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IDFA 2021

Ironland

Lavra
Lucas Bambozzi
Brazil
2021
97 min
World Premiere
Festival history

After living in the United States for decades, Brazilian geographer Camila decides to return to her native state of Minas Gerais when a mining-related environmental disaster strikes the area. A dam burst, destroying several villages with heavily polluted wastewater from an iron ore mine. In this documentary road movie, Camila shows how mining has shaped the state’s history.

The train she arrives on bears the name of the mining company. Through the window, we see a vast iron ore quarry. Mining is everywhere. It is also present in the writing of Brazil’s most famous poet, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, who was from this region—his poems describe the price the population has paid for the large-scale extraction and export of raw materials.

The voiceover is often poetic, despite the appalling reality. As Camila travels through the ravaged landscape, meeting victims and activists, she realizes that the disaster is not an isolated incident, and that lives are literally at stake. Minas Gerais has become a ticking time bomb.

Credits
Director
Co-production
    Michael Geidel for Actrio Studio
    Michael Geidel for Actrio Studio
Cinematography
    Bruno Risas
    Bruno Risas
Sound Design
Screenplay
    Christiane Tassis
    Christiane Tassis
Music
Screening copy
Executive producer
    Eder Santos,
    Barão Fonseca,
    Leandro Aragão,
    Joana Braga,
    Alcione Rezende
    Eder Santos,
    Barão Fonseca,
    Leandro Aragão,
    Joana Braga,
    Alcione Rezende
Narration
    Camila Motta
    Camila Motta
Narrator
    Camila Motta
    Camila Motta
World Sales
    Habanero Film Sales
    Habanero Film Sales

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