Daughter of the Lake (2015)

Overview: 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.

Starring: Nélida Ayay Chilón, Bibi van der Velden, Máxima Acuña de Chaupe, Sabina Gutiérrez Ramos

Categories: Documentary