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: www.nature.org...
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: stevenewmanacousticguitarist....​
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[@odejared]

loving the work Jeremy! so cool to see our river up close..looking forward to the next saving sand fish film...

[@contentlounge8283]

Yoh beautiful - inspiring! Well done

[@sheltonpa]

Great story, well told!

[@laurenmuller200]

Thank you, such a great documentary binding and connecting together aquatic and human worlds. I loved Chips creative process and the way it came to life by working with the skills, effort and creativity of the community. You made complex ideas and theories simple and accessible for the watcher and participants. I learnt a lot. Looking forward to watching more of your films.

[@alisonjoubert9960]

What a wonderful project. Well done all.

[@reaborcherds125]

such valuable research. wonderful doccie

[@Hero-in-my-Hood]

Awesome - thank you!

[@stuarthablutzel]

You guys keep it up! Amazing work

[@isaacvandermerwe744]

Chip looks like a giant redfin himself in his red swimming trunks and socks