Traces of Coal

2011 / 17 min. / Made with the support of the HENRICH BÖLL STIFTUNG, PAS, FIAN and ASK / Country of production: Colombia / Directed by: MANUEL F CONTRERAS Producer: RAFAEL FIGUEROA Editing: GABRIEL GROSSO Research: GLORIA HOLGUÍN

This short documentary in three chapters describes the human and environmental cost of international industrial coal exploitation in northern Colombia. The ones directly affected are people living in scarcity without the chance to defend themselves and their communities, facing illness, forced displacement and death.