Choropampa: The Price of Gold

(2002)

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Genres: Documentary

Year: 2002

Runtime: 75 мин

Country: Peru

Director: Stephanie Boyd, Ernesto Cabellos

Plot

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.