Playing The Water Front

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The Water Front

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Contributed by Citizen Shift

Length: 6 min 28 sec

License:

Year of Production: 2005

Director:

Liz Miller

Producer:

Liz Miller

The community of Highland Park, Michigan went bankrupt in 2002. The city is now under emergency financial management. The state's emergency managers have raised the price of water and attached unpaid water bills to house taxes, forcing some of Highland Park's long-time residents to sell their homes and leave. The Water Warriors are a group of Highland Park residents who have banded together to fight the privatization of their water plant and make the emergency managers accountable to the people of the community. To order this film or for more information contact Liz Miller at

http://www.waterfrontmovie.com/

Comments

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by catrina

Fri, 03/30/2007 - 22:20

Hi there,
Thanks for your comments!
Please encourage the students to contribute their thoughts on the subject as well! (or if anyone would like to submit something to the site, they are welcome to do that as well)..

keep in touch!

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by rbisaro

Fri, 03/23/2007 - 19:57

Thank you for this timely section - my Grade 10 and 11 Social Studies classes are coming into a discussion on this topic. RBisaro, Windermere Secondary School, Vancouver, BC