PEFF: “Grit”
The film “Grit” will be screened at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Computer Science Building, Room 104. This event is part of the April 8-14 Princeton Environmental Film Festival co-sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI).
Summary: The film follows the political transformation of Indonesian teenager Dian as she and her mother, along with many neighbors, fight against the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history. The majority of international scientists believe that Lapindo, a multinational company that was drilling for natural gas in 2006, accidentally struck an underground mud volcano and unleashed a violent flow of hot sludge that wiped away 16 villages, including Dian’s.
Ten years later, Lapindo has not provided 80 percent of its promised reparations. Dozens of factories, schools and mosques are submerged 60 feet under a moonscape of cracked mud. Survivors live in makeshift rented homes next to levees that hold back the compounding mud. The boiling muck and thick steam draw tourists, while the vast lunar landscape is littered with bizarre activities: fashion photographers take stylish photos of models posing in ball gowns; vendors sell selfie sticks, DVDs and meatballs; protesters smear mud over their bodies in stubborn acts of resistance.
PEFF: “Grit”
Event Date
Thu, Apr 11, 2019 ・ 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Computer Science Building Room 104
The film “Grit” will be screened at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Computer Science Building, Room 104. This event is part of the April 8-14 Princeton Environmental Film Festival co-sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI).
Summary: The film follows the political transformation of Indonesian teenager Dian as she and her mother, along with many neighbors, fight against the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history. The majority of international scientists believe that Lapindo, a multinational company that was drilling for natural gas in 2006, accidentally struck an underground mud volcano and unleashed a violent flow of hot sludge that wiped away 16 villages, including Dian’s.
Ten years later, Lapindo has not provided 80 percent of its promised reparations. Dozens of factories, schools and mosques are submerged 60 feet under a moonscape of cracked mud. Survivors live in makeshift rented homes next to levees that hold back the compounding mud. The boiling muck and thick steam draw tourists, while the vast lunar landscape is littered with bizarre activities: fashion photographers take stylish photos of models posing in ball gowns; vendors sell selfie sticks, DVDs and meatballs; protesters smear mud over their bodies in stubborn acts of resistance.
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