Camel Gastrolith

Year
2016
Country
USA
Duration:
4 mins

Overview

When Chris Jordan — an artist, activist and filmmaker whose work focuses on the staggering volume of trash humans spew into the world — received a package from a friend in the Arabian desert, the contents shocked him. Inside was a surreal mass of plastic, metal and glass — a strange conglomeration of trash.

He came to find out this object was found in the stomach of a dead camel that had consumed, among other things, more than 500 plastic bags before perishing.

Camel Gastrolith is a short film that challenges and confronts viewers to think hard about their consumption, lifestyle and the consequences of their actions on the Earth.

Production Team

Director
Chris Jordan

Festival Screenings

Featured in the 2016 Mountainfilm Festival.