Gold Futures carries a host of myths, factual inaccuracies and obviorus attempts
to hoodwink his audience. These cannot just be mistakes. Perhaps Kocsis believes
his films are ‘good lies’, peddled to raise awareness about an important issue -
where exaggeration and omission are morally the right thing to do. But whether a
conscious attempt to pull the wool over people’s eyes or just shoddy film
making, this is not an objective film.
This is not a David versus Goliath struggle, tiny environmentalist groups versus the ‘big bad’ gold-company. Some of the richest and most powerful environmental NGOs in the world – Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the George Soros funded Open Society Foundation, and the Goldman Environmental Foundation have allied with some of the largest landowners in the valley to stop the mine.
A small storm is brewing over a goldmine in Romania and a documentary that was made about it. The mine is being blocked by environmental groups, that isn't the story. Clearly if groups in Romania are concerned about the mine, they have the right to protest it and the people have the choice to support it or not. The groups in this case are being backed by big money groups from the US, which is putting a lot of pressure on the mine company to stop the mine.
I have concerns about this because while I am sure that the groups are acting in what they feel is best for the people of the village.What do the people in the village want, and are their needs being over ridden by the international groups assisting them. I understand the logic that since the company that owns the mine is a Canadian company and is itself large and international, that the defense needs to be large and international. I have read at least some reports that the people in the village want the mine, while it may be well intentioned I don't think it is the role of American Environmental groups to dictate to other countries what is best for them.
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