A person in low green light beside piles of produce under a hanging lamp.
Still from Blackwater
 

Black Water

by Natxo Leuza
In southern Bangladesh, Lokhi and her family prepare to escape an extreme climate and flee to Dhaka - the fastest growing city in the world.
2025  ·  1h25m  ·  Spain
Bengali
English subs
About the Film

Humanity is heading towards a “climate apartheid”. The rich will pay to escape global warming, famine and conflict, while the poorest will suffer the worst consequences. By 2050, Bangladesh will have approximately 220 million inhabitants and a large part of its territory will be permanently submerged.This situation could lead to the forced displacement of between 10 and 30 million inhabitants of the country’s southern coastline, forcing many Bangladeshis to flee the country as “climate refugees”, a human collective that is expected to reach 250 million people worldwide by mid-century.On a planetary scale, we are talking about the largest mass migration in human history. How long will Dhaka be able to cope with the influx of so many people, where will these people go when the cities collapse, who will take them in?We are sitting on a big time bomb.

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About the Director

Natxo Leuza

Natxo Leuza has over 15 years of experience as a producer, screenwriter, director and editor. He has a long journey on documentaries, working all around the world: Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo, Mauritania, Gambia, Uganda, Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador, Qatar, Haiti, Germany, Ukraine. His latest documentary BLACK WATER (2025) has been selected for CPH:DOX

 

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