Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2023
- This documentary film explores the varied and often surprising ways in which gold and the societies it is part of have transformed over time.
Join Idris Elba on a global journey that traces the human story of gold-and discover why the element’s contributions remain crucial to our evolution.
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Watched this as an African and I felt a pierce in my heart. The documentary is beautiful, that is not a doubt. But it sheds so much information on how Africa is so rich, yet it benefits the least from all its resources. Half of this documentary is in Africa. Some of the places that had (in the past) gold e.g San Francisco are so developed right now, but all gold-rich sources in Africa are still struggling to even have power, healthcare, and education. Colonialists taught us so many things like religion, social interaction, their culture, but not good governance; and Africa is bleeding and being milked of all its minerals and resources for way less than it deserves. The South African gold mined in the 80's are probably sitting in colonial vaults right now, backing their economy. I couldn't help but feel sorry for our motherland. An informative and eye-opening film Idris.
You said it all 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Why ? Idi Amin,seseko,Mubarak,kadafi ,mugabe,bedel Bokassa etc don’t know what is right and what is wrong that’s why they corrupted and brutalized their own people?
You being from africa, dont they force the children into mining it, like the diamonds ?
You're exactly right. Thank you 😊
People that want to exploit you will not teach you anything that is valuable to know. You can see the results now, what did you learn?! There is still gold. So, stop worrying about what others did not teach you. Correct the problems. Don't depend on anyone else. Understand your own value!
Ghana 🇬🇭 is gold . The leaders must develop the country with the natural resources they wield in their soil. I’m excited to watch this documentary as a Geophysicist. Kudos Idris 👍🏿
Yes Ghana is gold but unfortunately poor management. Nice to see you re a Geophysicist...Are you based in Ghana?
I was in Ghana and told the people I met that they need to TAKE BACK THEIR LAND! I am now reading the same response 22 years after my visit there. Sad.
The mineral resources has been sold to western world, with huge number of years on them by our leaders
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What a marvelous piece of mockumentary this is! I love how Idris Elba's unbelievable and contractually obligated performance brings soulless performance to an elevated degree! This puts the "Crying Indian" ad by Keep America Beautiful to shame as probably the best greenwashing effort to date. Thank you, Idris Elba and the team who made this!
Sincerely,
A resident of a country where OceanaGold was known to commit arson, harassment and displacement of local residents, and illegal demolition
Geez , would ya like a tissue
@@paulyjones3966- You don’t live with the misery of those in grinding perpetual deep poverty. I have.
I will never forget the stench of it.
Thank you!!!
Lol, came to the comments seeing if anyone else saw through this. I haven't looked into the background yet but just framing of everything set off my bullshit meter. Gotta be an industry group or something. They walked right past examining the environmental impact, straight to the fix...what a choke job.
Literally funded by the world gold council. Straight propaganda in favor of their customers, the world's 15 largest gold mining companies@@JustinS236
Lightweight historical perspective, shallow exploration of how gold fever and greed has devastated many and benefitted very few
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This is Beautifully done Sir. And seeing my country Ghana🇬🇭 portrayed in the way that you did, is quiet respectful. Thank you.
Nothing special Abt the impact of gold in Ghana
I believe Idris is half Ghanaian himself. His mother is Ghanaian.
You doing ok?
@@evanzygerrard1215what do you mean "nothing special about gold in Ghana? .
I don't understand.. what's the problem or why U think that.
@@dancingmango143He is, he said.
I enjoyed this documentary about the history of gold mining, but I was disappointed that it didn't talk about the most important issue facing Ghana's gold mining industry: the damage it's doing to our water and forests.
The sharp contrast between the developed countries and Ghana is a stark reminder of our corrupt leaders and how they are mismanaging our natural resources. But overall, I learned a lot from this documentary
Yes, you're exactly right! Thank you for speaking the truth for the people. It's a crying shame that greed takes presidence over the Indigenous peoples there and the whole world over. Heartbreaking! Sending love and prayers to you and all the oppressed people in the world. Thank you and God bless you 🙏🙏🙏❤ from Georgia USA 🇺🇸
😢... I thought that hydro power and solar power were renewable.
