When the Last Tree Dies (2013)
A low-budget documentary film by Lynn Zhang & Shirley Han Ying about the water crisis in the North China Plain. It depicts the devastating consequences of water scarcity exacerbated by pollution. The film follows a group of farmers who saw their orchards destroyed by water pollution, and their one-sided struggle against a major corporation and an unsympathetic local government to gain compensation. Through the stories of the individual villagers and the predictions of local experts, we witness a paradise lost to economic progress, and the consequences of doing too little, too late.
Genres: Documentary, Short
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.pollution, imdb.government, imdb.farmer, imdb.china, imdb.water-scarcity, imdb.ecology + 10 more, imdb.economic-development, imdb.social-injustice, imdb.industrial-pollution, imdb.food-safety, imdb.human-rights, imdb.petition, imdb.environment, imdb.water-shortage, imdb.independent-film, aspectratio.16-9-hd
Languages: English
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