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201622 minGdocumentary

Fundir

201622 minGdocumentary

Hundreds of thousands of tons of salt are shipped to Boston each winter from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile for use on icy roads.

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Hundreds of thousands of tons of salt are shipped to Boston each winter from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile for use on icy roads.

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Allison Cekaladirector

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In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, workers extract salt destined for Boston's icy roads. Each winter, hundreds of thousands of tons of this salt arrive by cargo ship to aid in snow removal. Fundir details the processes involved in this trade, from extraction to transportation. The film presents a record of the labor and logistics that connect these distant locations, illustrating the physical transformation of a simple material through global commerce.

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