Bimblebox
A documentary from the front lines of Australia's battle against coal and gas expansion.
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 13M
Sinopsis
The Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies in the path of what will be the earths largest coal mines. One woman, Paola Cassoni, decides to resist the "China First" project that will destroy her Nature Refuge and supply energy to Asia for the next thirty years. Paola's decision brings the viewer on a tour of Australia's "Quarry Vision". At this critical time, when so much coal and coal seam gas expansion is planned in Australia, this film aims to win the hearts and minds of the people, exposing the destructiveness of this industry to our climate, communities and environment. It tells the stories of the people fighting for their homes and culture. Australia is the worlds largest exporter of coal supplying one third of the worlds supply. It is impossible to address climate change without looking at Australia's role in the planets climate future. http://www.screenzone.tv/products/bimblebox
Kristy, Ben y Liz son tres jóvenes excursionistas que se adentran en el Parque Nacional de Wolf Creek en Australia. Los problemas empiezan cuando su coche no arranca. Mientras buscan ayuda, se cruzan con Mick Taylor, un agradable habitante de la zona que les promete reparar el vehículo. Los jóvenes acceden a acompañarle a su campamento, sin saber que su viaje se convertirá en una encrucijada terrorífica...
Narra los sucesos reales que ocurrieron en Chile en agosto del 2010, cuando el derrumbe de la mina San José dejó atrapados a 33 mineros a unos 720 metros de profundidad durante 70 días.
El detective indígena Jay Swan llega a la ciudad fronteriza de Goldstone en una investigación sobre personas desaparecidas. Lo que parece una sencilla investigación se abrirá en una red de crimen y corrupción. Jay deberá aunar esfuerzos con el joven policía local Josh, de modo que ambos devuelvan la justicia a Goldstone.
Margaret MacNeil es una joven marginal que vive en un pueblo de mineros en Nueva Escocia, en el límite de la civilización. Margaret cosechó durante su vida su odio a las minas, las cuales mataron a su padre y a su hermano, amargando para siempre la vida de su madre. Pero la vida de Margaret se transforma cuando se enamora de Neil, un corpulento y alcohólico minero.
Mike and Johnny are two mates who are mining sapphires in Emerald. Another bloke is trying to move in on their claim and things get ugly
In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares - But is it just - A story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?
Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.
In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last paychecks bounced. The miners retaliated by blocking a train full of coal, camping out on the coal tracks for weeks. Queer regional organizers made their way to the encampment to support the miners. The encampment became a place for community gathering and mutual aid distribution. Sarah Moyer, a film maker living in Kentucky, also made their way to the encampment and filmed this short documentary on the blockade. (Summary from Queer Appalachia)
TJ is a mad bastard, and his estranged 13‐year‐old son Bullet is on the fast track to becoming one, too. After being turned away from his mother’s house, TJ sets off across the country to the Kimberly region of northwestern Australia to make things right with his son.
Grandpa Tex has lived a tough life, and now, as a local cop in the outback town of Five Rivers, he wants to change things for the men in his community. Cutting between three generations, Mad Bastards is a raw look at the journey to becoming a man and the personal transformation one must make.
Developed with local Aboriginal communities and fueled by a local cast, Mad Bastards draws from the rich tradition of storytelling inherent in Indigenous life. Using music from legendary Broome musicians the Pigram Brothers, writer/director Brendan Fletcher poetically fuses the harsh realities of violence, healing, and family.
Año 1863. Etienne Lantier, despedido de la compañía de ferrocarriles por estar implicado en actividades sindicales, consigue trabajo en una mina del norte de Francia. Encuentra alojamiento en casa de la familia Maheus, donde todos son mineros y cuya hija, Catalina, se rinde a sus encantos. El trabajo es duro, mal pagado y peligroso. Cuando se enteran los mineros de que se les va a rebajar el salario, liderados por Lantier, se rebelan. La compañía decide contratar a otros obreros en su lugar y las autoridades reprimen a los rebeldes sin miramiento alguno.
A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial turmoil and the current push by global mining giants to destroy regional communities and replace local mineworkers with a subservient itinerant workforce.
An insight into the lives of the miners who search for Australia’s famous black opals.
