THE FIGHT FOR WATER

Set during the Water Crisis of 2009 and 2010, The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle documents the human impact an environmental decision had upon a farming community in the heart of the California Central Valley when their water supply was shut off. An environmental decision, intended to protect an endangered fish species, had unintended consequences upon the community who needed it to farm, have jobs and be able to provide for their families. In consequence, they united in a march to fight for their water. One filmmaker, who happened to live in the impacted part of the valley, set out to film this event and document their struggle; exposing, along the way, class and social politics behind water access and distribution in California.