Women and Water

From birth through to death, water plays an essential role in every stage of life. And in India, as with most poorer societies, it is women who are responsible for finding water, and using it. Women and Water is a beautiful, poetic examination of Indian society through the prism of water and shows h...

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Other Authors: Infobase,, Journeyman Pictures (Firm)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Journeyman Pictures (Firm), [2015]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (57 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color.
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Summary: From birth through to death, water plays an essential role in every stage of life. And in India, as with most poorer societies, it is women who are responsible for finding water, and using it. Women and Water is a beautiful, poetic examination of Indian society through the prism of water and shows how this most elemental of resources is denied to the most needy. Life is water, water is life - no matter whether you are rich or poor.
Item Description: Originally released by Journeyman Pictures (Firm), 2015.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 08, 2016.
Water Poem (1:56) -- First Story: Birth - Bharathi (5:55) -- First Story: Birth - Bharathi Continued (7:27) -- Second Story: Growth - Seema (5:10) -- Second Story: Growth - Seema Continued (7:22) -- Third Story: Development - Nanda (6:03) -- Third Story: Development - Nanda Continued (8:03) -- Fourth Story: Death - Laskhmi (5:10) -- Fourth Story: Death - Laskhmi Continued (9:42) -- Credits: Women and Water (1:09)
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From birth through to death, water plays an essential role in every stage of life. And in India, as with most poorer societies, it is women who are responsible for finding water, and using it. Women and Water is a beautiful, poetic examination of Indian society through the prism of water and shows how this most elemental of resources is denied to the most needy. Life is water, water is life - no matter whether you are rich or poor.
9 & up.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (57 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 9 & up.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.