REDE ‘ÃGUA E RESISTÊNCIA’

Abstract

Sometimes reality is hurtful and that emotionmotivate us. Sometimes that motivation lead to the creationof a documentary film to broadcast the critical message: theconstruction and preservation of collective identity throughwater relations, the civic strategies to avoid waterprivatization, the resources used to protect a wetland, etc.Documentary films are like struggles openning place for thatexperiences to find space and time so they be reinforced andtransmitted with eyes toward the future. In this way networksare necessary condition for social resilience facingvulnerability and resistence situations. What links Cuyutlánlagoon species in Mexico, quilombos affected by Tijuco Altodams Project, Aldeia da Luz inhabitant complaints inPortugal and requests of Mapuches from Bio-Bio in Chile?Where is the bottom of the troubled, systematic issues in therelation between mankind and waters?Index Terms ⎯ Water, Documentary Films, SocialResistence, Collective Identity, Resilience.