Tapped

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity to be bought and sold under the rules of basic capitalism?  From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., Tapped is an incisive documentary that takes a blistering look at how one of Earth’s most important resources has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry — an industry almost entirely self-regulated, which we support with every deceptively "pure" and refreshing bottle we drink in our blissfully ignorant efforts to stay hydrated and healthy.

This incisive investigative documentary offers a blistering look beneath the bottle caps at the major economic, environmental and health impacts of the flood of bottled water manufactured and consumed in the United States.  Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig probes every angle of the story, from corporate control of water to the petrochemicals in plastic bottles, from plastic recycling to the sources and safety of bottled water.

From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, the film follows the path of the bottled water industry and the communities whose lives are affected by it and are caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water. Tapped will change the way you think and drink.

Sponsored by the City of Santa Cruz

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Plastic Bottle Recycling Contest with City of Santa Cruz Public Works
Regal Riverfront Stadium Twin
155 South River Street
11:45 AM – 4:00 PM
Sponsors of the film Tapped, the City of Santa Cruz's Public Works Department will be in the lobby during the Reel Fresh and Tapped shows to talk about alternatives to using commercial bottled water.

They are also sponsoring this contest:
Win a Ticket to see Tapped at the Santa Cruz Film Festival!
Tell us why you pledge to avoid purchasing bottled water. Give us your opinion, some facts, feelings, or artwork around the issue of bottled water in 50 words or less. Forty winners will receive a ticket to see the movie Tapped.

E-mail your response to: cmoran@cityofsantacruz.com
Or mail it to: Tapped No Bottled Water Pledge, City of Santa Cruz, Public Works Department, 809 Center Street, Room 201, Santa Cruz CA  95060

Entries must be received by April 29, 2:00 PM