Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

overview : The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.

Release Date : Aug 31, 1984

Runtime : 1h 40m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : ZDF, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Countries : Australia, Germany

Keywords : wilderness, mining, trial, wildlife, geologist, environmental destruction, indigenous australians, australian aboriginal, legal dispute, land dispute, land rights, indigenous rights, habitat destruction