Synopsis
There she stands, confidently, like a goddess of technological junk, surrounded by endless mountains of rubbish, plastic, stench and rare earth minerals. An angry appeal to the world to take responsibility for the consequences of capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction in Africa.
There she stands, confidently, like a goddess of technological junk, surrounded by endless mountains of rubbish, plastic, stench and rare earth minerals. An angry appeal to the world to take responsibility for the consequences of capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction in Africa.
Full credits
- Section
- Breaking the Chains and Out of Competition
- Director
- Kantarama Gahigiri
- Production countries
- Rwanda and Switzerland
- Production year
- 2023
- Duration
- 10 minutes
- Producer
- Daniel Bleuer
- Distribution
- Sudu Connexion
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