Nickel The Kanaks Treasure

Nickel The Kanaks Treasure

2013 | 52 minutes |

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Director: Anne Pitoiset
Awards: 2014 Pacific Documentary Film Festival Grand Jury Prize

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In France's erstwhile colony New Caledonia, the Kanaks have been fighting for their independence for over 40 years & they use nickel as a weapon to achieve their end. To finance their future the Kanaks open mines & build factories. But are Kanaks at risk of losing something far more precious by gambling raw material? Will they shift from political dependence to a financial one?

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