Yup. When I saw the pomp and pagentry for the Ashanti king it saddened me. They bow before a mortal man that allows them to eat his crumbs.
@@ariamason9324 if you American I hear you. If you British we gonna have a problem
@@ariamason9324hello Sir, please do some research. The Asantehene doesn’t own and control the gold in Ghana. The gold mined in Ghana is managed by the Government of Ghana. The gold he’s wearing has been passed on for generations. If he sells all that gold, it won’t even match the amount of gold mined a day in Ghana.
He’s actually a great King, and we respect him. We Asantes have a tradition that we honor.
I wonder how Gold trade has prospered the UK so much than African countries and communities like Tarkwa in Ghana where Gold and other mineral like manganese has been mined for over a 100years. Can you do a documentary on this subject as well please.
Prospered? 😂
It is pretty simple. The UK offered the chief of each tribe the support of each ruler with munitions in exchange for a deed to the mines as well as a cut of the profits. No one said no worldwide 100 years ago.
Yeah this video is complete propaganda it looks like
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Right!! 🎯 SMMFH 👎🏾🤦🏾♀️😔
Wow it gave me much knowledge about Gold. Good Documentary. Idris Elba is a wonderful actor.
Is this irony
Shout out to South Deep Gold Mine 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
This documentary is so well done!! Thank you for sharing the human story of Gold. I loved the part with Ghana 🇬🇭.
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so much gold but so much poverty ? sell out african leaders 🤔
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What is there to love about the parts with Ghana?
Gold communities being underdeveloped or single individuals wearing enough gold fit to start a gold bank
@ebenezerlawsonasamoah9067, the culture is what I love. Plus, this is an African nation. Once we were rich, now because Nkrumah wanted a united Africa we had to try and help others out (the Asante region is the second richest region in Ghana. The poorest region in the one north from us. Funnily enough, they used to be quite rich too). Should've given us our independence by your logic. It would've been better considering the industrial output of the Asante region
The first time I saw idris in kumasi (Ghana) so he was here for an important business ? Oh boy
Respect to your humility Idris infront of the king. You might be world famous but you were humble before an African king and you must be admired for that
Nice one dude
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk yeah buddy
Do u know how powerful these kings are, especially that Asante king.
This won’t be thought in most schools in Africa especially where I come from Ghana.But thankfully,I woke up this morning to learn about one of the most valuable resources (Gold) we have.It’s history and the impacts it has on our cultures and the world.Thank you to Idris Elba and his team on this powerful documentary.
This won’t be taught
So many Late nights my eyes are on stalked sleep well
Good night God Bless
Teach them yourself don't depend on schools to do all the teaching.
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Gold Coast! 🇬🇭
Gold in the blood!
They ripping you guys off and your proud 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@@itsprincipeWe are proud of our history for having founded one of the most powerful empires in Africa, for still having our kingdom and our culture known throughout the world, we cannot say the same thing about your people guy
@@itsprincipe unlightened one, the whole world is under a British colonial regime, it was prophecy and had to come to pass. When you study diligently and fulfil your lack of knowledge you’ll find that the Gold isn’t just tangible however it’s cosmic & birthright. They cannot break or steal the gold lineage spirit connection from ancestors to descendants. The time is now, there time has passed
@@johngotti1214 Tell him. If it were any other people, they wouldn't allow Asantes to breath. Did he see anyone taking something in the video
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Idris elba is such a great actor from phantom liberty to this documentary well done
Look up his 2023 Crystal Award.
His soul is cheap
Wow , we got a whole 1 hour movie for free , the production is spectacular. Also I see Idris Elba , I click immediately , one of the most talented people ever.
Idris is the perfect dude to describe gold because of his majestic voice
@@Zombie__HomegirlI was thinking the same thing.
