cineSOURCE magazine

Overlooked & Underrated Docs & Features (click on broll or dschwartz for all his posts)

Blue Heart: The Fight for Europe’s Last Wild Rivers

Directed by Britton Caillouette, “Blue Heart” is a simple, straight forward documentary about people fighting for their land, for their natural world which is threatened by the damming and damning of all their rivers.

The land is the Balkans, several countries nestled together in southeast Europe. The region’s political leadership has declared that every river must be dammed or diverted, either of which will destroy the natural worlds surrounding the rivers. As the subtitle indicates, these are the last wild rivers of Europe. People of many villages across the region are fighting back with passion and fortitude.

Patagonia, the company, is the film’s executive producer, and their website for the film provides a fount of detailed information about the region, the stakes, the activism—and how you can support this noble quest.

“Blue Heart” is available from Patagonia, Amazon Prime, and YouTube

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8562000/reference

D. Schwartz December 23, 2019