
ThelargestminingdamburstinBrazil’shistory,intheregionofMinasGerais,revealsalargenumberofregionaldamsatriskoffailure,threateningthelivesofresidents.Neitherthegovernmentnortheminingcompanytakeresponsibility;instead,theycontinueminingtheland,dismissingthedevastatingriskstothepopulation.Thoseinthesurvivingvillagesgothroughroutinedrills,hopingtheywillsurvivethenextdambreach—yettheyknowtheywouldnotsurvivesuchadisasterandwouldbeburiedunderthemud.Theheroicresidentsoftheregionbandtogethertofightforjustice,andTeca,anactivistandthelonecitizenrepresentativeonthestate’senvironmentalcouncil,continuesprotestingthedamswithoutseeingresults.ADavid-versus-Goliathstoryofterritorialconflictthatexposesthelayersthatperpetuateapost-colonialstateinthislife-or-deathfight.