Savanna and the Mountain

The community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, discovers that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just a few meters from their homes. Confronted by this imminent threat, the people decide to organize themselves and expel the company from their lands. 

Exploring cinema as a gesture of resistance, a village’s fictional daily struggle against big capital, a mirror of our collective fight against deep political impotence. Perhaps cinema returns to people through nature. Perhaps not.

​​[Paulo Carneiro, Director]​​