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DAUGHTER OF THE LAKE
Original title: Hija de la laguna.
2015, Peru.
Feature-Length Documentary.
Directed by: Ernesto (Tito) Cabellos Damián.
Screened at: HotDocs, SEMINCI, Mar del Plata, Netflix, among others..
Producer: Núria Frigola Torrent.
Poster Designer: Javier Piragauta.
Featuring: Nélida Ayay Chilón, Máxima Acuña, Bibi Van der Velden.
Synopsis:
At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nélida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the body of water she considers her mother. A gold deposit valued at billions of dollars lies just beneath Nélida’s lakes, and leads farmers and Latin America’s biggest gold producer into conflict.