Sand miners, Maldives. Photo courtesy of: © Denis Delestrac
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Sand Wars: Premieres At Washington Environmental Film Festival, on March 20th.
Discussion with filmmaker Denis Delestrac and geologist and “sandman” Michael Welland follows screenings.
The theme of the 2014 Festival, Our Cities, Our Planet, will examine the challenges posed by Earth’s urban environments and the efforts of the world’s cities to balance environmental and economic needs…
Sand Wars Movie: Premiere At The Washington DC Environmental Film Festival
“Sand Wars” is an epic eco-thriller that takes the audience around the globe to unveil a new gold rush and a disturbing fact: we are running out of sand! The film premiered at the legendary Cinéma Publicis on the Champs-Elysées in 2013 and was first broadcast in May in France and Germany (ARTE), where it became the highest rated documentary for 2013 with a 4.8 market share. A Gold Panda Award winner, “Sand Wars” is distributed worldwide by PBS International. A passionate lecturer, Delestrac – whom the North American press usually refers to as “the French Michael Moore” – is devoted to sharing his expertise with students and professionals around the world…
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Sand Wars: Environment Award 2014 Winner At The 11th Annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, March 5th-9th, 2014
The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival has announced the 10 awards winners of its 11th Annual Festival, and conferred the Environment Award to Denis Delestrac Documentary Film: Sand Wars…
Let’s Talk About Sand: Denis Delestrac At TEDxBarcelona
Denis Delestrac latest feature documentary, “Sand Wars” is an epic eco-thriller that takes the audience around the globe to unveil a new gold rush and a disturbing fact: we are running out of sand! In this TEDxBarcelona talk, he explains us where sand comes from and where it ends up…
