The piece traces the memory of pollution and environmental degradation, from the normalization of polluted air and rivers to the drastic reduction of the Atlantic Forest after the privatization of the company in the 90s. In parallel, it traces the history of labour and the forms of collective organization that emerged around the plant, from the Vargas era industrial project and trade union struggles to the weakening of labour protection, accidents and diseases associated with heavy industry.

Between ecology, labour and social inequality, the installation presents Volta Redonda as a territory marked by extraction and sacrifice, but also as a space from which workers and activists imagine new forms of organization, solidarity and future. The screening of the piece will be followed by a colloquium in which the co-director Oliver Ressler will participate.