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Academics and scholars calling

the decades-long shift towards privatization of water

a re-feudalization of the state.

A new report is sounding the alarm

about the access to water around the world.

Humanity's lifeblood, water,

is increasingly at risk around the world,

due to vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment.

Privatization by companies like Tru Water

is categorically anti-democratic.

Breaking news out of Philadelphia,

city officials are monitoring the water supply...

Scientists have now isolated

the waterborne virus...

Dizziness, shortness of breath,

high fever, followed by respiratory failure...

He's got black marks on his chest.

I don't think he's breathing!

...the waterborne virus that has spread

across the globe...

Countries around the world

are rushing to secure supplies

as panic buying and hoarding over fears...

World Health Organization warns of

medical system collapse across the globe.

Record number of deaths reported today...

Water refugees crowd borders seeking asylum

to newly-established blue zones.

They keep talking about these "blue zones,"

but they're not telling us how to get there, you know?

This is now the largest mass migration

in human history.

Where are we supposed to go?

They promised to take care of us; everybody promised.

Chaos in the streets.

Protestors resist orders

to report to the controversial new refugee camps

as access to "blue zones" is suspended.

They call it a camp. I call it a prison.

We got no water!

We need help! We need help!

-Oh!

-Sarah, how would you like if I threw this at you, huh?

You won't.

No, Dad!

-How many days would it take to walk to the ocean?

-A long time.

-You don't know, do you?

Have you ever even been in the ocean?

-What's a long time for you?

Eat your food, please.

-I'm not hungry.

I'm not asking.

-Quit it.

How do stars work?

I dunno, you're gonna have to ask your mom.

-'Cause she's smarter than you?

-Funny, but true.

But I do know that from the closest star...

it takes light four years to reach us.

-So...

when the light was made,

Ben would've still been alive.

It would've been easier for her if it had been me.

Hey.

Hey.

It's not like that.

-Let's start it from there.

We work our way back from here.

East or west?

-East.

-Mom!

Mom?!

-My foot's stuck.

I just wanna get it out.

-Behind.

How many are with you?

-Uh...

I'm on my own.

I've...

...been looking a long time.

-Don't touch it.

-Mom...

-I said leave it, Sarah!

-But Mom, look!

Go get your dad.

Where did you get this?

My dad.

My dad gave it to me.

-What's your name?

-Jamie.

Guys, please...

My foot.

-Do it slowly.

-Uncle Paul, I'm not sick.

It's not him. It can't be.

-And if it is, 'Lish?

You took this picture.

-I remember.

Look at Tim, huh?

Always the great dad.

Ben looks happy.

He looks happy.

-Jamie...

He's the right age.

Can I have some water?

-Hands up.

-Is he gonna stay, Mom?

I don't know.

Show me your skin.

Turn around.

We'll wait 24 hours to be sure.

It's okay. It's safe.

I thought it was just a story he told.

I thought he made it up.

How come you never came before?

-Oh.

I was in a camp.

Got picked up after the reservoir got hit.

-And your parents?

How'd you get out?

I walked out.

They let you?

-Someone, um... someone helped us.

-Who's "us"?

Does anyone know that you came here?

No one can know. You understand?

-I thought they made it.

That's why they never came.

Mom! Dad!

Maybe it's the filter.

We'd have to get down there to see.

I'll do it.

-No, no, no, it's too heavy. What about the boy?

No.

-She's strong.

It's a good 40 feet down.

You're looking for the well screen.

It's a pipe, upright, buried in the foundation.

That's gonna be gravel.

-What do I do with it?

You might have to dig it up.

It's probably blocked with debris.

And then pull it up with you.

It's gonna be heavy.

Okay.

Focus on what's in front of you.

-You alright?

-Yeah.

Yeah.

Stop!

Stop, stop!

-Okay...

Okay, go down a bit!

Okay, down, down...

-Okay!

Okay.

Fuck!

-Sarah!

-What happened? Are you alright?

I'm okay!

-Okay! Okay, okay, pull up!

Up, up...

You alright?

-I'm fine. I'm fine.

Good girl.

It looks like it's cracked.

-Let me see.

-If we don't get something back in there soon,

it's gonna start filling in itself.

We need supplies, something metal.

We've maybe got a week's reserve

until we run out.

Fuck.

Leave it.

Uncle Paul, there's nothing left in Blind River

but snipers and rats.

I know another place. Please, let me take you there.

Where?

Just take care of these two, okay?

-We don't need taking care of.

Why can't I go with you, Dad? -Sarah--

I actually know what's out there.

Why won't you just listen to me?

-I'm not a kid anymore! -I know you're not!

