Cynthia Reeves, Creative Director of H2O:Film on Water and Great River Arts, was featured with Dr. David Howell, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and a former geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Susan Marks, journalist and author of the new book “Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America.”
“From the water problem to water as metaphor. Our story begins in a former woolen mill on the banks of the Sugar River in Newport, NH. To get there, I drove past The Dollar Store and strip malls, the spray-painted signs advertising cord wood and coal, and onto South Main Street, where space for rent signs fade in store front windows.
Newport is one of the American towns where Sturm, Ruger and Co. has been manufacturing guns since 1949. Firearms magnate William Ruger, Jr., meticulously restored the old mill to house his extensive collection of antique cars. Bill Ruger then turned over an entire floor – 20,000 square feet – of the mill bulding to H20: Film on Water. It’s a collection of films, video, photographs and contemporary installations linked to the Connecticut River waterways.”
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