Aralkum
About Aralkum
The Aral “Sea” powerfully reveals the deadly impact of human activities—in this case, the intensive cultivation of cotton in the USSR—on an ecosystem. Daniel Asadi Faezi (The Absence of Apricots, VdR 2018) and Mila Zhluktenko (Find Fix Finish, VdR 2017) film the shore’s last inhabitants, who have lost their way of life to the desertification of their environment.
Daniel Asadi Faezi and Mila Zhluktenko directed Aralkum, a 2022 documentary film.
It runs 14 minutes and was released in April 2022.
In the United States it streams on DocAlliance Films and Klassiki.