Free screening of the WE ARE WATER Documentary at Let’s Go Adventures Club Day 13th July 2013. Please contact the shop for time.
Jill Heinerth has dived deeper into caves than any woman in history. With a collection of magnificent images, from inside Antarctic icebergs to the Floridan Aquifer and subterranean Siberia, Jill shares a glimpse of a breathtaking world few will experience.
For the first time in history, fresh water has become a finite resource. Many experts agree that, without significant changes in water policy, wars of the 21st century may be fought, not over oil, but for control of clean water. We Are Water is an imaginative, entertaining, and enlightening documentary, illustrating the fragile relationship between our planet’s endangered fresh water resources, and the ever increasing needs of our expanding population.
Featuring the breathtaking underwater videography of extreme explorer and technical diver, Jill Heinerth, We Are Water takes viewers right into the heart of the planet, swimming through the underground arteries that are the source of all life on earth. From deep underwater caves to the bountiful Great Lakes of her ancestral home, Jill shares her fantastic expeditions on, above, and inside the planet.
We Are Water balances narrative documentary with adventure filmmaking. While educating the audience about how each of us is intertwined with our local water supplies, this film provides a glimpse at Jill’s remarkable life from a shy, young Canadian graphic artist, to the top female technical diver in the world. With an extraordinary spirit of discovery, Jill’s compelling message is to educate, inform and inspire audiences to be better caretakers of the each other, and the planet.
“People protect what they love.”
– Jacques Yves Cousteau
The film entices viewers with the natural beauty of our watery world, challenging them to make simple changes to protect and preserve the earth’s clean water.
With segments exploring our spiritual connection to water, from ancient mythology to today’s full immersion baptisms, We Are Water reveals the significant role water has played in human culture through the ages.
Beginning with a Mother’s water breaking at the birth of a child, this project celebrates our intimate relationship with water. From children joyfully diving from a concrete jetty, to a refreshing sip of ice cold water on a hot summer day, audiences learn how water nourishes and replenishes our bodies, minds and spirits.
“Every time I slip beneath the surface, I feel a spiritual connection to the earth and a deep reverence for water. I realize that I am swimming through the very essence of the planet.
The Earth embraces me and I get to share, through my photographs and films, a breathtaking world few people will ever experience for themselves. As a kindergarten kid who loved “show and tell,” I realize that I never stopped doing that, even 40 years down the road.” Jill Heinerth