Beautifully said, after seeing the advertised randomly, I instantly fell in love and was happy I got to see it easily and for free❤
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Can't believe i watched whole of it😅 😅 this guy is super talented ❤
Alba🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was happy to see the event
That is what culture and tradition really looks like (16:00)
Well done Idris. I wish you would’ve touched more on prevalent issues like illegal mining especially in Ghana.
I was expecting that, but unfortunately
There’s tons of videos like that this a great film that can help young people get a quick glimpse how the world works.
What we should be advocating against is not just illegal mining but irresponsible and unsustainable mining....the big men only use that as a decoy to appropriate the gold for themselves as they and their cohorts are behind mining in the forest reserves and all the hotspots.
What we should be advocating against is not just illegal mining but irresponsible and unsustainable mining....the big men only use that as a decoy to appropriate the gold for themselves as they and their cohorts are behind mining in the forest reserves and all the hotspots.
This documentary was actually shallow . Never even mentioned the name Gold coast and how that gold doesn't benefit anyone in that country.
I love how you can really SEE the light behind his eyes extinguish itself when he describes the colonial, racist, environmental catastrophe that is gold mining as a 'romantic relationship with ups and downs'.
You should write another comment, you forgot a couple buzzwords
@@MostafaElSakariThey're only buzzwords to ignorant people
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The GOLD in this documentary is Idris Elba ❤️
When you come here in 2090 know we binged on this amazing documentary ......Damn this is engaging.....🇬🇭 land of Gold
End of time 🙂
And you have blown my mind, you are truly a master of 2090
@@bgodfrey2458 haha.....Happy you have noticed....
This is the best documentary and well narrated by Idris Elba. It covers all aspects of Gold!
I love this documentary by idris ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Open my eyes to see a new world of gold. It means a lot not only wealth
I enjoyed the documentary and leaned the many ways gold is being used. I also loved the way is was narrated. Idris did a fantastic job.
This was incredible to watch, thank you. Love Idris Elba 🥰 Africa should be far wealthier than it is
Having raw materials does not make you rich. That's a good starting point. You need education, management and a good policy that offers trade and fair working conditions.
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You forgot about the European thieves who bamboozled ancient Natives in the Americas and in Sub-Saharan Africa as well.
with the exception of Egypt and just a few more African Nations
The powers at be won’t let the above happen we all know this already unfortunately
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Yes it should
Such a beautiful and informative documentary. And shout out to my mom for being a part of it💪🏾
Who is your mum in this doc?
@@Summerbunny15maybe the shop owner … the kentey seller lol
Thank you sir for sharing this video really appreciate 😊🎉 God bless you 🙏
Amamzing documentary and NO ADS. Thank you!
The documentary is the ad
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How's tht? Asking seriously bcuz I'm a little slow 😓
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It's nt to buy/invest in gold is it?
Awesome documentary. Now Im wanting Idris to make another one about silver.
Yes, I agree with you! Idris and his team made the best documentary ever. Totally Awesome. He's gotta make as many as possible about silver and everything else under the sun 🌞 We love Idris 💘
I used to work for PKF and audited the Bank of Ghana! There are very few people on Planet Earth who have handled a Gold bar! I happen to be one of them! 😊
Amazing
That's pretty freaking awesome, Audrey. 👍🏾
Hahahahah....funny enough and luckily I got to hold a bar just two days ago at the Asante golf mines in bibiani in the western north region of ghana
Wow thanks world gold forum for your unbiased definitely not propaganda documentary. I’ll be sure to buy more gold now!
Buy from where?
I have just fallen out of love with Idris. Wow😢
Gotta make that sponsorship money🤑😂
Very interesting documentary Idris. The rope chain brought me back to my Mom’s jewelry many years ago. I had a rope bracelet and she had a rope bracelet both were gold and I inherited her gold bracelet. Beautiful and dainty for a woman. Now I know where it originated. Thanks again
Thank you for sharing - we're glad you enjoyed it.
