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Elliot Page and Gaycation collaborator Ian Daniel shift gears with the documentary Theres Something in the Water, a disturbing and, frankly, terrifying portrait of ecological and social disasters in Pages native Nova Scotia. Based on Ingrid Waldrons incendiary study, the film follows Page as she travels to rural areas of the province that are plagued by toxic fallout from industrial development. As did Waldron, the filmmakers discover that these catastrophes have been precisely placed, all in remote, low income - and very often Indigenous or Black - communities. As the filmmakers observe, your postal code determines your health. Were introduced to many courageous women. Louise, from Shelburne, gives us a tour of a neighborhood in her hometown where every house has been affected by cancer. Michele fights to protect "A?se?k", or Boat Harbour, once a sanctuary for Indigenous people, now plagued by toxins spewed by a pulp and paper mill. The government only began addressing this when other whiter, wealthier communities were affected. (In one stomach-churning moment, its explained that the company went to great effort to divert the offal towards "A?se?k".) And a group of "Mi?gmaq" activists known as The Grandmothers fight to protect a river threatened by a gas company. All of it is deeply sobering and scary, but like Page and Daniel we may find solace in the bravery of their subjects, who are the kind of resourceful and compassionate people you should place your bets on. If, as Louise poignantly asks, you dont care about other people, "What do you get up for every day?"
Elliot Page
Self - Narrator
Ingrid Waldron
Self - Author of 'There's Something in the Water'
Louise Delisle
Self - Local Activist
Michelle Francis-Denny
Self - Community Liaison, Boat Harbour Remediation Project
Jolene Marr
Self - Water Protector
Michelle Paul
Self - Water Protector
Dorene Bernard
Self - Water Protector Kesatum Tan Teli Lnu'Wey
Darlene Gilbert
Self - Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman
Madonna Bernard
Self - Kukuwes Wokwis
Carol 'Ducie' Howe
Self
Rebecca Moore
Self
Paula Isaac
Self
Marian Nichols
Self
John Bates
Self - Head of Nova Scotia Water Authority
Stephen Colbert
Self
Rufus Copage
Self - Sipekne'katik Band
Ian Daniel
Self
Lewis J. Francis
Self - Michelle's Grandfather
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