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Join us for a screening of "Ironland" (Brazil, 2021, 99'), a film by Lucas Bambozzi about how extractivism – and massive mining catastrophes – have shaped the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and its inhabitants. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Andresa Aparecida Rocha Rodrigues, a leader fighting for justice after the collapse of a tailings dam killed 272 people in her community, and Denise Bebbington, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Natural Resource Extraction and Society at Clark University.
Learn more about the panel series on "Predatory Extractivism: Brazil's Largest Mining Catastrophes in a Global Context" and register to attend.
Moderator: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair, Brazil Studies Program; Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Panelists: Andresa Aparecida Rocha Rodrigues, President, Association of Families of Victims and People Affected by the Córrego do Feijão Mine Dam Crash in Brumadinho (AVABRUM) and Denise Bebbington, Research Associate Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice, Clark University
Dinner and refreshments will be served after the screening and Q&A.
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Global Health and Population (HSPH), Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, the Center for International Development, the Human Rights Program at HLS, and The Center for the Study of Natural Resources Extraction and Society at Clark University.