Tag: BLOCK 3: ECOLOGY
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Dead water
This concise documentary amplifies the voices of the residents of Cuninico, a Kukama Kukamiria Native Community situated along the Marañón River in Loreto, Peru. In 2014, the community endured one of Peru’s most significant environmental catastrophes when over 3,000 barrels of oil leaked into the Cuninico River due to corrosion of the Norperuvian Pipeline. Since…
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Minding Sand
The film Minding Sand follows the sand mining industry on the beaches of SierraLeone and the struggles associated with managing resource extraction. It aims toshow the complex ties and entanglements involved in both the making and unmakingof beaches, reminding us how ecological and social concerns are inextricablyinterwoven. Laura van Erp Laura van Erp is a…