June 27, 2008
Fight For Your Rights: Beastie Boy's Film Takes On Nestle, Privatization & Bottled Water
Thanks to friend and former student Amy Ewing for bringing this to my attention.
Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch, known for his activism and whose company distributes the film FLOW: For Love Of Water,defends his attack on Swiss firm Nestle in the film.
Read what Nestle says about bottled water.
You can see my previous posts about the film - 30 January 2008 and 29 February 2008.
From the story:
Yauch screened his documentary film FLOW at last weekend's (21 June 2008) U.S.Nantucket Film Festival, claiming the Swiss-based firm is being environmentally irresponsible.
The film, distributed by Yauch and his company Oscilloscope Pictures, blames the growing privatization of the world's fresh water supply partly on the company, and others including Pepsi and Coca-Cola.
A source tells the New York Post that Nestle bosses were furious at Yauch after hearing the company's name mentioned, revealing, "She (a company representative) stormed out about an hour in when the film named Nestle. The company obviously had no idea this content was in the movie. She told an audience member, 'That was one-sided,' on her way out and didn't come back for the question and answer session afterwards."
Yauch has refused to apologize for his honestly in the footage.
He tells the New York Post, "They (Nestle) put pretty pictures of springs and forests on the bottles, but in this movie they're getting called out. I think it's great. They lock down water as a commodity they can buy and sell. It's terrifying."
Yauch's film is set to debut in New York this September.
The film, distributed by Yauch and his company Oscilloscope Pictures, blames the growing privatization of the world's fresh water supply partly on the company, and others including Pepsi and Coca-Cola.
A source tells the New York Post that Nestle bosses were furious at Yauch after hearing the company's name mentioned, revealing, "She (a company representative) stormed out about an hour in when the film named Nestle. The company obviously had no idea this content was in the movie. She told an audience member, 'That was one-sided,' on her way out and didn't come back for the question and answer session afterwards."
Yauch has refused to apologize for his honestly in the footage.
He tells the New York Post, "They (Nestle) put pretty pictures of springs and forests on the bottles, but in this movie they're getting called out. I think it's great. They lock down water as a commodity they can buy and sell. It's terrifying."
Yauch's film is set to debut in New York this September.
Maude Barlow would be proud of you, Adam!
“Everything starts out as a rebellion, then becomes a movement, and finally becomes a racket.” – Patrick Buchanan
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