A Portuguese Village’s Struggle Against a Lithium Mining Giant Takes Center Stage at Cannes in Paulo Carneiro’s ‘Savanna and the Mountain’

Paulo Carneiro’s third feature, “Savanna and the Mountain,” is world premiering at this year’s Cannes in the Director’s Fortnight section. The film depicts a David-and-Goliath struggle between rural folk from Covas de Barroso in the North of Portugal and London-based Savannah Resources, which plans to build Europe’s biggest open-air lithium mine.  The venture to carve out […]
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