Documentary backdrop image for Quarry Movie (1999)

Documentary backdrop image for Quarry Movie (1999)

199910 minGdoc-short

Quarry Movie

199910 minGdoc-short

Leached metals from an exhausted quarry pit's waters are visible in the 10-minute film, which documents the site's weather, soil, and toxins.

Genres

Director

Synopsis

Leached metals from an exhausted quarry pit's waters are visible in the 10-minute film, which documents the site's weather, soil, and toxins.

People

Greta Snider

Greta Sniderdirector

Synopsis

An abandoned quarry pit reveals its hidden elements. The film captures the weather, soil, and toxins present in this exhausted site. It shows how organisms in the water and soil have affected the environment. Leached metals from the quarry's waters are visible throughout the footage. Running for 10 minutes, the documentary presents a stark view of a place marked by industrial activity and its lasting impact. Released in 1999, it focuses on the interplay of nature and pollution.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Malartic (2024)

Malartic

2024•1h28m•★8.0TMDB

In Malartic, Quebec, the operations of an open-pit gold mine have led to economic disparity and environmental concerns, highlighting issues of land management and local governance.

Gold: The dark truth behind your jewelry (2023)

Gold: The dark truth behind your jewelry

More than 3,000 metric tons of gold are mined each year, with a third of that total coming from China, Russia, and Australia.

Gold: The dark truth behind your jewelry

Draining the oceans for rare metals (2023)

Draining the oceans for rare metals

Allseas seeks rare metals from deep-ocean nodules, driven by corporate greed and demand.

Draining the oceans for rare metals

Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation (2015)

Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation

Over 12,000 people have been displaced since coal mining began on the Navajo Nation, raising concerns about environmental and health impacts.

Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation

Deadly Arsenic Mines - Abandoned Engineering (2023)

Deadly Arsenic Mines - Abandoned Engineering

Arsenic mining in the Cornish countryside and a secret Nazi facility in Poland reveal the toxic legacies of abandoned engineering and human ingenuity.

Deadly Arsenic Mines - Abandoned Engineering

Where the River Runs Red - a mining community caught between the past and a sustainable future (2019)

Where the River Runs Red - a mining community caught between the past and a sustainable future

Over 350 jobs will be lost due to the temporary suspension of operations at the Mount Lyell mine in Queenstown, Tasmania.

Where the River Runs Red - a mining community caught between the past and a sustainable future

Hole Story (2023)

Hole Story

Three-quarters of Canada's mineral production comes from mines in the Canadian Shield, where the history of resource extraction is often overlooked.

Unearth Secrets, Fight the Pollution: Battling Toxic Waste (2023)

Unearth Secrets, Fight the Pollution: Battling Toxic Waste

On December 14, 1990, the cargo ship Rosso washed ashore in Calabria, revealing a history of toxic waste trafficking linked to organized crime.

Unearth Secrets, Fight the Pollution: Battling Toxic Waste

How humans are exploiting the oceans (2023)

How humans are exploiting the oceans

3,000 by 1,000 kilometers of seabed in the Pacific Ocean could be destroyed within 50 to 100 years due to deep-sea mining for valuable metals.

How humans are exploiting the oceans

Exploring The Ruins Of Nuclear Disaster (2024)

Exploring The Ruins Of Nuclear Disaster

Nearly 40,000 tourists visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone last year, drawn by its abandoned landscapes and the history of the nuclear disaster.

Exploring The Ruins Of Nuclear Disaster

Explore Quarry Movie

Browse more like this

Malartic (2024)

Malartic

2024•1h28m•★8.0TMDB

In Malartic, Quebec, the operations of an open-pit gold mine have led to economic disparity and environmental concerns, highlighting issues of land management and local governance.

No digital watch option in your country

Deadly Arsenic Mines - Abandoned Engineering (2023)

Deadly Arsenic Mines - Abandoned Engineering

Arsenic mining in the Cornish countryside and a secret Nazi facility in Poland reveal the toxic legacies of abandoned engineering and human ingenuity.

Deadly Arsenic Mines - Abandoned Engineering

No digital watch option in your country

Hole Story (2023)

Hole Story

Three-quarters of Canada's mineral production comes from mines in the Canadian Shield, where the history of resource extraction is often overlooked.

No digital watch option in your country

Unearth Secrets, Fight the Pollution: Battling Toxic Waste (2023)

Unearth Secrets, Fight the Pollution: Battling Toxic Waste

On December 14, 1990, the cargo ship Rosso washed ashore in Calabria, revealing a history of toxic waste trafficking linked to organized crime.

Unearth Secrets, Fight the Pollution: Battling Toxic Waste

No digital watch option in your country

Exploring The Ruins Of Nuclear Disaster (2024)

Exploring The Ruins Of Nuclear Disaster

Nearly 40,000 tourists visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone last year, drawn by its abandoned landscapes and the history of the nuclear disaster.

Exploring The Ruins Of Nuclear Disaster

No digital watch option in your country

Behemoth (2015)

Behemoth

2015•1h35m•★7.5TMDB

Decades of coal dust exposure leave miners in a hospital, facing severe health issues and reflecting on their dangerous work conditions.

The Conquest Of The Ruins (2020)

The Conquest Of The Ruins

2020•1h28m•★5.8TMDB

In Argentina and Bolivia, construction crews and paleontologists navigate the tensions between urban expansion and environmental preservation.

The Conquest Of The Ruins

Deep Rising (2023)

Deep Rising

2023•1h25m•★8.5TMDB

A secretive organization plans to permit extensive extraction of seabed metals from the deep ocean, raising concerns about environmental sustainability.

In Our Water (1982)

In Our Water

1982•1h•★7.6TMDB

A family in South Brunswick, New Jersey, discovers their well water is contaminated by toxins from a nearby landfill, prompting a five-year fight for accountability.

Metamorphoses (2013)

Metamorphoses

2013•1h24m•★6.5TMDB

One of the most contaminated regions in the world is located in the southern Ural Mountains, where industrial pollution has caused severe health crises.

Wilder Than Wilderness (2018)

Wilder Than Wilderness

2018•1h22m•★5.3TMDB

Open cast brown coalmines and spoil tips create a stark backdrop as nature begins to reclaim its territory from human exploitation.

Wilder Than Wilderness

Quoll Farm (2021)

Quoll Farm

2021•52m•★8.0TMDB

One man dedicates his life to protecting a family of endangered quolls in a remote Tasmanian wilderness threatened by imminent environmental change.

The Creek Runs Red (2007)

The Creek Runs Red

2007•57m•★7.0TMDB

25,000 acres of mine waste cover Picher, Oklahoma, severely affecting local economies and the Quapaw tribal lands.

The Creek Runs Red

Spirits I've called (2019)

Spirits I've called

2019•1h•★7.0TMDB

Three locations illustrate the harmful impact of the mining and steel industry on local ecosystems and the health of nearby communities.

Spirits I've called

Browse more by Greta Snider

View all films →

Hard Core Home Movie (1989)

Hard Core Home Movie

1989

Portland (1996)

Portland

1996

Our Gay Brothers (1993)

Our Gay Brothers

1993

Urine Man (2000)

Urine Man

2000

The Magic of Radio (2001)

The Magic of Radio

2001

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →