Toxic Playground
William Johansson, Lars Edman
- Sweden
- 2009
- 70min
- DigiBeta
- color
Synopsis
Children in Arica, in the North of Chile, are falling badly ill because of toxic waste dumped there by a Swedish company in the 1980's. Lars, a young filmmaker, persuades Rolf, the former head of the company’s environmental division, to deal with his past wrong doing. Rolf agrees to go back to Chile to face the consequences of his company’s actions.
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Director
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William Johansson, Lars Edman
Lars Edman & William Johansson met at a film school in Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004. Since then they've worked together and attended Biskops Arnö Dumantary Film School in Sweden in 2006. is their first feature length documentary, and it has already been awarded at international festivals and after the broad casting on national TV in Sweden, it was screened in the Swedish parliament. Toxic Playground (2009)
Credit
- ProducerAndreas Rocksén
- Cinematography Andreas Rocksén
- Editor Göran Gester
- Sound Göran Geste
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