-There's nothing there but death!

Enough.

-I'm trying to help you.

I know a place.

Sarah... I'll be back.

Promise.

Go home!

-Wait!

It's not our land past here!

-It's the best spot to cross the river.

Go home.

Elisha...

Have you seen the kids?

Elisha...

-Sarah!

Sarah!

We shouldn't go down there.

Jamie!

It's dangerous!

How could we be so stupid?

-He was family.

-I can't go through this again.

-'Lish, 'Lish, we will find her, okay?

We will find her.

He was hurt; he couldn't have gone that far.

-We know he came from the west.

We should start there.

-And-- and if she comes back and nobody's here?

-I'll go myself, then.

-What, you can't trust me to do this-- this one thing?

-I can't just sit here!

-And I can?

-You'll need supplies.

You're no good to her dead.

-Where are we going?

-Place I used to live.

-The camps?

-No, another place, uh, a day's walk from here.

I know someone there that can help us.

But when we get there, just...

do what I say.

-What do you mean?

-There's different rules out here, different protocols.

-Like what? -Like just do what I say!

Do you remember me from... before?

-I try not to remember before.

-What happened to your brother?

-There was a family that came...

and... they needed help.

My parents let them stay...

but then Ben got sick.

We didn't even get to touch his body.

My parents don't like to talk about him.

-I understand that.

-I don't.

Your parents...

they got it too?

-My mom, she did.

-And your dad?

-I wasn't the sick that got him.

It's alright, it's alright.

Yo, why you poking me like that for?

-Where've you been?

Who's she?

-Who's asking?

We're about the same size, eh?

-What're you doing this far out?

-I was worried I'd find your body.

-I was just on my way back.

-Where'd you find her?

-She got turned around in the woods.

She's good, though. Don't worry about it.

-Don't look so good.

Gabriel's been worried sick.

Hey, girl, you got any water?

-She doesn't have any.

A couple days without now.

So why'd you come out this far?

You didn't come back.

She was worried.

Thinks you're walkin' in chaos in here.

She ain't got nothing to worry about.

Yeah.

That's it?

Okay, okay.

Took a couple stitches to sort you out.

-Where am I?

-We never agreed on a name, but...

I call it Maine 'cause I always wanted to live there.

-You gave us a bit of a scare coming in like that.

Do you mind holding onto this guy while I clean this?

-Oh... -It's okay.

There you go. Nice and easy.

Yeah.

-Infection is not our friend,

so you'll need to keep this nice and clean as much as possible.

I was training in herbalism before the breakout.

The medicines we used to manufacture were based on plants

from the natural world.

-Like nettles?

-You know how to spot nettles?

That's good.

Hm... Open up.

It's for the ache in your head.

It's alright, love.

Come on.

There you go.

I'm Wanda.

That's Beau.

He likes you.

-He should be down there.

-Would you like to sit down?

Whatcha making, Mill?

-A bear.

For Beau.

-Aw, that's nice.

It's lookin' good.

You must be hungry.

I'm hungry.

-You're always hungry.

-Where's Jamie?

Jamie!

-You were gone a long time, Jamie.

I was worried for ya.

-I know. I'm...

sorry about that.

-Well...

it's alright.

You're here now. That's all that matters.

-Found Sarah in the forest.

-Is that right?

All alone?

Her family was killed trying to get to the blue zone.

She ran.

She got away.

-Oh, that's an awful thing for a child to bear.

Sarah, have you managed the chaos in your heart?

-Hm. That's alright.

Go find something to do.

Dinner won't be long.

Why'd you say all that?

Don't mind what I do.

Just keep your head down. We won't be here long.

I know where to look.

-Didn't think we'd see you back.

I said I would be.

-Mm-hm.

Mm-hm... Who's she?

Sarah.

She's good.

Anyone check her?

Yeah, I checked her.

-Did anyone else check her?

-I checked her.

Wanda checked her.

-What exactly are you looking for here?

How's the level?

-Take a look for yourself.

We'll be drinking piss water soon enough.

-Well, I guess that's dinner.

Come on, baby, please.

-Why won't he drink? -I don't know, hon.

Maybe you're dry up.

-Could be.

He looks skinny.

You think so?

-What did you give me before?

-Uh, just a little weed oil, hon, for the pain.

Okay...

What's the deal with Gabriel?

What do ya mean?

-She seems...

different.

-She is.

What's the plan here, Paul?

What's the plan?

They can't stay.

Fuck.

Fuck!

-Not a drip of waste, as my mother would say.

-Did he build that?

-My brother was always mechanically inclined,

even when he was a child.

Jamie, can we talk?

