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Showing 1 - 10 of 13 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Mining Sector
Choropampa
When a devastating mercury spill by the world's richest gold mining corporation hits a quiet peasant village in the Peruvian Andes, a courageous young mayor emerges to lead his people on a quest for healthcare and justice.
Icarus Films | 2003 | 75 minutes
Dying for Gold
The story of 120 years of gold mining and racial capitalism leads to disease and extreme poverty which endures into the present.
Icarus Films | 2019 | 98 minutes
The Enemy Within
The story of Britain's longest strike, the 1984-85 miners' strike, when Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, as told by those who lived through it.
Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 112 minutes
The First Year
Patricio Guzmán's jubilant record of the 12 months following the election of Chile’s first socialist president, Salvador Allende.
Icarus Films | 2023 | 96 minutes
How to Steal a Country
The story of the Gupta family’s spectacular rise from flea market shoe salesmen to establishing a massive black-owned business empire in South Africa.
Icarus Films | 2020 | 87 minutes
In the Light of Reverence - Hopi Land
The Hopi fight to preserve their land and water from strip mining.
Bullfrog Films | 2001 | 29 minutes
Powerlands
A young Navajo filmmaker investigates the displacement of indigenous people and the environmental devastation caused by global corporations
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 75 minutes
Rape of a Nation
The Democratic Republic of Congo sits atop one of the world's most vast deposits of diamonds and gold; yet it is also home to the world's most deadly war. Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale explores the connection.
MediaStorm | 2008 | 12 minutes
Redefining Prosperity
The story of how a mining town recovered from its legacy of pollution and prospered by building community around the battle to save their beautiful river.
Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 57 minutes
Silence Is Gold
A political and legal thriller about the attempt of mining companies to silence a critical exposé.
National Film Board of Canada | 2012 | 78 minutes
