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  • PARCHED

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Narrated by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney, Parched is a three-part companion series to 'Water & Power: A California Heist,' and investigates water wars from West Virginia and Michigan to Syria and India. The series explores the corporate, political and social interests that are responsible for our water-limited future.

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  • Parched: Water & Power: A California Heist
    The story of how a handful of water barons gained control of the state’s most precious resource, while drought left local homeowners with dry wells.
  • Parched: A Water & Power: California Heist
    The story of how a handful of water barons gained control of the state’s most precious resource, while drought left local homeowners with dry wells.
  • Parched: Toxic Waters
    Illegal dumping affects a cattle farmer’s livelihood, and lax regulations for oil companies result in water contamination.
  • Parched: Global Water Wars
    This episode of Parched zeroes in on India and Syria, two of the world’s most vulnerable hot spots for water-related conflict.
  • Parched: Money Flows
    This episode explores an alarming trend, where Wall Street banks control municipalities and hold the everyday American’s water supply in their grip.
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