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Polluting Paradise (2012)

Polluting Paradise poster
Original title
Müll im Garten Eden
Directed by
Fatih Akin
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
Κ
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A German documentary about a Turkish village that became a government garbage dump. The film shows how the waste affects the land and the people living there.

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What happens

Polluting Paradise (German: Der Müll im Garten Eden, also known as Garbage in the Garden of Eden) is a 2012 German documentary film directed by Fatih Akın. The film was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It focuses on the Turkish village of Çamburnu in Sürmene, which has been turned into a rubbish dump by the government. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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