Thursday 16 April, 19.30
BAK Basecamp, Pauwstraat 13a, 3512 TG Utrecht

Attendance is free, but space is limited; please register here.

The screening is organised and facilitated by Salomé Lopes Coelho (Utrecht University) and is followed by a conversation with Aida Fernandes (Chairperson of the Covas do Barroso Communal Lands Council and member of the United in Defense of Covas do Barroso anti-mining association) and Diana Vela Almeida (Utrecht University)

Savanna and the Mountain (Paulo Carneiro, 2024, Portugal) is a hybrid documentary that follows the villagers of Covas do Barroso, Portugal, as they creatively resist Savannah Resources, a British company planning a massive open-cast lithium mine in the region, through musical performances and Western-inspired staging.

Part of the Moving [Images] Post-Extractivism Film Series, programmed by Salomé Lopes Coelho. Supported by the ERC project Ecologies of Violence, the Network for Environmental Humanities, Utrecht University, and BAK Basecamp.

Directions

BAK Basecamp is a collective cultural infrastructure. The film screening will take place in the main auditorium.

Here is a map to help you reach BAK, after the reception at the Utrecht University Library City Center (Drift 27).

Accessibility

The venue is wheelchair accessible and offers wheelchair spaces as well as a wheelchair-accessible toilet. Assistance dogs are welcome in accordance with BAK’s guidance on support animals.