| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 4 sec.) ; 313624452 bytes |
| Summary |
End of the Rainbow is an award winning documentary that explores the impact of large-scale industrial gold mining on a local community in a remote region of Guinea, West Africa. Guinea is a desperately poor community that ironically, has had a long association with gold. As a result, the remote village has had to make way for a large industrial gold mine run by an international enterprise looking to strike it lucky in the region.The documentary takes a look at the impact, socially and financially, globalisation can have on a local economic system. Native alluvial miners traditionally work in close family and kinship groups, according to the rhythms of the day and the seasons.The large mining company in contrast, is driven by the urgency of global capitalism which dictates very different rules and behaviour. In addition, the mine is run by white foreigners who have little understanding of the region.How do local people respond to the possibilities and economic divisions the mine brings? How do the local jobseekers and expatriate staff, attracted by gold and the opportunities it offers, understand one another? When villages are relocated and alluvial miners break into the site and continue to mine for gold, the local military are brought in to control the situation.As the conflict over the mine's presence escalates in Guinea, one thing is for certain, the gold will be dug from the ground one way or another, but at what cost? End of the Rainbow reveals a world that is changing forever, and portrays intimately the people who are grappling to respond to those changes. An Australian/French co-production the documentary received the First Appearance Award at the 2007 International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) - a first for an Australian film ? (Commissioned by SBSi, in Malinke, English and French, English subtitles) (Documentary) |
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Broadcast 2010-02-14 at 11:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Gold mines and mining -- Environmental aspects.
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Gold mines and mining -- Social aspects.
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International business enterprises -- Evaluation.
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Miners -- Psychology.
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Guinea.
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Indonesia -- Kalimantan.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Nugent, Robert, director
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