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Summary
Is sand an infinite resource? Can the existing supply satisfy a gigantic demand fueled by construction booms? What are the consequences of intensive beach sand mining for the environment and the neighboring populations?
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 71
IMDb8.1
Audience score44%
Running time
1 h 14 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −22 min on the typical 96
typical 9674Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
2013
October 19, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
Canada
France
Rated
- PGUnited States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
Directing · 1
- Denis Delestrac Director, Writer
Production · 1
- Guillaume Rappeneau Producer
Editing · 3
- Seamus Haley Editor
- Ibon Olaskoaga Editor
- Michèle Hollander Editor
Sound · 1
- Sébastien Robitaille Music
Other crew · 1
- Marc Martinez Sarrado Cinematography
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