Choropampa: The Price of Gold
Choropampa: The Price of Gold

Choropampa: The Price of Gold

March 11, 2002 | 75 min

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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