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Stealing Africa
Movie

Stealing Africa(2012)

8.1
52Minutes

Stealing Africa (2012) is a powerful documentary that reveals the injustices and exploitation faced by Africa due to tax evasion and foreign companies. The film focuses on the case of Zambia, a country rich in copper reserves but plagued by poverty and inequality. It delves into the role of Switzerland and other foreign entities in siphoning off Zambia's resources and depriving its people of their rightful wealth.

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Daughter of the West
Movie

Daughter of the West(1949)

5.8
77Minutes

A convent-raised woman (Martha Vickers) learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.

Copper Canyon
Movie

Copper Canyon(1950)

6.1
84Minutes

In the Arizona Territory, a former Civil War veteran gets caught in a romantic triangle while dealing with smelting ore and the manipulative femme fatale. His past comes back to haunt him when a rebel commander enters the picture. With the backdrop of copper mining and copper canyon, he must navigate through shootouts and street battles to protect himself and his loved ones.

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The Sharkfighters
Movie

The Sharkfighters(1956)

5.1
73Minutes

Landing on a small island not far from Havana, Cuba, Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves joins a Navy scientific project engaged in finding an effective shark repellent to help save the lives of WWII military personnel stranded in shark-infested waters. His zeal for completing the project as fast as possible is explained by his having lost a large percentage of his crew to sharks when his ship was sunk by the Japanese. Against the advice of the others on the project, Staves demands that the new repellent be tested on a live subject surrounded by hungry sharks and will allow no one but himself to be the test subject!

Bisbee '17
Movie

Bisbee '17(2018)

6.8
tomato93%
PG
124Minutes

Bisbee '17 is a documentary film that explores the controversial events surrounding the deportation of striking copper miners in Bisbee, Arizona in 1917. The film combines interviews, reenactments, and archival footage to tell the story of this dark chapter in American history, examining themes of social class, labor struggle, and the impact of immigration. It also delves into the lasting effects of the deportations on the town and its residents, and the haunting legacy that remains today.

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The Cost of Cobalt
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The Cost of Cobalt(2021)

25Minutes

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists and doctors are finding increasing evidence of environmental pollution from industrial mining which, they believe, may be the cause of a range of malformations from cleft palate to some so serious the baby is stillborn. More than 60% of the world’s reserves of cobalt are in the DRC and this mineral is essential for the production of electric car batteries, which may be the key to reducing carbon emissions and to slowing climate change. In The Cost of Cobalt we meet the doctors treating the children affected and the scientists who are measuring the pollution. Cobalt may be part of the global solution to climate change, but is it right that Congo’s next generation pay the price with their health? Many are hoping that the more the world understands their plight, the more pressure will be put on the industry here to clean up its act.

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The Spiral
Movie

The Spiral(1976)

7.8
138Minutes

The Spiral is a documentary film that provides an in-depth look into the events leading up to and following the Chilean coup d'état in 1973. It explores the political and social climate at the time, highlighting the impact of the coup on the working class and the Marxist movement in Chile. The film also delves into the role played by the CIA and the class struggle that ensued under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

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The Dark Side of Green Energies
Movie

The Dark Side of Green Energies(2020)

7.4
54Minutes

Faced with climate change, many countries have embarked on the energy transition. Since the COP21 in 2015, which set demanding targets for reducing greenhouse gases, green energies have been on the rise. The electric car has thus become the mascot of this revolution. But manufacturers remain discreet about the carbon footprint of their cars marked "zero emission". Because not only do they consume electricity that is not always clean, but they also consume rare metals such as cobalt or lithium, the extraction of which causes havoc on the other side of the world. In China, for example, champion of rare metals, in Heilongjiang province, a carpet of toxic dust covers agricultural regions.

The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie

The Wolf of Wall Street(1929)

6.6
tomato63%
90Minutes

A ruthless stockbroker sells short in the copper business and ruins the life of his friends by ruining their finances. A lost film, only a nine second fragment survives.

Grove Carnival
Movie

Grove Carnival(1981)

18Minutes

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.

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Discovery
Movie

Discovery(1974)

5.3
84Minutes

This story is told by academician S. Yuryshev, Director of the Institute of applied biochemistry. The events in it are developing in 20 years during the Civil war, when he sent a geologist searching for copper in the coal mines of the merchant Stasova, and in the 70s, when the head of the Institute. His thoughts and actions as if he reconciles his past, revolutionary romanticism 20-h his life's work was the discovery of a new chemical element. He believes in getting it even when the explosion in the laboratory takes the life of his closest friend and colleague, when his grown-up adopted son, becoming also a chemist, suffered during the experiments. Believe when testing on military ground again fail…

Eat Your Bones
Movie

Eat Your Bones(2014)

6.3
PG_13
94Minutes

Eat Your Bones is a semi-autobiographical drama set in France, following a nomad family living in a trailer home. The family engages in gasoline theft and is constantly running from the police. The protagonist wears a prosthetic eye and is a part of a band of thieves who operate under the disguise of being watchdogs. The story explores themes of ethics, Christianity, poverty, and the release from jail. A baptism scene and bonfire rituals are also depicted. During a heist, things go wrong, and the protagonist finds himself on the run, facing challenges such as a roadblock. The movie delves into the struggles faced by the marginalized Yenish people.

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