it.” Maude Barlow, United Nations Senior Advisor on Water

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www.powells.com

"Ezekiel’s Wheels”
2007, 15 minutes

Poet Shirley Kaufman gives a tour-de-force reading of her new work in the short film “Ezekiel’s Wheels”. The poem, a contemplation of loss, longing, and the nature of true seeing, was inspired by her experience of losing her sight. Emerging from eye surgery, Kaufman had visions like those of the exiled Biblical prophet Ezekiel. Apocalyptic fires in the sky, wheels within wheels, and a valley of bones are encountered on a journey that leads from destruction towards revelation. Kaufman, an American who has resided in Jerusalem since 1973, is the author of eight books of poetry, and is an award-winning translator.

World Premiere: Jerusalem Film Festival, 2007
U.S. Premiere: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 2007

“Secrets of Silicon Valley” 2001, 60 minutes

A one hour documentary film revealing the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution. “Secrets” is also a funny and moving meditation on America’s love affair with technology. Told without narration, the film chronicles a tumultuous year in the lives of two young activists, Magda Escobar and Raj Jayadev, grappling with temporary work, the digital divide, toxic waste, and the growing gap between the haves and the have nots in the New Economy.

“‘Secrets of Silicon Valley’ is a hit.”
– The New York Times

With Companion Study Guide
PBS “Independent Lens”, 2001
www.secretsofsiliconvalley.org

To preview or purchase the film – www.bullfrogfilms.com
Institutional, community group, and home video rates available

“Blacks and Jews”
1997, 85 minutes
– Co-Produced with Bari Scott

An 85 minute feature length documentary film – made collaboratively by Jewish and Black filmmakers - examining key contemporary conflicts between the Black and Jewish communities. An invaluable tool for increasing mutual understanding and building coalitions for social justice, not just between Blacks and Jews, but among all groups.

"Provocative and absorbing...'Blacks and Jews' will undermine stereotypes, inspire discussion and help repair a wrongly damaged relationship." Roger Ebert

"This 85 minute film will ignite you!" Mandy Patinkin

With Companion Study Guide
Sundance Film Festival, 1997
PBS “P.O.V”, 1997
www.newsreel.org/films/blacks.htm

“Blacks and Jews: Ambivalent Allies”
1994, Four 1 hour shows
Co-Produced with Bari Scott and KPFA/Pacifica Radio

A four hour radio series looking at ethnic identity, stereotypes, racism and anti-Semitism, the Civil Rights Movement, and the potential future cooperation and conflict between the two ethnic groups. A cultural journey through music, storytelling, poetry and interviews throughout the U.S. With Cornel West, Michael Lerner, Henry Louis Gates, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Anna Deavere Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Patricia Williams.

Available from Pacifica Program Service – 800-735-0230