The film focuses on the Frank Kaler family of South Brunswick, New Jersey. Kaler is a housepainter and the family gets their water from their own well, as do their neighbors. The Kalers realize that their water is being contaminated from a nearby landfill and seek to get government to acknowledge and fix the problem. Their attempts to contact local and then the state Department of Environmental Protection are rebuffed. Mr. Kaler eventually goes to Washington DC to testify at Congressional hearings. The film follows the five-year radicalization of Kaler as he realizes what is happening to groundwater and why.
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In a positive review for The Nation, Greg Mitchell wrote "In Our Water is instructive, and it is depressing, but it is also inspiring".[1]Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote: "Miss Switzgable's film, in addition to providing a swift and distressing lesson about environmental pollution, ably chronicles the ways in which Mr. Kaler's crusade have strengthened his resolve."[2]
water, 1982, american, documentary, film, directed, switzgable, about, family, south, brunswick, jersey, discover, their, drinking, water, contaminated, nearby, landfill, film, posterdirected, bymeg, switzgableproduced, bymeg, switzgablestarringfrank, kaler, r. In Our Water is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Meg Switzgable about a family in South Brunswick New Jersey who discover their drinking water is contaminated by a nearby landfill In Our WaterFilm posterDirected byMeg SwitzgableProduced byMeg SwitzgableStarringFrank Kaler Rita KalerCinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Robert ChappellEdited byMona DavisProductioncompanyForesight FilmsDistributed byNew Day FilmsRelease dateJanuary 6 1982 1982 01 06 Running time60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Overview 2 Reception 3 Accolades 4 References 5 External linksOverview editThe film focuses on the Frank Kaler family of South Brunswick New Jersey Kaler is a housepainter and the family gets their water from their own well as do their neighbors The Kalers realize that their water is being contaminated from a nearby landfill and seek to get government to acknowledge and fix the problem Their attempts to contact local and then the state Department of Environmental Protection are rebuffed Mr Kaler eventually goes to Washington DC to testify at Congressional hearings The film follows the five year radicalization of Kaler as he realizes what is happening to groundwater and why Reception editIn a positive review for The Nation Greg Mitchell wrote In Our Water is instructive and it is depressing but it is also inspiring 1 Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote Miss Switzgable s film in addition to providing a swift and distressing lesson about environmental pollution ably chronicles the ways in which Mr Kaler s crusade have strengthened his resolve 2 Accolades editIt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 3 After airing on PBS Frontline it was nominated for an Emmy Award 4 References edit Mitchell Greg January 30 1982 Films Nation 234 4 124 125 ISSN 0027 8378 Maslin Janet January 6 1982 FILM WATER POLLUTION AND ROGER BALDWIN PROFILE The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved April 19 2021 NY Times In Our Water Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Archived from the original on October 14 2012 Retrieved November 16 2008 Stewart William Laurie Jim FOR SEGMENTS QJJTSTl NDING COVERAGE OF A SJ NGLE BREAKING NEWS STORY 18 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help External links editMovie website In Our Water at Frontline In Our Water at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title In Our Water amp oldid 1162045635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
