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Land in Revolt: Impure Gold
ARGENTINA · 2009

Land in Revolt: Impure Gold

Fernando Solanas
mining exploitation environmental contamination corporate imperialism political corruption indigenous land rights
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Synopsis

After Memoria del saqueo, La dignidad de los nadies, Argentina latente and La próxima estación, Solanas begins with Oro puro a diptych on the plundering of mineral resources (metals and hydrocarbons). This remarkable and powerful documentary denounces the open-pit cyanide mining operations carried out by multinationals in the northwest with the support of politicians, exposes the progressive conta

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