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On the Third Planet from the Sun - Pavel Medvedev (Russia, 2006, 35mm, 32:00 min)
A portrait of life in the Arkhangelsk area near the
Arctic Circle in Northern Russia, where the Soviet army carried out tests of
the hydrogen bomb in 1961. The local Pomors still live the way they have for
centuries; preoccupied with fishing, hunting and growing plants. But the nearby
rocket launching site has brought with it a new type of hunt, the hunt for
“space garbage” which they sell as scrap iron or to use in housekeeping and
farming. Medvedev delivers a striking visual exploration of environmental destruction
and the rebirth of a community.
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