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''One Water'' is a collaborative project initiated in 2003 at the [[University of Miami]] between the School of Communication, College of Engineering and the Frost School of Music to address the global [[Water crisis|freshwater crisis]]. At the heart of the project was the motion picture "One Water."

An early short version of the picture was screened at the 12th and 13th sessions of the UN [[Commission on Sustainable Development]] in New York. A feature version was completed in 2008 and premiered at the Miami International Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.miamifilmfestival.com/gallery_press.cfm?galleryid=1033 Miami Film Festival Gallery], February 2008</ref>  The 68-minute movie was shot in 14 countries and features long tracts of visual storytelling over music and natural sound without words, interspersed with interviews with prominent people, including the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], [[Vandana Shiva]], [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.|Robert Kennedy Jr]]., [[Felipe Fernández-Armesto]] and [[Oscar Olivera]] – among others.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/447497.html Water in Peril], ''The Miami Herald'', 8 March 2008</ref> [[Donna E. Shalala]], president of the [[University of Miami]] also appears in the film as narrator.

The original score for "One Water" was recorded in Moscow by the [[Russian National Orchestra]].

In 2006, "One Water" received major support from the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]]as part of its establishment of the Knight Center for International Media at the School of Communication, University of Miami.

Toward this goal, a partnership with San Francisco-based [[Independent Television Service]] (ITVS) would create four nationally broadcast films on water in four countries (Bahrain, Colombia, India and South Africa). These films will be broadcast in these countries around [[World Day for Water|World Water Day]] (22 March 2009). This partnership has also launched the International Water Journalism website 1h2o.org that is receiving water related multimedia articles produced by journalists around the world.

In early 2009, an international television version of the film was created with a script written by Sanjeev Chatterjee and narrated by Hollywood star [[Martin Sheen]] Sheen was brought to the project by executive producer, Sam L Grogg who formerly collaborated with Sheen on the theatrical motion picture DA. This version of the documentary aired on [[Discovery Networks]]' [[Planet Green]] in August 2010.

The documentary One Water assesses the deficiency of [[drinking water|potable]], safe water on a global scale. The movie highlights how communities across the world are dramatically suffering from a [[water scarcity|lack]] of our most valuable resource, thanks to [[drought]], [[water pollution|pollution]] and other factors. It becomes apparent that although this issue demands an immediate, workable solution, the problem is not easily resolved. The filmmakers also discuss the vitality of water on parallel spiritual and physical levels.

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* Short listed for Awards Jury at 7th Annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, CA,  Jan. 10, 2009.

* Winner of Best Feature Environmental Preservation 5th Annual [[Artivist Film Festival & Awards]], 2008, Los Angeles, CA

* Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, October 15–11 November 2008, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

* Miami International Film Festival, 22 February 2008, Miami, FL.

* [http://www.1h2o.org/ 1h2o.org]

* [http://com.miami.edu/ School of Communication]