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Oil: The Cancer of Our City (2008) | Slate

Oil: The Cancer of Our City

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Oil: The Cancer of Our City

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Rated 6.0 on TMDB

Oil: The Cancer of Our City

نەوت: شێرپەنجەی شارەکەمان

This documentary reveals how oil, often viewed as a source of wealth and prosperity, turns into a corrosive force that harms a city’s health, environment, and social fabric

Released: 2008
Runtime: 25m
Genres: Documentary
Country: Iraq
Language: Kurdish

Direction and writing

Taha KarimiDirector, Writer

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Cast

Farhad HamzaHimself
Nemat AhmadHimself

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