Anyox (2022)

Directed by

Jessica Johnson, Ryan Ermacora

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 27m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the abandoned mining town of Anyox in British Columbia. It looks at how the old industrial site has damaged the environment and also tells the story of the workers who lived there before the town was left behind.

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What happens

Anyox is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson and released in 2022. The film is a history of the ghost town of Anyox, British Columbia, and profiles both the environmental impacts of its abandoned mining facilities and the history of labour relations in the town before its abandonment. The film premiered in March 2022 at the Cinéma du Réel film festival in France and was screened in September at the Open City Documentary Festival in England. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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