La Colère dans le vent (2016)

Directed by

Amina Weira

Genre

documentary film

Country

Niger

Runtime

54 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores the effects of uranium mining in a Nigerien town since the 1970s. It looks at how high radioactivity has caused people to leave the area.

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What happens

La Colère dans le vent is a 2016 Nigerien documentary film directed by Amina Weira and produced by VraiVrai Films. The film deals with the mining of uranium in Areva city since 1976 and the resulting population loss due to high radioactivity in that area. The film premiered on 1 April 2016 in France. The film received mixed reviews from critics and screened at many film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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