Aral, the Lost Sea (2010)
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Runtime : 25M
Director : Isabel Coixet
Synopsis
Documentary produced for the We Are Water Foundation, on the ecological disaster of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Aral was just 50 years ago, the fourth largest lake in the world, with 66,000 square kilometers. Today is a vast desert with skeletons of boats stranded on the sand.
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