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Brazilian director exposes Amazon’s mercury contamination in new film

By AFP
07 February 2020   |   8:20 am
Brazilian film director Jorge Bodanzky exposes the Amazon's massive mercury contamination from gold mining in his new film: 'Amazon, the new Minamata?'. He previewed his work at an environmental conference in Oxford which was attended by indigenous leaders from Brazil.

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