Trailer | Grit
Preview: Season 32 Episode 10 | 2m 3s
An East Java village seeks reparations from the corporation that buried their town in mud.
A multinational natural gas drilling company is believed to be responsible for the displacement of 60,000 people in an East Java village left submerged by a tsunami of mud. Fed up with the company's delayed cleanup, Dian, a politically active teenager, galvanizes her neighbors to fight against the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history.
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Trailer | Grit
Preview: Season 32 Episode 10 | 2m 3s
A multinational natural gas drilling company is believed to be responsible for the displacement of 60,000 people in an East Java village left submerged by a tsunami of mud. Fed up with the company's delayed cleanup, Dian, a politically active teenager, galvanizes her neighbors to fight against the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history.
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Clip: S32 Ep10 | 6m 11s | Introduction to Dian, Hawarti, and the mudflow disaster. (6m 11s)
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Clip: S32 Ep10 | 4m 46s | We meet the owner of Lapindo. (4m 46s)
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Clip: S32 Ep10 | 3m 33s | Dian explains how the industrial disaster happened, and that the mud continues to rise. (3m 33s)
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Clip: S32 Ep10 | 5m 3s | We learn about the ongoing nature of the mudflow and it’s possible health impacts. (5m 3s)
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Clip: S32 Ep10 | 1m 36s | Explanation that the government will cover payments to victims and be paid back by Lapindo (1m 36s)
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Clip: S32 Ep10 | 3m 2s | Back to drilling. (3m 2s)
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...