Very well done! It reminded me of that old 1979 or 1980 National Geographic TV special, "Gold".
Cannot wait to watch this. Love this actor his voice.... love his accent.❤
RUclips what took so long to recommend me this Documentary it was amazing and you had the perfect person for the job 😊❤
Very well done 👏🏽.
Would have also loved for this to tie early European interest of West Africa to the allure of gold mines in the empire of Mali. This is what drew Europeans to the Gold Coast (Ghana).
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Would have loved for them to mention that the Asante Empire was based on slavery.
@@six-gunThat’s not a fair way to judge the Asante Kingdom because Asantes don’t even live on the coast, and didn’t have first contact with the European slave traders. The blame should be on those tribes that were on the coast that allowed slavery to grow. Asantes did what they needed to do for survival. They either sell others or be sold. Infact, Asantes are the only tribe that opposed and fought against the European slave traders. The other tribes united with the British to fight Asantes.
As we speak, the spot price of a Troy ounce of gold reaches all time highs in Japanese Yen, Korean Won, British Pound, Kiwi Dollar, Aussie Dollar, the Euro. The Swiss Franc and the world reserve currency, US Dollar, are also inching to all time lows against gold in these times of global economic turmoil and war. Very nice docu, Idris made a wonderful guide.
@@naftauroon85 yes, so well done.👍
I was born in San Francisco, moved back to the Bay Area few years ago & wow, thought I already knew basically all there was to know about the Sierra Nevada 1800's gold rush, $5 fruit pies & all - but apparently *not so.* many thanks to the World Gold Council *and* the host-narrator for taking me back to school.🏫🙋🏾♀
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Solidarity to the workers 🖤🤎💜💙💚💛🧡❤🖤
Good job of talking about the Gold all over the world 🌍 thank you for you beautiful story 🧢🔥🌟👏🏽🤟👍
Thank you Idriss Elba❤
He is incredible
Great documentary, thank you to all involved
Im still watching! I think Your mindset is amazing. Thank You.
This delivered waaay more than I anticipated.
One of best documentaries I’ve watched hands down 👏🏿👏🏿🔥
The energy it creates in the journey
This documentary is brilliant! What an enjoyable journey! Thank you!
This films shows how all commodities actually gain their value. And that is through the amount of 'human labour' that goes into mining or creating them.
Slavery like sugar cocoa etc,,
Slavery in the context of the new millenium
Why hasn’t Idris Ilba posted this incredible documentary about Gold on his Instagram account ?????
What a great documentary and a pleasure to be involved!
Thank you! Great to have Oceana Gold on board for this.
Amazing work 🎉
There’s a town in Ghana eastern region called Abompe .. there’s a lot of gold there but the locals don’t know how to mine it. Now destroying the waters around, will be glad if big mining companies go there and make good use of it @oceanaGoldIR @newmount @goldfieldsghana
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This is one of the most profound documentaries by far on Gold i have seen. Every story was just as captivating as the scenery. Truly a special heartfelt touching moment for Idris Elba meeting the King. Beautiful documentary Mr. Elba thank you for all you, your crew and everyone did making this to share with the world. A wealth of knowledge worth its weight in gold.
The documentary is excellent. They could have included a little of the history of the Serra Pelada (Brazil). The largest gold exploration in the world using human labor.
one thing that strikes very hard is the commitment of one mining company to retun the site back to nature and they have done that in an incredible way. Very powerful example worth emulating
Why hasn’t Idris Ilba posted this incredible documentary about Gold on his Instagram account ?????
Country's mandate they do it. If they were left to their own devices who knows, you would hope they would do the right thing.
@@mikegore5840they are left to their own devices in most of the world, and it’s turned out exactly as expected. Toxic pit lakes are everywhere, and it even just requiring they put up a fence and a locked gate used to be considered a radical and progressive stance to take.
