Inheritance

UK | 2013 | 10 min | Documentary
Director: Margaret Cox,
Language: English | Subtitles: French
Trailer in French: https://vimeo.com/120620416

Synopsis: “Inheritance” tells the story of the British re-colonising of Africa, through Lonrho's resource wars, and the British involvement in the use of Depleted Uranium in the Iraq war. A collation of new material from Heathcote Williams' Anarcho-Pacifist poem "Royal Babylon: The Criminal Record of the British Monarchy,” “Inheritance” profiles the complex web of British Royal finances, their dangerous sources, and their damaging consequences. Focusing on the use of Depleted Uranium, we wanted to add our voice to the protest against the use of chemical weapons, and support the call for accountability over continued Human Rights abuses, through environmental contamination.

Director’s note - A collation of new material from Heathcoat Williams' Anarcho- Pacifist poem "Royal Babylon: The Criminal Record of the British Monarchy,” INHERITANCE profiles the complex web of British Royal finances, their angerous sources, and their damaging consequences. Focusing on the use of Depleted Uranium, we wanted to add our voice to the protest against the use of chemical weapons, and support the call for accountability over continued Human Rights abuses, through environmental contamination: “In German folklore, a kobold was a sprite/ That lived in mines… / It would cause miners' teeth to fall out / And it cursed the miners’ families with birth defects / Some miners had believed that / Mischievous kobolds led them to a metal that / Appeared to be gold or silver but it was actually cobalt…they are reluctant to be exorcised.” Margaret Cox