Archive: Year 2020
GREEN DOX
Jozi Gold
Directors
Fredrik Gertten
Sylvia Vollenhoven
Producer
Margarete Jangård
Cinematographer
Maanda Nwendamutswu
Sound
Martin Hennel
Stefan Sundlöf
Website
2019
South Africa, Sweden, Norway
14 min
Color
The mines of Johannesburg, or Jozi, have produced a third of all the gold mined in human history. Now the mines are falling apart and the city confronts an environmental nightmare: Tons of radioactive waste polluting the air and turning water into poisonous Acid Mine Drainage. Former Jehovah’s Witness Mariette is on a mission to uncover the truth about Jozi’s mine waste and force the gold industry to take responsibility.
Director
Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning Swedish director and journalist. Famous for local stories with a global impact with films like PUSH (2019), Bikes vs Cars (2015), Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011) and Bananas!* (2009). In 1994, Fredrik founded the production company WG Film. He previously worked as a foreign correspondent and columnist for radio, TV and press. Today he combines filmmaking with a role as a creative producer at WG Film – one of Sweden’s most prominent documentary production companies, famous for local stories with a global understanding and impact.In October 2017 Fredrik was named Honorary Doctor at Malmö University’s Faculty of Culture and Society for his work as a documentary filmmaker.
Sylvia Vollenhoven is a writer, award-winning journalist, playwright and filmmaker. She was commissioned by the Volksoperahuis of Amsterdam to write Krotoa Eva van de Kaap,
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