After displacing 100's of 1000's of people illegally and forcefully.
Yeah big up to them
Powerful Documentry.Thank you very much.🙏🙏🙏💕💕
This was amazing to watch
Great job Idris
The Valley of Gold, This super, great incredible....
Very good documentary Mr Elba keep em coming 👍
Superb documentary, reminds you that bank notes we use are only a IOU contract and Gold and Silver are real money! Idris was excellent as usual in this piece or work
Yes this needs to be shared to everyone we know .
Super Video, good thing you didn’t go to Fort Knox, the echos would have been deafening 😮
Only 1% of the population today knows that currency was tied to gold and silver for thousands of years . Money 💰 so we need millions if not billions to watch this . Keep liking and sharing this fascinating documentary
@@gregorymcintosh4289haha, under-rated comment. Don't forget west point
His wife is so blessed I know she realizes she is🙏
A beautiful and unique documentary it is interesting To know how this precious metals are so well hidden 😮
Thanks for taking us with claustrophobia on this wild and informative journey , Idris Alba you are special ❤❤
you have no idea who benefits from this gold and how its a mockumentary no?
Well done Idris. Ghana always representing in gols
Great documentary. Learned so much. Thank you, Idris and team!
Why hasn’t Idris Ilba posted this incredible documentary about Gold on his Instagram account ?????
@@sotokijiji2759why does that matter?
I learnt a lot in this documentary, so impressive
Gold. I have mixed feelings about our human nature after watching this. Thanks for showing the journey from rock to wrist. Also it has generated a desire to travel in me. How everybody lives differently around the globe cheers mate
Strategy is on point. Just like that, this documentary increases the value of Gold.
nothing without a reason :))
The reason why I will never leave Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 gold 💪🏿
Are you rich
Gold Mafia 😂😂😂 Eat mwana wevhu , eat!
This is by far the best documentary that I’ve seen for a long time
I noticed him first at Prometheus. And I liked him immidiately. What a charismatic charakter. And since I followed him. He is incredible good looking and sympathetic. And I always hope that the private guy is a bit like his roles. I know that is stupid, but in his case... maybe it's true.😂❤
Thank you Idris for such a great and interesting documentary! I was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and never knew that there was such a huge gold mine in Val D’Or, Quebec! 🇨🇦
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Same! And im a gold bug too! Shame on me 😅
What else would Val D’Or mean??
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What did you think Val D'or meant??
My oldest maternal uncle was originally a self taught uranium miner. He patented the first under water shotgun for sharks & loved the oceans & Earth. He established a sea turtle preserve in Belize many years ago. He became the chief environmental engineer of Fluor. He worked with mining & power plant construction worldwide. He also held patents on gold extraction & mining processes. We have a picture of him holding an enourmous block of gold weighing 80 pounds. He is straining while grinning ear to ear.
We still extract gold & diamonds from several sources using a variety of techniques. It's thrilling & fun.
Watching and learning from Zambia. Thank you Idriy
Wow! This was excellent. As a teacher I love this because this project was created for understanding for elementary children up to adults. Great narrating and easy to understand facts. Thank you for making this story of gold accessible to all. The history of gold in Ghana and South Africa is part of history. The connections to tech, health, environment, and wealth around the world is inspirational. It inspires all to even buy gold! I pray for those whose lives have been changed negatively for the grabbing of gold. Let's be inspired to continue to learn and teach about it. Next story? Diamonds!
Would you teach , the massive exploitation of minerals/gold etc by western conglomerates who often bribe politicians. There’s is an massive dark side to this that we cannot ignore, Unfortunately Africans still aren’t benefiting from the vast mineral wealth they hold.
Wonderful documentary
Now it’s time for you to do the one on Diamond’s😉💯‼️
I have found out how truly important Gold is to the world we actually need it
Excellent documentary! Go Idris!
Loved the way the documentary is narrated with loads of information. Thank you Idris and team
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Why hasn’t Idris Ilba posted this incredible documentary about Gold on his Instagram account ?????
