There's Something in the Water
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73% Critic Match

There's Something in the Water

7.3 / 10 2019 1h 13mNR English
Documentary

Storyline

Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his home province, in this urgent documentary on Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fighting to protect their communities, their land, and their futures.

Cast & Crew

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Lead
IW

Ingrid Waldron

Self - Author of "There's Something in the Water"

LD

Louise Delisle

Self - Local Activist

MF

Michelle Francis-Denny

Self - Community Liaison, Boat Harbour Remediation Project

JB

John Bates

Self - Head of Nova Scotia Water Authority (archive footage)

Dorene Bernard

Dorene Bernard

Self - Water Protector

JM

Jolene Marr

Self

MP

Michelle Paul

Self

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ian Daniel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. There's Something in the Water is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker