Bottled Life

Who owns the water? In this country, all we have to do is turn on the tap and have the best drinking water at all times. Why do we still pay a lot of money for this vital resource? 'Bottled Life - The Business with Water' reveals how corporations sell people their own water as an expensive lifestyle product by securing access to valuable sources worldwide. Journalist Res Gehriger follows the trail of 'Nestlé' and gives us a deep insight into the strategies of one of the most powerful players in the billion-dollar bottled water business. The largest European citizens' initiative to date, 'Right2water', is currently fighting against the privatisation of the water supply. At the same time as the cinema release in September 2013, more than 1 million signatures of the protest movement were handed over to the German authorities.

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