Choropampa: The Price of Gold(2002)
75 min · Documentary · Directed by Stephanie Boyd, Ernesto Cabellos
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A devastating mercury spill by the world's richest gold mining corporation transforms a quiet peasant village in Peru's Andean mountains into a hotbed of civil resistance. A courageous young mayor emerges to lead his people on a quest for health care and justice. But powerful interests conspire to thwart the villagers at every turn in this 2-year epic chronicle of the real price of gold.
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