River of Death

Elizabeth Rocha Salgado

Brazil / 2016 / Documentary / 19’14”I1701262

River of Death
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SYNOPSIS

On November 5th, a dam full of residual mud from an iron ore mine, owned by Samarco, a joint venture of the mining giants BHP, Billiton of Australia and Brazil's Vale, burst and 62 million cubic meters of contaminated mud and mine waste started its deadly 800-kilometer descent towards the Atlantic Ocean.

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