#socioeconomic-inequality

#socioeconomic-inequality

It's only the fifty-fourth largest city in the United States-down from fifth largest two hundred years ago-but it occupies a much larger place in the national mind than, say, Arlington, Texas, or Mesa, Arizona, where more people live. There's the food, the neighborhoods, the music, the historic architecture, the Mississippi River, Mardi Gras. But the love for New Orleans stands in contrast to the story that cold, rational statistics tell.

The film examines how market-driven water management increases the rich-poor divide and contributes to broader environmental issues in South Africa.