Water Mountain | The source of Cape Town’s drinking water (Documentary)

Water Mountain is a story about the Sonderend River, the people of the Vyeboom Valley, and how art has the power to bring them closer.

The film follows the journey of Cape Town-based artist Chip Snaddon, as he immerses in the Vyeboom community to conceptualise, co-create and install a sculpture of two giant redfin minnows on the banks of the mighty Sonderend river.

Farm workers snorkel in the Sonderend River for the very first time, and school kids become citizen scientists and measure the health of the rivers flowing into Theewaterskloof - the City of Cape Town's main water supply dam. The message ‘the river needs us just as much as we need it’ is at the heart of the story - a message we hope to share with other communities and catchments across South Africa.

The film documents a project undertaken by the Freshwater Research Centre, in partnership with CapeNature and the Shine Development Project. The work was funded by The Nature Conservancy through the Greater Cape Town Water Fund: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tn...

Cape Town based musician Steve Newman generously allowed us to use his beautiful tunes. Listen to more of Steve's music and support him here: https://stevenewmanacousticguitarist....​
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