Jona Gerlach

The Pit

Jona Gerlach

A portrait of the past and present of the Berkeley Pit, a former copper mine in Butte, Montana, and the largest body of contaminated water in the United States. Through hand-manipulated original and found footage, the film shows the destructive consequences of mine waste though a variety of photochemical processes using the same contaminants found in the water of the pit.