Adventurous pioneers transform Peru’s harsh northern desert into a fertile valley of mango and lime orchards. But all they’ve worked for is threatened when gold is discovered under their land.
Fear, violence and murder rock their once quiet community. In the midst of chaos, a martyr’s vision unites the farmers and leads them down a revolutionary path of non-violent resistance.
These brave men and women take on corrupt politicians and the global mining industry in an epic tale of ordinary people rising to heroic deeds in times of great crisis.
A new film by Ernesto Cabellos and Stephanie Boyd, the same producer director duo responsible for the award-winning film Choropampa: The Price of Gold (Peru 2002).
This feature-length documentary follows the struggle of a small village in the Andes for health care and justice after a mercury spill by the world’s largest gold corporation.
The film has won 10 international awards and been broadcast on the Sundance Channel (USA), CBC Country (Canada), KBDI (Colorado, USA) and national television in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela.