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Directors of ‘Sky Above Zenica,’ Ji.hlava Doc Festival Award Winner, on How a Community Mobilized to Fight for Clean Air
Zlatko Pranjic, director of Ji.hlava film festival award winner 'Sky Above Zenica,' on how a Bosnian community fought a powerful steel company.
As the filmmakers put it, with the fall of the communist regime in the former Yugoslavia, “predatory capitalism invaded Bosnia and Herzegovina” and “ArcelorMittal, the largest global steel producer, shows the repulsive face of ruthless subordination to profit to the people of the Balkan state.” Twenty-five years later, I saw a Guardian article describing unprecedented pollution in the town, telling the story of a small group of activists gathered in Eko Forum and headed by professor Lemes. The documentation has been key because, despite visible signs of serious violations of existing ecological regulations, and multiple cases of cancer among residents, the movement lacked hard data and reliable, independent information sources.
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