A rallying cry for government and collective action, this good looking, well-researched and smartly assembled documentary makes a persuasive case that the time is nigh to remedy the status of water management in the Valley of Mexico. Raising awareness a la Davis Guggenheim’s An Inconvenient Truth, H2Omx employs dramatic aerial photography, easily assimilated statistics presented in eye-catching graphics and animation, along with testimony from experts and ordinary people. Much of the region’s water problem stems from the fact that Mexico City was built in the middle of a series of ancient lakes. The Spanish colonists fought against nature, building massive drainage systems and importing fresh water from elsewhere. Unfortunately, these same outdated tactics are currently in use today.
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