Riverblue Documentary film

The texti­le indus­try is one of the most envi­ron­men­tal­ly dama­ging sec­tors in the wor­ld and con­tri­bu­tes sig­ni­fi­can­tly to water pol­lu­ti­on and water scar­city in pro­duc­ti­on coun­tri­es. In addi­ti­on to the pro­duc­ti­on pro­cess itself, the washing and impro­per dis­po­sal of worn clot­hing also pol­lu­te waterways with che­mi­cals and microfibres.

The docu­men­tary film RIVER­BLUE accom­pa­ni­es the envi­ron­men­ta­list Mark Ange­lo on his jour­ney aro­und the wor­ld and shows the devas­ta­ting effec­ts of texti­le pro­duc­ti­on on our rivers and huma­nity. At the same time, the film pre­sents solu­ti­ons that offer hope for a sus­ta­ina­ble futu­re. The film raises awa­re­ness of the des­truc­ti­on of some of the most impor­tant rivers by the fashi­on indus­try and appe­als to major fashi­on bran­ds to imple­ment urgen­tly needed changes.

Kana­da 2017 / OmeU / 95 Min. / Regie: Roger Wil­li­ams, David Mclivride

guest: Marie Wekel