H2Omx

José Cohen 2013

Mexico City is the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere. It was not built not near water but in the middle of a lake. To supply it with fresh water is such a task that it makes it compulsory to bring it from other states. Once sewage water leaves the city, it ends up in agriculture. This film is an environmental case study of the Valley of Mexico as it struggles to save itself while its population grows.

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Running Time:

82 mins

Spoken Languages:

Spanish

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

José Cohen

Producers:

Alejandra Liceaga

Cinematographers:

Bernabé Salinas,Guillermo “Memo” Rosas, Jaime Reynoso, Sylvestre Guidi, Gaetan Mariage

Editors:

Paula Heredia, Omar Guzmán, Lorenzo Hagerman

Ecology, Environment

Globalization

Latin American Studies

Nature and Wildlife

Urbanism

Press

Variety

A rallying cry for government and collective action, “H2Omx” is a good-looking, well-researched and smartly assembled documentary that makes a persuasive case that the time is nigh to remedy the status of water management in the Valley of Mexico.

Alissa Simon

Festival Participation

Margaret Mead Film Festival, American Museum of Natural History - 2014
Enviromental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital - 2014
CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival - 2014
Guadalajara International Film Festival - 2014
Hamburg Film Festival - 2014

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