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Documentary on Attawapiskat highlights inequality and injustice

Documentary on Attawapiskat highlights inequality and injustice

Victoria Lean’s documentary After the Last River follows the one-sided relationship between Attawapiskat, one of Canada’s poorest Indigenous communities, and De Beers, the world’s largest diamond mining company. In 2008, De Beers opened the Victor Mine, just 90 km up […]

Diamond mine fails to improve conditions in Attawapiskat

Diamond mine fails to improve conditions in Attawapiskat

Few stories illustrate the widening chasm between rich and poor as clearly as the story of Attawapiskat. The chasm is captured in Vicki Lean’s inspiring documentary, After the Last River. When the world’s largest diamond company, De Beers, opened a […]