Waterlife
Waterlife is a bit of a misnomer since it documents the mortification of 20 per cent of the world’s fresh water, a large part of which rests in Canada. Using CSI-like graphics the producers outline a criminal juggernaut of desecration of The Great Lakes. Belugas in the St Lawrence are getting cancer at an alarming rate and the reason starts in Lake Superior where the Edmund Fitzgerald is a small disaster compared to the slow death that it along with Lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario seem to be heading towards. If only pollution were the extent of the problem, but with the unnatural introduction of lamprey, zebra muscles, Asian carp and other species with no natural predators there seems to be no way to stop these creatures from wiping out indigenous aquatic animals. With a thoughtfully moving soundtrack Waterlife is a beautifully told story about a very ugly situation.