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Uppland

Uppland

2018Short⏱️ 29m
DocumentaryShort
5.8
IMDB Rating
6 votes

An architect and filmmaker from Europe visit a town in the remote highlands of Liberia, once a thriving mining community, now decaying and desolate: a concrete ruin in the West African bush. Exploring the town, these researchers d...

Director
Edward Lawrenson
Writers
Killian Doherty, Edward Lawrenson
Stars
N/A
Release Date
March 25, 2018
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, Ireland
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Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
16 : 9
Sound
D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
Filming Location
Nimba County, Liberia

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryShort

⭐ Featured Review

Casting about for blame when there is none
by random-707782019-07-01

"This film is aobut an a small scale failed mining project in Liberia run out of a Swedish company. The "ecological damage" amounts to an abandoned basic concrete work location of the foreign workers and some abandoned equipment amounting to a handful of rusting bulldozers and end loaders. That's right. No toxic chemicals in the soil or ground water, no strip mined scar of landscape. Just the "tragedy" of some abandoned vehicles and housing. We ewve get to see a former Swedish worker back home being interviewed with the hint that the African ceremonial mask on his wall..."

📖 Synopsis

An architect and filmmaker from Europe visit a town in the remote highlands of Liberia, once a thriving mining community, now decaying and desolate: a concrete ruin in the West African bush. Exploring the town, these researchers d...