Directed by Isaac Brown, 55 minutes
Terra Blight is a 55-minute documentary exploring America’s consumption of computers and the hazardous waste we create in pursuit of the latest technology.
Terra Blight traces the life cycle of computers from creation to disposal and juxtaposes the disparate worlds that have computers as their center. From a 13-year-old Ghanaian who smashes obsolete monitors to salvage copper to a 3,000-person video game party in Texas,Terra Blight examines the unseen realities of one of the most ubiquitous toxic wastes on our planet. By the film’s end, the audience will never look at their computer the same way again.
http://www.terrablight.com/index.html
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB-m8MumQjo
DF Night is a free, monthly documentary film screening event presented by North Quad Programming and AskWith Media Library. The Winter 2015 semester's series features technology-themed films. Free popcorn will be served! For a full list of films, visit: http://northquad.umich.edu/dfnight/
Terra Blight is a 55-minute documentary exploring America’s consumption of computers and the hazardous waste we create in pursuit of the latest technology.
Terra Blight traces the life cycle of computers from creation to disposal and juxtaposes the disparate worlds that have computers as their center. From a 13-year-old Ghanaian who smashes obsolete monitors to salvage copper to a 3,000-person video game party in Texas,Terra Blight examines the unseen realities of one of the most ubiquitous toxic wastes on our planet. By the film’s end, the audience will never look at their computer the same way again.
http://www.terrablight.com/index.html
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB-m8MumQjo
DF Night is a free, monthly documentary film screening event presented by North Quad Programming and AskWith Media Library. The Winter 2015 semester's series features technology-themed films. Free popcorn will be served! For a full list of films, visit: http://northquad.umich.edu/dfnight/
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