Thacker Pass: Mining The Sacred

Thacker Pass: Mining The Sacred

 

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0h 25m 2023 HD

In Nevada’s remote Thacker Pass, a fight for our future is playing out between local Indigenous tribes and powerful state and corporate entities hellbent on mining the lithium beneath their land. Vancouver-based Lithium Americas is developing a massive lithium mine at Thacker Pass, but for more than two years several local tribes and environmental organizations have tried to block or delay the mine in the courts and through direct action.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Brandi Morin
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