Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Black Water
1990
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A documentary short with the title Black Water. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with variable area optical sound. The documentary focuses on the effects of water pollution in a river in Sao Braz, Bahia, Brazil. Through translated first-hand accounts, the film shows how pollutants discharged from factories and a paper mill upstream affects local residents.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.12.1a