The Pipeline Next Door

The Borjomi Valley in Georgia: home to mineral springs that have been bubbling away for centuries, in the 21st century it is to host streams of oil. Using all possible means, BP is pushing ahead with the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Yet the inhabitants of a small village put up a fight. In court, they raise what is the central question of the film: What gives an oil company ...

Land and water - mitsa-tskali - in Georgian denote more than just elements. Land-water is also the word for home. What happens when gigantic dam projects upset the natural balance between them and flood habitats? A close-up of Georgia's largest ecological resistance movement.