STEEL (2024)
In the four-part documentary series STAAL we follow steel factory Tata Steel and its neighbors in changing times. After a century of steel production in the dunes of Wijk aan Zee, the residents of the IJmond are diametrically opposed to each other. For many IJmond residents, the factory is their life and their bread. They see the smoking colossus in the dunes as a self-evident part of the landscape.
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2024Seasons & Episode
Black snow is causing concern in Wijk aan Zee. Is this environment healthy for the residents? A group of residents decides that the limit has been reached and files a report against Tata Steel.
Tata Steel wants to switch to green steel and is looking for support in The Hague. But according to the residents, it is all happening much too slowly. Do they still want to live there?
In the four-part documentary series STAAL we follow steel factory Tata Steel and its neighbors in changing times. After a century of steel production in the dunes of Wijk aan Zee, the residents of the IJmond are diametrically opposed to each other. For many IJmond residents, the factory is their life and their bread. They see the smoking colossus in the dunes as a self-evident part of the landscape.