Green green water is about power of the hydroelectric dam in Northern Manitoba. The power to destroy an indigenous culture and its people who refuse to be powerless in their struggle to survive , the power of money and power of activism.
In the 1970's Manitoba Hydro, a Canadian government-owned utility company signed a treaty, the Northern Flood Agreement, with the Aboriginal peoples of northern Manitoba to build hydroelectric dams that would change the lives of the Cree forever. Billions of Canadian tax dollars went into creating this series of dams. Since that time, thousands of acres of pristine wilderness have been flattened by rushing water; an Aboriginal economy which relies on hunting and fishing has been all but destroyed; and the many Cree residents claim that Manitoba Hydro is not living up to their end of the Northern Flood Agreement.
According to http://www.greengreenwater.com/ states that Green Green Water exposes the important story of displacement, resistance and insidious public relations that lie beyond the energy grid."
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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