Brazilian Communities Prepare for Landmark Legal Battle Against BHP in London Over 2015 Mariana Dam Disaster
A month after the collapse of the Fundao Dam, just the roof of a house is showing above the mud in Paracatu de Baixo. Photo: Nilmar Lage. (From LMN 2017 report: “The River is Dead: The impact of the catastrophic failure of the Fundão tailings dam.”) From...
12 March – Rejeitos (Tailings): Film screening
In recent years, two mining tailings dams broke in the state of Minas Gerais, causing Brazil’s worst ever socio-environmental disasters. Hundreds were killed, millions were affected. Communities were displaced and two main rivers became mud, flooding the...
5 November – Cursed Legacy: from Colonisation to Neoliberalism
Join us for a screening of the documentary “Cursed Legacy: From Colonisation to Neoliberalism” followed by a panel discussion to mark the 8th anniversary of the Samarco Dam Disaster – the worst environmental catastrophe in Brazilian history. On November 5,...