Video & On Demand - Behemoth (Online and DVD)

Behemoth (Online and DVD)
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Political documentarian Zhao Liang draws inspiration from The Divine Comedy for this intoxicating and terrifying glimpse at the ravages wrought upon Inner Mongolia by its coal and iron industries. Beautiful grasslands are being overrun by mountains destroyed by coal mining, blackening the surrounding landscape and poisoning its people.

Behemoth tours exploding hillsides, dank mine shafts, cacophonous factories, and vacant cities, building upon Zhao’s previous exposés (2009’s Petition, 2007’s Crime and Punishment) by combining his investigative streak with a painterly vision of a social and ecological nightmare unfolding out of sight.

Mesmerizing and dreamlike in its stark birds’ eye observations of the industrial processes at work, this is a nearly silent trip into Dante’s circle of hell from one of China’s most talented filmmakers.

 

Official Selection, Competition, Venice Film Festival 2015

Winner of the environmental Green Drop Award, Venice Film Festival

Official Selection, Sheffield Doc/Fest2016

Official Selection, International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam

Best Documentary of 2015, Wendy Ide in Screen International

Best Documentary, Stockholm International Film Festival

Special Jury Prize, Tokyo Filmex

Watch Docs Award for Best Film, Human Rights in Film IFF Warsaw.

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