Le course à l’or bleu
Producer, Director, Writer
Producer: Impact
Broadcasters: Illico, TVA, Savoir média
Language: French
Territory: Canada
Académie du cinéma et de la télévision Nominee (Screen Writing)
Bande Annonce
Episode 1: Quebec: A Gold Mine
Is Quebec truly safe from the water crisis?
While a quarter of the world’s population struggles with growing water scarcity, Quebecers live with a false sense of security.
Despite holding 20% of the planet’s freshwater reserves, our current consumption is driving us toward an unprecedented disaster — and we are dangerously unprepared.
Episode 2: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Drinkable water is becoming scarce. And where there’s scarcity, there’s profit.
Though Quebec has so far avoided the clutches of the global water market, its laws remain vague, its infrastructure is crumbling, and the lure of money is growing stronger.
The water industry generates over $900 billion a year — and that number keeps rising. From Senegal to California, the financial sector is seizing control of this vital resource, often breaking promises along the way.
Episode 3: The Rush for Water
For many, exporting Quebec’s water seems inevitable.
As water stress worsens in the United States, private interests and defenders of our water reserves are locked in a constant battle. While some push to change water’s legal status to prevent it from becoming a commodity, others exploit loopholes to bypass extraction bans and pursue large-scale exports.
Episode 4: The Canary in the Mine
Can we still save our water — and our future?
In 2010, the UN declared access to clean water a basic human right. Yet, many Indigenous communities here have lived without safe water for decades.
Drought, famine, conflict, mass migrations — like it or not, the climate crisis forces us to choose: protect our freshwater or sell it for profit.
Are we ready to face the consequences?