The lush opening shots of “Savanna and the Mountain” introduce us to Covas do Barroso, a remote Portuguese village that time forgot. The townspeople are quite content to live a pastoral life of ...

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 ...

It's a modern real-life tale of David vs Goliath set to music. The activism of the people of the rural community of Covas do Barroso against a British lithium mining giant will be shared on the silver ...

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Cannes: In documenting a Portuguese village's attempt to halt construction of a lithium mine, Paulo Carneiro's film exposes how the mission of fighting climate change is often at odds with ...

The community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, discovers that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just few meters from their ...

A hybrid documentary captures the villagers of Covas do Barroso, Portugal, as they creatively resist a British company's plans for a massive open-cast lithium mine through musical performances and ...