UUF Screens “Last Call at the Oasis”

A free screening of Last Call at the Oasis, a 2011 documentary exploring the global water crisis, will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim on Feb. 19 at 4:30 pm.

Though the crisis is global, Director Jessica Yu’s Last Call at the Oasis focuses primarily on situations in the U.S. The first case study is Las Vegas, a city that has grown more than its water supply can support and that is rapidly emptying Lake Mead. The film also focuses on California, where there is simply not enough water to do everything everybody wants. As UC Irvine scientist James Famiglietti puts it, “we think we have a right to as much water as we can get our hands on,” which has led to a frightening depletion of the state’s vast aquifer.

Last Call also illustrates how industrial pollution is fouling the available water. Erin Brockovich is still fighting hexavalent chromium pollution; Tyrone Hayes has discovered that Atrazine contamination was intense enough to change male frogs into females; and Michigan water activist Lynn Henning is trying to stop concentrated animal feeding operations that spread toxic waste.

Following the film will be a post-screening discussion. The film is part of the Movies That Matter series, which is held the third Tuesday every month.

The UU Fellowship is located at 10341 Highway 42 in north Ephraim. For more information call 854.7559.