A TOXIC WASTE SCANDAL.
The filmmakers return to a subject they explored in the documentary Toxic Playground (2010), the arsenic poisoning of hundreds of Chileans living next to thousands of tonnes of waste, left unprocessed by a company that had originally received it from the Swedish mining giant Boliden in the 1980s. This film follows up on the lawsuit against Boliden in Sweden, held in a small northern town where experts from all over the world arrive to support one side or the other; a lot of money is at stake. A personal project obviously; Lars Edman testifies as a witness during the trial. For him, itās a black-or-white issue ā but part of what makes the film interesting is the gray area, the debated extent of Bolidenās responsibility.
2021-Sweden-Norway-Belgium-Chile-Britain. 97 min. Color. Written and directed byĀ Lars Edman, William Johansson.
