“Last Call at the Oasis”

Recommended: This feature-length documentary on the global water crisis, screened at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin recently, features powerful film footage and commentary by leading water expert Peter Gleick, Earth System scientist Jay Famiglietti at UC-Irvine, environmental activist Erin Brockovich, Robert Glennon at the Univ. of Arizona, biologist Tyrone Hayes at UC-Berkeley, Tim Barnett at Scripps, and others. Directed by Academy Award-winning Jessica Yu. The film is very much worth seeing. In theaters starting May 4.

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2012/03/19/last-call-at-the-oasis/

The Noise of Cairo, a new film documentary about the art scene in Cairo after the revolution

The film follows the interplay between art and the revolution in Egypt. Protest of any kind was punished violently in pre-revolutionary Egypt and artistic expression was considered nothing but a threat to the status quo. But since the fall of the Mubarak dictatorship, the art scene in Cairo is flourishing once again. A very inspirational film. If you’re interested in the arts and/or Africa, I think you’ll love this.