VIETNAM AFTER THE FIRE
Edward
Milner, UK 1989 (E) 105 mins, some EST
The B52
carpet bombing during the Vietnam War punctured the landscape with 21 million
craters, and Agent Orange laid bare over 2 million hectares of forest and farm
land. Despite some disturbing images the director, a biologist, captures the
spirit of the people who reclaim the war torn land and rebuild the fragile
ecosystem. They re-cultivate the mangrove swamps, replant the eroded coastal
lands encouraging the return of rare birds and marine life, and teach their
youth to recreate the rain forests.
Special Jury
Prize, Canada 1989; Best Film made for Television, New York 1990.
TRAILER FOR
BHOPALI
Van Maximilian
Carlson, USA 2010 (E) 3 mins
This trailer
was made for the Glastonbury Festival. Bhopali is a powerful documentary that
followed several second-generation children and their families as they cope
with the medical and social consequences of the world’s worst industrial
disaster, the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India and the
contamination of ground water. The Bhopalis continue the fight for justice
against the US corporation Union Carbide, the second largest world chemical
company and a London Olympic Games 2012 sponsor.
Grand Jury
Award, Slamdance 2011; Best Documentary, LA International 2011
Remembrance
Day discussion led by Edward Milner, with Len Aldis of the Britain Vietnam
Friendship Society and Colin Toogood, campaigns co-ordinator for the Bhopal
Medical Appeal
