Friends of the Earth International released a new documentary today, focusing on two of the key components of Friends of the Earth Europe’s economic justice campaign: corporate accountability and the extractive industries. Poison Fire follows a team of local activists as they gather “video testimonies” from communities on the impact of oils spills and gas flaring. The film shows creeks full of crude oil, devastated mangrove forests, wellheads that has been leaking gas and oil for months. Poison fire introduces us to people whose survival is acutely threatened by the loss of farmland, fishing and drinking water and the health hazards of gas flaring.
29/03/12
