¡O COMEMOS O PAGAMOS! THE CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER OF WATER SUPPLY PROVISION IN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
While the international community discusses the importance of securing the human right to water during the Seventh Inter-American Dialogue on Water Resource Management (D7), low-income households in Medellín are denied access to this essential resource for non-payment of bills or because they are located in so-called “high-risk” zones. ¡O comemos o pagamos! puts a lens to the invisible everyday practices of low-income households as they attempt to secure access to water in a city of privilege hydrological conditions that owns one of the most efficient public utility companies in Latin America.
Directors: Marcela López/Miodrag Kuč
Length: 22 mins
Year: 2015
Country: Colombia/Germany
The documentary is based on my 2016 book Paisajes Hídricos Urbanos en Disputa: Agua, Poder y Fragmentación Urbana en Medellín, Colombia Download Book Flyer
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SCREENINGS
2019
29.03 University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, USA)
2018
21.06 Institut für Ethnologie, Ludwig Maximilians Universität – LMU (Munich, Germany)
27.02 Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (Munich, Germany) Download Green Screens Program
2017
24.06 Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
25.05 Muestra Audiovisual – Narrativas de Memoria (Medellín, Colombia) Download Film Festival Program
22.03 Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)
07.02 The Oslo School of Architecture and Design – AHO (Oslo, Norway)
2016
07.11 Urban Management Program, Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
13.10 Alice Salomon Hochschule (Berlin, Germany)
10.08 Critical Concrete (Porto, Portugal)
08.07 La Ladera Library Park (Medellín, Colombia)
06.07 Center for Metropolitan Studies – CMS , Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
10.06 Speisekino Moabit, Zentrum für Kust und Urbanistik (ZK/U) (Berlin, Germany)