Thirst

A film by Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman

Bullfrog Films

62 minutes

Vocabulary
public trust	global commons	privatization
civil society	local control	monopoly
accountability	democracy	competition
infrastructure	delta	citizen

1) What does it mean to privatize something?

2) Explain the two views of who owns water presented in the film.

3) What happened in Cochabamba, Bolivia when water was privatized?

4) Who did the military & police support? Why?

5) What argument did the mayor make in Stockton, California for privatizing water?

6) What examples does the film give of people helping themselves to get water?

7) What are the benefits of public employment & public employees?

8) What did the citizens of Stockton do to oppose the mayor's plan?

9) How successful were they? What ideas do they have about why it turned out the way it did?

10) What benefits did they get from trying to stop the mayor?