SAVANNA AND THE MOUNTAIN | Portugal, Uruguay | 2024 | 77’

Synopsis

In Covas do Barroso, a village in northern Portugal, residents confront a British company's plans to establish a massive open-pit lithium mine near their homes. Through musical performances and Western-inspired staging, this hybrid documentary captures the villagers' creative resistance, blending reality with reenactments to depict their ongoing struggle to protect their land and way of life.