Polluting Paradise
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Polluting Paradise

Der Müll im Garten Eden

Fatih Akın, Germany, 2012
97 mins
8 / 10 (355)
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The people of Camburnu, a village in Turkey’s Black Sea region, have relied on tea cultivation and fishing for generations. But the government has now transformed their home into a vast open-air landfill. Over five years, the garbage dump continues to expand, despite challenges from the community.

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Set in the small village where his grandparents live, this environmental documentary from the Turkish-German auteur Fatih Akin (_Head-On, In the Fade), balances the personal and polemical. Shot over the course of 5 years, this is an informative and moving look at a filmmaker revisiting his roots.

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