• Countdown by the River Xingu

    Countdown by the River Xingu

    The Fight for the World’s Green Lung



  • Countdown by the River Xingu

    Countdown by the River Xingu

    The Fight for the World’s Green Lung



  • Countdown by the River Xingu

    Countdown by the River Xingu

    The Fight for the World’s Green Lung



Countdown by the River Xingu

The Fight for the World’s Green Lung

by Martin Keßler

Countdown by the River Xingu

2020 | 95:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
'Countdown by the River Xingu - the Fight for the World’s Green Lung' tells the story of resistance against Belo Monte, the world’s  third largest dam largest dam, situated at the river Xingu in Brazil’s Amazon region. This long-term observation portrays the use of brute force and the collusion between international companies and the government by which this large-scale project was pushed through. It is a casebook study of the ongoing destruction of the world’s green lung. It is also about the people who fought this project. One of them is the Catholic bishop Dom Erwin Kräutler, whom we also accompanied during the Vatican’s Amazon Synod in October 2019.
Cast and Crew
  • Director Martin Keßler
  • Producer Martin Keßler
Original Languages

Portuguese

German

Production Company
Martin Kessler Filmproduktion
Reuterweg 55, 60323 Frankfurt am Main

Phone: +49 69 725464

kessler@neueWUT.de
http://www.neuewut.de/
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