The Stars Over Broken Hill
Outback Mines. Space Frontiers.
In Australia’s historic mining town of Broken Hill, a landscape once defined by boom-and-bust mineral extraction is now helping power a new frontier—space exploration—revealing how the industrial foundations built on Earth are helping enable humanity’s push into space.
About the Film
Labor organizing, electric vehicle manufacturing, and economic transition in the American South. The electric vehicle industry is booming in the South; so much so that the region has earned the nickname the “Battery Belt”. But why are producers setting up shop in states such as Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee? In part, the trend stems from a historic lack of union representation here. But workers—and labor organizers—have noticed. And they are starting to push back. How this emerging dynamic plays out could transform the future of American industry.