Tell us somethin' new, Gabriel.

Something new today...

Well, we talked before about the river of Hades.

How it circled the Underworld seven times,

separating itself from the land of the living.

But there's not just one river.

There's five...

each with its function.

But I've always found the most interesting to be the fifth one.

Lethe.

The river of oblivion.

Upon entering the Underworld,

the dead would drink from the waters of Lethe

to forget their earthly existence.

-But why?

-Why?

Why forget?

Shame?

-A-ha!

Our shame.

Our regrets that tie us down to our earthly bodies.

But to drink from the waters of oblivion

is to loose the ties of the past,

and ease our transition into our immortal existence.

To... let go!

Ah, imagine the freedom.

Of all of that...

pain and...

suffering.

-And the good parts?

Do we lose those too?

-Everything comes at a cost.

-But it's just a story.

♪ I'm just a poor, wayfaring stranger ♪

♪ Travelling through this world below ♪

♪ There is no sickness, no toil or danger ♪

♪ In that bright land to which I go ♪

♪ I'm going there to see my father ♪

♪ And all my loved ones who've gone on ♪

♪ I'm just going o'er Jordan ♪

♪ I'm just going o'er home. ♪

Where would we be without beauty like this?

Well, that's all for me.

-Is... Walter the father?

-No.

The camps were a difficult place.

We were test rats to them.

Used us as they saw fit.

-It was no place to raise a child.

It's not so easy out here, either.

But we're free.

-Come on...

He's losing weight.

-I brought you some extra. Maybe it'll... help.

But it's all we can spare.

-Thank you, Gabriel.

I'd like you to come see me, Sarah, alright?

I'd like to speak to you.

-Okay.

Is he gonna be alright?

-I don't know, hon.

I don't know.

Are you nervous?

There's no need to be.

-What did you do with my rifle?

-You don't trust easily, do you? Where'd you learn that?

If you want to know what it's like to be free,

you're gonna have to learn how to trust.

Do you want that?

-I am free.

-I mean in here.

I put it somewhere safe.

-But it's mine.

-What does that mean?

-It belongs to me.

You know, I have a tree in my yard,

and it's over a century old.

Does it belong to me?

-I-I don't know.

-There's no ownership here.

There's no mine, there's no yours.

Where are you from, Sarah?

-South. -Oh.

-We moved around a lot, and then...

then my dad heard rumours.

-What rumours?

-That the checkpoint was abandoned.

But...

it wasn't.

-Well, you survived out there for a long time, then.

All alone?

You must have been so afraid.

-Yeah.

-Honesty is very important to me, Sarah.

I take it very personally.

-I don't mean any trouble.

I'm just looking for my daughter.

Aah!

Oh!

I wanna give this to you.

It's clean. I swear.

-Don't touch that.

That's the only thing keeping us all alive.

-Sorry.

-What are you doing here?

-Just looking.

-Looking for what?

-Nothing.

Just looking.

-Secrets are dangerous around here.

-What's all this, Walt?

-Caught her rifling through the shop,

looking for this.

-Hm...

How odd.

-Um, you got some...

Shh... it's okay.

How's that leg of yours? Pain getting worse?

-It's fine.

-You got something to say?

-Who gave that to you?

-Sarah did.

I need it for him.

I'm sorry.

Jamie...

what's going on?

Let me help you.

Gabriel!

Gabriel!

-Hello, there.

What's your name?

Sam.

-Is it just the two of you, Sam?

-My mom.

You shouldn't drink from the river.

It's sick.

-She didn't mean to!

It's just...

we were so thirsty.

-Hey...

It's okay.

-She won't wake up!

-I'm sure she'll be okay.

You must have walked so far.

We know what we have to do.

He's a danger to all of us.

-We don't know that!

We're short of water as it is.

He's just a kid!

Whose only thought is to be with his mom.

Each of us will someday die,

and one life is not more important than the other.

Do you think your life is more important than his?

-No. -And his yours?

Gabriel, don't!

No!

Was he infected?

Could you see?

I couldn't tell for sure.

-Murder.

That's what it is.

-We'd all be dead if it wasn't for her.

That's not enough.

It never was.

You all act like nothing happened.

-How are we supposed to act? -You could make her leave.

Why are you all so afraid of her?

-Okay, it's not fear. -Then what?

Jamie, what? Talk to me!

-She was the one that made us believe

there was only one way out.

And I dunno, maybe there was!

-From the camps?

Tell me.

-The guard.

He was just a kid.

Barely older than me.

-She killed him?

-When my dad found out the plan, he wanted us to stay.

I couldn't stay in there.

