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2015加拿大纪录片《After the Last River》由Victoria Lean导演,影片讲述的是:
In the shadow of a De Beers mine the remote community of Attawapiskat lurches from crisis to crisis while facing mounting environmental issues and an inability to directly benefit from resource revenues Filmed over five years After the Last River is a point of view documentary that follows Attawapiskat’s journey from obscurity and into...[显示全部] the international spotlight during the protests of Idle No More
After the Last River is a complex examination of a community under pressure Poverty neglect and isolation combine to force the remote reserve of Attawapiskat into accepting a De Beers diamond mine on its traditional territory As the mine removes billions of dollars worth of diamonds the promised jobs barely materialize and the community is threatened by potentially devastating contamination
Filmmaker Vicki Lean follows the remote reserves fiveyear journey into the international spotlight Through interviews with executives and government and dayinthelife footage of the community Lean weaves a tapestry of the issues effecting indigenous rights today
After the Last River connects personal stories from the First Nation to industry agendas and government policies painting a complex portrait of a territory that is an imperilled homeland to some and a profitable new frontier for others