'Savanna and the Mountain': How one rural Portuguese community fought a British lithium mining giant
The film, on general release across Portugal from this Friday, gives voice to a northern mountainous regional rural community that's fighting the lithium extraction project led by British mining company, Savannah Resources.
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The film, on general release across Portugal from this Friday, gives voice to a northern mountainous regional rural community that's fighting the lithium extraction project led by British mining company, Savannah Resources.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/24/savanna-and-the-mountain-depicting-covas-do-barrosos-fight-against-lithium-premieres-in-th
Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.
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00:00A film portraying the activism of residents of Covas do Barroso, a small town in the north
00:08of Portugal, will arrive in cinemas on the 24th of April after the world premiere at
00:13the Cannes Director's Fortnight.
00:16Savannah and the Mountain by director Paulo Carneiro is a documentary fiction depicting
00:20a history of resistance in the form of a musical western.
00:24As people of Covas do Barroso were well represented by a documentary, because it was necessary to
00:33put them in action, it was necessary to take the fight from the e-mails, from the scientific papers
00:40that have been read and read and analyzed by specialists and put them in practice, to
00:50show them the fight in their practice.
00:52The film gives a voice to a rural community fighting for its land after discovering that
00:58British lithium extraction giant Savannah Resources is planning to build Europe's largest open
01:04pit mine just a few meters from their homes.
01:07Nós vivemos numa das regiões mais isoladas do paÃs, mas que em 2017, 2018, salvo de guerra,
01:15fomos considerados Património de Grupo Mundial pela maneira como vivemos, como trabalhamos
01:22a terra, como nos correlacionamos com a natureza.
01:25E quando vemos um projeto deste à nossa porta, em que põe em perigo tudo o que temos, a
01:32maneira como vivemos, corrermos o risco de ter que abandonar o nosso lugar, o filme retrata exatamente isso.
01:44The struggle is amplified by the intervention of Carlos Libo's soundtracks and the authenticity
01:49that the inhabitants of Covas de Barroso bring to the film.
01:53The expectation, in the eyes of director Paulo Carnero, is that it will fill cinemas
01:58cinemas and achieve success nationwide, not just in the major cities.