Green Festival of San Francisco 2024

Water for Life & Diego Luna Water For Life Intro + Q&A

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Water For Life reports from the frontline of the resistance, following three Indigenous activists in Latin America as they face death threats and murder to safeguard their precious water resources from foreign corporations and corrupt governments. The right to clean water is a global issue but in Latin America, it has become a matter of life and death.


A story of courage and determination, betrayal and corruption, death threats and murder, and of unexpected victories in the countryside and in the courts, that asks how economic development can grow in harmony with environmental protections and why we tolerate unbridled greed and profiteering at the expense of human life and our precious planet. Above all, Water For Life illuminates a growing recognition of Indigenous rights and a rising demand for corporate responsibility and environmental justice that’s being seen around the world.


Narrated by Diego Luna, with the original song Ko (Water) by Lila Downs and Daniela Millaleo.

  • Runtime
    91 minutes
  • Language
    English, Spanish
  • Country
    United States, Chile, El Salvador, Honduras
  • Director
    Will Parrinello
  • Screenwriter
    Sarah Kass
  • Producer
    Rick Tejada-Flores, María José Calderón, Will Parrinello
  • Co-Producer
    Sarah Kass
  • Cast
    Alberto Curamil, Francisco Pineda, Berta Cáceres, Diego Luna
  • Cinematographer
    Vicente Franco
  • Editor
    María José Calderón