Synopsis for the Film

It was called the Garden of Eden. The cradle of western and Islamic civilization nourished by two ancient and legendary rivers- the Tigris and the Euphrates. These were the lands that gave the world the first principles of water management, showed how mighty rivers could be harnessed for greater good. But as the world enters into the 21st century, the greater good has lost priority to ‘progress’ and ‘development’ and large scale economics have come into play and the race is on between the countries that share these rivers- Syria, Iraq and Turkey to entice rich nations and international funding to build their ‘underdeveloped’ regions into post-industrial monstrosities thus effectively destroying the land, the air, the water and also, the history of the world. Director Franke’s striking document delves into the social and economic consequences of the South-East-Anatolia Project and prophecies that reason for the next war in these strife-torn regions will be nothing but ‘water’.

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