A special screening of the powerful documentary film Green Green Water will be held on November 30, 2006 at 7pm at the Bell Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota campus. POSSIBLE STORY IDEAS:

• Last year the Minnesota Public Utilities commission rejected any monitoring or reporting on the economic and environmental issues associated with Manitoba Hydro's dam system, against their own staff's recommendation.
• Rumored as a response to the production of Green Green Water, Manitoba Hydro payed a reported $500,000 to a filmmaker in Manitoba to create a pro-hydro film about the same community featured in Green Green Water.
• Since this film was completed two of the most outspooken pro-dam chiefs have been voted out of office and replaced by anti-dam chiefs.
• Xcel Energy continues to purchase power from Manitoba Hydro. Canadians say that a new deal with NSP (Xcel) will help open the door to the construction of the Conawapa project. This 1250 Megawatt dam will power 420,000 homes. See Winnipeg Free Press article.

A post screening panel, including Senator Scott Dibble (DFL), Ken Bradley of Fresh Energy, Dawn Mikkelson (Director of Green Green Water), and Jamie A. Lee (Co-Director/Editor of Green Green Water) will give the audience an opportunity to learn more about the issue, as well as the making of this important film. Following the screening there will be a post-show reception in the Bell Museum.

This screening is sponsored by the Bell Museum of Natural History as part of their Science on Screen film program, U of M EcoWatch, Fresh Energy, and the U of M chapter of Amnesty Intnernational.

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A $10 Suggested Donation will be collected at the door. Proceeds go toward the pay the film's musicians and other necessary distribution costs so that we can tell this story around the world on a large scale.

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About Green Green Water

As an average American consumer, filmmaker Dawn Mikkelson embarks on a journey to investigate where the "green energy" she is purchasing through Xcel Energy comes from. Her trip takes her to northern Manitoba, where hydroelectric dams have left massive environmental devastation in their wake and deep divisions in the communities about further development in the area. Allegations of bribery and government corruption surface. In this captivating and eye-opening documentary, the filmmakers explore the complexity of cultures in collision and the effects of environmental destruction on a way of life.