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MQT, MI

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OCT 15-18, 2026 • Marquette, MIchigan

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Water is Life

  • Year 2025
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 17 min
  • Director Richard Mack, John Manos
  • Notes Filmmaker in Attendance, First Time Filmmaker
  • Topics
    • Current Events
    • Climate Change
    • Great Lakes
    • Environment

Film Synopsis

Water is Life covers issues facing the Great Lakes in brief yet explains how people around the region are doing something when it comes to the challenges they face. This is a synopsis of the longer documentary still in production.


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