presumably, this is "cursed for gold", the 2008 french documentary film written and directed by the
french writer and novelist olivier weber, former war correspondent, dealing with the new gold rush
destroying the rainforest of amazonia.
too bad this is not available in a smaller size.
description from pb:
a new gold rush is sweeping through the amazon rainforest where scores of women and men hunt for
nuggets and specks of gold. but this race for gold is bringing on the destruction of one of the last
earthly paradises, the world?s largest tropical forest, the lungs of our planet, where everything
and anything can be paid in gold.
as a result, a gold ingot cycle has developed with its batch of insolvents, prostitutes, godfathers,
traffickers, whether in french guiana, brazil or suriname. gold has brought upon disease, mercury,
crime, alcoholism. gold has turned creeks and rivers into dumping grounds.
this cycle is that of the destruction of men by men. whereas the amazonian rainforest releases 300
tons of gold each year, it receives 120 tons of mercury. an uneven trade: treasure against poison.
and as the backdrop, all sorts of traffics are arising: people, weapons, drugs.
in the depths of this borderless jungle also lies the tragedy of the wayanas, a native american
tribe from guiana, who are being poisoned by mercury, the element essential to gold mining. the
wayanas are doomed by a looming disappearance. congenital malformations have already been observed
in children. the elderly are developing neurological disorders and cancers. along with the outrage
that is mercury comes another massacre of indians.
the new eldorado is enduring one of the world's worst globalization disasters
french writer and novelist olivier weber, former war correspondent, dealing with the new gold rush
destroying the rainforest of amazonia.
too bad this is not available in a smaller size.
description from pb:
a new gold rush is sweeping through the amazon rainforest where scores of women and men hunt for
nuggets and specks of gold. but this race for gold is bringing on the destruction of one of the last
earthly paradises, the world?s largest tropical forest, the lungs of our planet, where everything
and anything can be paid in gold.
as a result, a gold ingot cycle has developed with its batch of insolvents, prostitutes, godfathers,
traffickers, whether in french guiana, brazil or suriname. gold has brought upon disease, mercury,
crime, alcoholism. gold has turned creeks and rivers into dumping grounds.
this cycle is that of the destruction of men by men. whereas the amazonian rainforest releases 300
tons of gold each year, it receives 120 tons of mercury. an uneven trade: treasure against poison.
and as the backdrop, all sorts of traffics are arising: people, weapons, drugs.
in the depths of this borderless jungle also lies the tragedy of the wayanas, a native american
tribe from guiana, who are being poisoned by mercury, the element essential to gold mining. the
wayanas are doomed by a looming disappearance. congenital malformations have already been observed
in children. the elderly are developing neurological disorders and cancers. along with the outrage
that is mercury comes another massacre of indians.
the new eldorado is enduring one of the world's worst globalization disasters
