Learning on ScreenBhopal: The Second Tragedy
- Synopsis
- Mark Tully investigates the Bhopal disaster of 1984 and its continuing devastation on the city’s inhabitants. Ten years after methyl isocyanate gas from a Union Carbide chemical factory leaked over the Indian city and more than 2500 people choked to death, people were still ill and dying and only a minority of compensation claims had been settled. The programme describes the continuing corruption, mismanagement and misinformation. US lawyers augue that multinationals are more free from responsiblity for what happens in Third-World countries than before the disaster. Visits to Mexico and Brazil support this view with evidence of continuing environmental poisoning and hazardous industrial practice.
- Series
- Network First, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 51 min.
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- out of distribution
- Subjects
- Environmental science
- Keywords
- chemical industries; environmental disasters; India; toxic substances
Credits
- Director
- Sunandan Walia
- Producer
- Sunandan Walia
- Writer
- Mark Tully
- Contributor
- Nigel Gibbons
- Cast
Mark Tully
Production Company
- Name
Central Independent Television
- Notes
- use Carlton UK Television
Distributor
- Name
Carlton UK Television Ltd
- Web
- http://www.carlton.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0115 986 3322
- Fax
- 0115 964 5202
- Address
- Video Resources Unit
East Midlands TV Centre
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NA
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