Australia is the king of gold
Because he doesn't want to look like a complete sellout. This is basically propaganda paid for by interest groups in the mining sector. Notice how they walked right past examining the environmental impact of mining, straight to all the socially responsible fixes they're implementing. I mean think of how broad they went with this, just covering things that are vaguely related to gold, barley even a premise @@sotokijiji2759
Thank you bringing your Gold Journey to us 👍👍👍
This is a very briliant doc Mr Idris, but as for England you did not show your mining sites
This is a very well produced documentary that entertains and informs with the perfect host. Well done and thx for making it free to view.
Propaganda is always free and widely available
🇨🇴It is really a wonderful adventure, finding gold, it is very hard work, full of mystery, old ancestral stories, but it is fascinating. what a good documentary🇨🇴
Great documentary! I was quite disappointed about not going deeper on how some of these gold mines has caused great damage to our environment. Especially in Ghana 🇬🇭 where illegal miners, embarked by some government officials and even some traditional rulers destroying our water bodies therefore making unsafe for consumption and environmental degradation . I believe other African countries are also facing similar problems.
Likewise in Kongo.
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Corruption & collusion on the part of the national governments of the countries who resources are "for sale"
Its sponsored by gold council.they arent going to be striving for a balanced reporting. its only going to be in praise of gold.
Yes, sir !!!
Your work (arrangements) are beautiful
This would be the best gold doc I've eva seen well done and thank you anazing
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As a Geologist, it's awesome to see such documentaries that bring awareness on the mineral value chain
Thanks for commenting - we're glad you enjoyed it!
As a gynecologist, I concur.
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No 😢
How can is be a good documentary on the mineral value chain, when it doesn’t over the exploitation, slave labor, and robbery that permeates this entire industry?
I'm A Big Huge Fan of Idris Elba
Fascinatingly interesting!
Awesome Documentary❤
Loved this documentary, as an Indian from Kerala it gives goosebumps when seeing the importance of gold in our culture and traditional marriage life styles. Yes the most powerful asset in the world is using as financial security, Reserve, organizational growth traditional central precious wheel. Thankyou for the tremendous documentory
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And I was surprised to learn that the UK had gold mines 😮 wow!!
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Great and telling, sad too. For to see the people suffering, though there have been gold mined from their ccountries, like the Congo, Ghana and Johannesburg; yet the United Kingdom has millios of bars of gold in their reserve; something is very much wrong with that picture. Thanks, Mr. Albi.
Excellent information to us about gold thank you!
This is amazing work and I’m talking about gold. miracle of nature. 😌❤️ thank you 🙏
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As a metallurgist, this is fascinating to watch
Great to hear! Thank you for commenting.
Bravo Mr Idris, good documentary
Great story! Also great would be a story of why gold has intrinsic value as money, and the ways it’s so valuable to different industries.
Watch Hidden secrets of money. 👍
Asanteman is a nation on it own in Ghana. Asante Kotoko.
No it’s not it’s just a loud tribe proud of nothing
Beautifully filmed and lots of interesting history and education. Great work.
It was very good, but could have been better with more information on what gold really is and how it is formed, rather than proselytizing for Evolution and Climate Alarmism.
Sooo, i watched all of the film interpretations of rhe story and love them all in their own regard.
What is interesting is that,especially on this one is, that a lot of people behave like the aliens in the story, 100% disregarding any other impression than their very own limited personal view,compelety revitalizing the aliens prejudice and speciesm that the whole story is about.
To them, this scenic interpretation is simply "meat".
Awesome .
Thank you very much for sharing this interesting documentary
I just adore Idris Elba. Such a wonderful actor. Gold is great, too!
P love this story thank you Edris
Kudos to the filmakers. This is not just a documentary, its a movie and i loved every bit of it. IDRIS you nailed the presentation. I learnt a lot about my own culture.and all the other gold countries.
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