So I did what she told me to do, and...

I left with the group.

She got us out, and I left him behind.

-So he's still in there?

-There was a spot in the fence where'd leave notes.

I'd go there at night.

And he told me what he was gonna do.

He was done.

Mommy's here.

We hold...

we hold up our pain.

We hold onto it and allow it to define us.

It matters to us more than anything.

All this...

suffering.

We can't see...

We can't see... all this...

suffering and suffering.

We can't see it, we can't see it.

All this suffering.

For what?

For what ?

What do you want?

I need your help.

With what?

-Can I trust you?

That's not up to me.

Why did you come here?

What is that?

Where'd you get this?

You want me to help you or not?!

-It's from my family's well.

I've been gone too long already.

My parents...

We're running out of time.

We need to get back.

Please...

I'll do whatever you want.

-You know she had a family once, too?

A husband.

A daughter of her own.

She was a good mother.

I'll need a couple of hours.

Come back for it after nightfall,

when everyone's asleep.

She catches you with this...

you won't be going anywhere.

Jamie...

Jamie...

Walter?

You gotta keep going.

-We better.

-I need to stay here.

I can barely walk. I'll just slow you down.

-But I want you to come. -Sarah...

Please, Jamie, they won't be mad.

I-I promise.

-Head to the tracks.

Follow them over the bridge and through the town.

You remember from there?

Don't worry.

I'll come when it's safe.

I know...

You're up early.

Did we wake you?

-Wanda? -Mm-hm?

-I know a place with water.

Clean water.

And we have a garden, and we take really good care of it.

And the water I gave you, it's from our well.

-What do you mean, a well? -It's my grandpa's.

It's on the other side,

but that doesn't matter because we have to go right now.

-Go where?

No one's going anywhere. We're just talking nonsense.

Jamie...

Oh, you're feverish! Sit down.

-Aw...

Sarah, hon, run and grab me some nettles.

Mind you don't get stung. Use a cloth, okay?

Oh yes, come.

Oh... hi.

What were you saying before?

Gabriel...

-Wanda?

Oh no, it's alright. What's the matter?

Oh, come here...

Oh, yes.

Give him to me.

It's okay.

We've been good to you here, haven't we?

He wants his mother.

It's okay.

Oh, no, no, no.

-Give him here.

Now, Gabriel.

-It was his idea, you know.

All this.

What idea?

To find the well his daddy spoke of,

then bring us there.

-They're all just stories. None of it's real.

-Stop lying! -I'm not!

-You're lying!

You see how we suffer?

Stop crying!

I found it!

Our family has a well on the other side.

And it's clean.

But it needs to be fixed before it fills in.

Mmm.

I'm sorry.

I couldn't find her.

-It's okay... It's okay.

Let's get you home.

-I just need to rest a minute.

-It went clean through, at least.

That's good.

-I'll try again in the morning.

-You need to stay here and rest.

-When Ben was born...

I couldn't imagine he'd disappear.

And love turns around on you into hurt.

So bad you can't even breathe.

-We'll find her.

We'll find her.

♪ This train is bound for glory ♪

♪ This train ♪

♪ This train is bound for glory ♪

♪ This train ♪

♪ This train is bound for glory ♪

♪ Carry nobody but the righteous and the holy ♪

♪ This train is bound for glory ♪

♪ This train ♪

♪ This train don't carry no lies ♪

♪ This train ♪

♪ This train don't carry no lies ♪

♪ This train ♪

♪ This train don't carry no lies ♪

♪ No hypocrites, no midnight fliers ♪

♪ This train... ♪

Looks like we're on foot from here on in.

-You don't look so good.

-I'm fine.

I'm fine.

-This is as far as you go.

Put down the gun, please.

Don't be selfish.

We've come all this way.

-Just you.

You're not coming.

-Sarah...

She's right, Gabriel.

You're a danger to us all.

-Both of us are.

Open your shirt.

No...

-Milly, no.

What did you do?!

-Oh, Jamie...

Sarah!

Are you hurt?

-How could you be so stupid?!

-Comes naturally, I guess.

I remember you, you know?

I always did, 'cuz.

I see you.

You think you deserve more because you've always had more.

We all end up in the same place.

Dad...?

My dad told me weight is like

the Earth pulling you down against it.

That the bigger you get, the harder it pulls,

and that's what keeps you on the ground.

I wish it could be the other way around.

I asked him what happens when you die.

Where does the weight go then?

He said some of it goes,

and some of it stays behind with the people you love.

It goes down into the soil and makes all kinds of new life.

I think someday things are gonna change.

Life will be better.

People will be free.

And we'll go see the ocean.