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Documerica: Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink (2023)

Documerica: Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink (2023)

History Documentary
Release Date: 2023, November 20
Directors: Pierre-François Didek
Countries: Belgium, France
Production: Les Films en vrac, ARTE, Karamoja Productions, Ring Prod

Overview:

In the seventies, during the Richard Nixon administration, Documerica, a large-scale photographic project, led by the US Environmental Protection Agency, sought to document the country's environmental situation. The tens of thousands of photos, taken by hundreds of photographers, constitute a unique archive, showing a landscape ravaged by pollution and environmental degradation.

Keywords:

1970s environmental issues photographic evidence national archives degradation old photograph environmental documentary film archives industrial pollution