Directed by Jesse Green, Vanda Fleury-Green

Logline: An aqueduct piping clean water to the citizens of Winnipeg speaks to a dirty truth.

Synopsis: Filmmaker Jesse Green travels to his home community of Shoal Lake 40 interviewing people about the impacts of the City of Winnipeg aqueduct in the 100+ years since it was built. Weaving in interviews with historians and archival material Green builds a strong case about the exploitation of his community.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 77 Minutes
GENRE: Documentary
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba
TECHNIQUES: Live Action
KEYWORDS: Abuse, Education, Environment, Health, Historical, Human Rights, Indigenous Topic, Politics, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Tragedy, Women, LGBTQ Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker

Director's Statement: I acknowledge my family from and the people of Shoal Lake as they are the heart of this story and the motivation behind the project. I wanted to do this documentary to learn more about my community and in doing so learnt a lot about my home town Winnipeg. This documentary is a way of giving back to the community and I am dedicated to being involved with Shoal Lake as an off reserve member.