RUNNING DRY is a comprehensive public information/education project to raise awareness regarding the worsening global water crisis. The project's centerpiece is an explosive and enlightening in-depth documentary. RUNNING DRY was inspired by former U.S. Senator Paul Simons' book TAPPED OUT, the coming world crisis in water and what we can do about it. The documentary is narrated by actress Jane Seymour and written, produced and directed by Jim Thebaut. For practical purposes, there are two versions, an eighty minute feature and a 50 minute executive summary and the process of presenting them throughout the world has now begun.

On February 4th, 2005 RUNNING DRY was premiered at The Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, on February 8th in Washington DC at The Center for Strategic and International Studies and at noon on February 24th to members and staff of the U.S. Congress in the Caucus Room within the Russell Senate Building. Later in the day at 3:00 PM it was presented at the Woodrow Wilson center for Scholars.

On World water Day, March 22nd RUNNING DRY was premiered in Beijing. It was a public awareness event sponsored by the Center for Environmental Education & Communications of the State Environmental Protection Administration of China.

On May 4th, the documentary received acclaim at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. The event was sponsored by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

Future screenings are being planned in South Africa, India, Middle East, Moscow and elsewhere throughout the world. For example, significant presentations will occur on August 15th in Las Vegas and the following day in Reno, Nevada. Its purpose is to educate the region regarding the depth and dimension of the water crisis in the American Southwest.

On Wednesday evening September 7th RUNNING DRY will have its Hollywood premier! The feature length version will be presented at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival to be held at the Arc Light Cinema, 6360 West Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles. The objective of this event is to generate an entertainment and media spot light on the global water crisis and the RUNNING DRY project. It will be an historical evening!

Ultimately RUNNING DRY will be released theatrically and viewed on television world-wide. In addition, curricula and other educational materials will be designed in order to generate proactive involvement from students, scholars and citizens. This public information/education process will begin with a screening of the documentary on June 30th at the Long Beach, California Aquarium of the Pacific for teachers and administrators from various school districts in the U.S.

The looming world water crisis is huge but not insurmountable. A few simple changes can make a great deal of difference. The purpose of the RUNNING DRY project is to build popular sentiment and create the political will to solve the water crisis through public policy. This is a movement composed of people like you who know that we all are affected by this crisis, and there are practical steps we all can take to solve it.