Where the River Runs Red - a mining community caught between the past and a sustainable future

In the isolated west of Tasmania an ominous red river divides the small mining town of Queenstown. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian A result of copper run-off from a closed mine, it is an ever-present reminder of the town’s history of environmental and industrial disaster. Where the River Runs Red explores a community in an economically crippled area caught between the past and a future that is less reliant on a mining economy Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://www.theguardian.com/info/2016... The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://is.gd/guardianwires Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport #mining #documentary #australia #tasmania #queenstown #coppermine #copper #riverrunsred