Filmed in 2012 and 2013 at the seaport of el Callao near Peru's capital of Lima, the Lead Zone recounts the materiality and politics of human lead exposure through the narratives of impacted residents and the imagery of their surrounds. The terminal point of Peru's transcontinental highways, the port of el Callao connects the world to the ecological destruction of mineral and oil extraction in the Andes and Amazon. Lesser known is the widespread human lead exposure occurring at the port of el Callao near enormous mineral warehouses. While recorded over approximately four months, the film's content reflects a year and a half of ethnographic research conducted by Stefanie Graeter for her PhD in cultural anthropology at UC Davis. In 2012, after 10 years of participation, residents and community leaders of el Callao were actively excluded from local government initiatives to resolve the lead contamination problem. Graeter and local research participants decided to make a film that would depict their expertise and experience living in lead exposure and the political dynamics that perpetuate this ongoing injustice. The current version is midway through production process. Future editions will incorporate scenes filmed with participants during a screening of the film and forum in 2015.