''The Demining Camp'' is a 2005

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by

Licínio Azevedo Licínio Silveira Azevedo (Licínio de Azevedo, Licínio Azevedo, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1951) is a Brazilian–Mozambican journalist, film producer, screenwriter, and film director of award-winning documentaries and feature films. ...

. It presents the problems related to

land mines A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon often concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near it. Land mines are divided into two types: anti-tank mines, whi ...

left after the

Mozambique Civil War The Mozambican Civil War () was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992 due to a combination of local strife and the polarizing effects of Cold War politics. The fighting was between Mozambique's ruling Marxist Mozambique Liberation ...

and the resulting

demining Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By cont ...

operations.

Festivals

CINEPORT - Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa, Brazil
(2005)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(2005)

Awards

* Best documentary at the 3rd WECC - World Environmental Education Congress, Italy (2005) * 2nd prize "Windows on the World" at the Festival di Cinema Africano, Asia e America Latina, Italy (2005)

(2005)

External links

The Demining Camp
- IMDb page about ''The Demining Camp''

Mozambican documentary films 2005 films 2005 documentary films Documentary films about war Land mines Films directed by Licínio Azevedo Mozambican Civil War Films shot in Mozambique Films set in Mozambique {{war-documentary-film-stub