Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/gambit
A mysterious explosion erupts in the northern Italian town of Seveso at its Icmesa factory in 1976. Hidden from the public, the story leaks as the impact of poisonous dioxin from its reactor exposes children to chemical burns, 77,000 animals die and the environment is radically transformed – resulting in a mass evacuation. At the heart of the storm is Jorg Sambeth, the technical director of Givaudon which is responsible for Icmesa, a company belonging to the Swiss Hoffmann La-Roche pharmaceutical conglomerate. Not a simple story the film questions who bears the ultimate responsibility. What was really being produced at Icmesa? For whom? And, how does a transnational corporation protect its interests? These are all part of the fascinating puzzle revealed in this riveting, troubling documentary.
Sabine Gisiger was trained as a professional TV journalist at Swiss Television SF DRS and regularly produces television reports and documentary features covering social and political issues in Switzerland and abroad. In 2000, her documentary
Do It attracted international attention and was awarded the film prize for best Swiss documentary in 2001. Since 2002 she has lectured in documentary productions at the School of Art and Design in Zurich (HGKZ).
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