Godofredo García Baca
agronomist and community leader
“Mankind’s basic needs are food, clothing and housing. There is no public necessity called ‘gold.’ There is no public necessity called ‘copper.’ No one lives on gold or copper. People live by eating food, and that’s what humanity needs.”
Isabel de Morales
farmer, mother, grandmother
“I’m not leaving. We’ll struggle and struggle until God says, ‘Now your fight is finished.’ If I die the land will be there for my grandchildren, for their children and so on and that’s something that will last forever.”
Roberto Obradovich
president Manhattan Minerals (until 2002).
“We are planning to use state of the art technology. It will probably be the most modern mining project in the country, where all forms of negative impacts by contamination are avoided … the population has nothing to worry about.”
Robert Moran
independent geochemist and hydro geologist with 32 years experience managing water quality for the mining sector.
“I’ve been in a lot of mining sites around the world. And they always have s o m e d e g r e e o f contamination. They always have some degree of soil contamination, some degree of groundwater contamination, etc.”
Segundo Palacios
farmer
“In the countryside, we put everything we have in the cooking pot. But we’ll never put gold and silver in the pot.”
What are people saying?
“A great work, with a strong dramatic structure. It’s a perfectly told story which can be understood by any citizen of the world.”
Ana Caridad Sánchez, script-writer and co-producer of the award-winning documentary “State of Fear.”
“You need a heart of stone not to feel uplifted by the time the credits roll.”
Claire Palmer, Time Out, London.
“There are few documentary makers who throw themselves into the middle of a battle with such generosity, until the final tape is finished. The capacity to listen and the affection with which the filmmakers accompany the excluded is a lesson for all.”
Carlos Ferrand, award-winning Peruvian-Canadian documentary filmmaker.
“The filmmakers’ record of this social process is absolutely noteworthy.”
Rafo León, Peruvian television journalist
“A high degree of intimacy, even during epic climaxes An elderly woman explains in simple and tender words her relationship with the earth. This isn’t ‘making movies’ but conversing, as though telling a story to a child. The force of her message is rooted in this simplicity which the filmmakers know how to weave into a cinematographic tale.”
Ricardo Cuadros, Dutch-Chilean film critic, IDFA catalogue – Jan Vrijman Fund.
The jury honour ‘Tambogrande’ for the powerful presentation of a mass social movement and the filmmakers’ commitment to Tambogrande’s message.”
Jury Statement. Best Film Award for Tambogrande at the Gdansk Dignity & Work International Film Festival, Poland.
“An unforgettable documentary. The film shows the cultural struggle between a unified people and the powerful and hungry capitalist system and disentangles the complex reality in which many southern communities live. A moving film that fosters solidarity.”
Piet Wostyn, CATAPA, Belgium.
“From the creators of Choropampa comes this film which shows an obvious evolution in style and narrative.”
Natalia Ames, SOMOS magazine, El Comercio newspaper (Peru)