SYNOPSIS

In this tense and immersive documentary, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. On the one side is President Alan Garcia, who, eager to enter the world stage, begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whose impassioned speeches against Garcia’s destructive actions prove a powerful rallying cry to throngs of his supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words erupts into deadly violence.

 Key Awards

Winner – Special Jury Prize, Best Debut Feature, Sundance Film Festival

Winner – Golden Goblet, Best Documentary, Shanghai International Film Festival

Winner – Grand Jury Prize, Madrid International Documentary Film Festival

Winner – Audience Award, Best Film, Zurich Film Festival

Winner – Best International Documentary, Cineambiente

Winner – Green Dox, Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

Winner – Best Feature Film, Portland Eco Film Festival

Winner – Special Jury Prize, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

Winner – Special Jury Mention, Mumbai Film Festival

Winner – Best Documentary, Global Eco Film Festival, Zurich

Winner – Best Film, Festival Internacional de Cine San Cristóbal de las Casas

Winner – Audience Award, ThisHumanWorld

Winner – Special Mention – International Documentary, Zurich Film Festival

Winner – Best Documentary – Special Mention, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

Winner – Producer Award for Best Documentary, TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards

Winner – Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Canadian International Documentary Festival

Winner – Honors Award of Excellence: Documentary Feature, The Accolade Global Film Competition

Winner – Best Film Peru, Premios Luces, El Comercio Peru

Select Nominations

Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema – Documentary, Sundance Film Festival

Best International Documentary Film, Zurich Film Festival

Audience Award, Top 20 Audience Favorites (5th Place), Hot Docs

Best Documentary Feature, Grand Jury Prize, Nashville Film Festival

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Cinema Eye Honors Awards

New Jersey Films Competition, Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

screenings:

Sundance Film Festival 2016
Park City, UT
Winner: Special Jury Award: Best Debut Feature

riverrun international FILM FESTIVAL
us

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Special Jury Mention

DOCUMENTAMADRID 2016
MADRID, SPAIN
WINNER: Grand Jury Prize

mONTcLAIR fILM fESTIVAL
Montclair, NJ

Hot docs Canadian international documentary festival
Toronto, ON
top ten audience favorite (No. 5)

CINEMAMBIENTE
TURIN, ITALY
WINNER: Best International Documentary

SHEFFIELD DOC FEST
SHEFFIELD, UK

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK, US

THE 19th SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SHANGHAI, CHINA
WINNER: Golden Goblet Award for Best Documentary Film

AFI FILM FESTIVAL
WASHINGTON, US

nantucket film festivaL
Nantucket, US

NZIFF New zealand international film festivaL
auckland, nz

FESTIVAL DE CINE DE LIMA PUCP
LIMA, PERU

DOCUFEST FILM FESTIVAL
PRIZREN, KOSOVO
WINNER: GREEN DOX Award

FURTHER DATES
2016

Film Forum 
NYC, NY Wednesday. Aug 17-30

TakeOne Action 
London, UK Aug 18-19

San Diego Latin Film Festival
San Diego, CA Aug 26–Sept 1

Laemmle Monica Film Center 
Los Angeles, CA Sept 16

Camden International Film Festival 
Camden, ME Sept 15-19

Picture House 
London, UK Sept 9–15

Oslo HRW
Oslo, Norway Premiere, Sept 13

SF Green Film Festival
San Francisco, CA Sept 20

Fine Arts Festival
San Juan, PR Sept 29-Oct 9

Digital Gym
San Diego, Sept 16–22

Panoramica
Sweden Premiere, Sept 22–25

Bergen IFF
Norway, Sept 20–28

DMZ Docs
South Korea Premiere, Sept 22–29

Zurich Film Festival
Zurich, Switzerland Premiere
Sept 28 – 18:15 Corso 4
Sept 29 – 13:30 Arena ,
Sept 30 – 21:15 Arthouse Piccadilly
Oct 2 – 21:00 Arena 7

VARSITY THEATRE
ASHLAND, OR, SEPT 30 – OCT 6

JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER
PLEASANTVILLE, NY, OCT 10

Lima Peru
Opens Nationally Oct 13th


The Screen
Santa Fe, NM, Opens October 14

Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Australia Premiere, Oct 15, 4:00PM, SYD - Verona Cinema - tickets

Mumbai Film Festival
India Premiere, Oct 22-27

(more to be announced soon)

WHAT YOU CAN DO

1. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD 

Really, it’s that simple. Tweet, post, share the film and the issues at its heart.
The further we can spread the word about what's happening to the Amazon the greater our chances are of conserving species and protecting the rights of its indigenous peoples.

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