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'Daughter of the Lake' - Film screening and Q&A with the director, Ernesto Cabellos
06 March 2019, 5:30 pm–7:30 pm
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Daisy Voake
Location
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103 Institute of the America51 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PN
Nelida is an Andean woman able to communicate with nature’s spirits. She feels she is the daughter of the lakes that provide water to her village. But just beneath her lakes, Yanacocha, Latin America’s largest gold mine, has discovered a deposit valued at billions of dollars. They have the Peruvian government’s support to mine it, even though it means drying out the lakes.
About the Speaker
Ernesto Cabellos
Ernesto Cabellos, UCL Institute of the Americas, Ernesto Cabellos has produced and directed the feature documentary feature films “Choropampa” (2002), “Tambogrande” (2007), “The Devil Operation” (2010) and Daughter of the Lake (2015). These award-winning films chronicle over 15 years of conflict between communities and mining companies in Peru. In 2009 Ernesto made “Cooking up Dreams”, a portrait of Peruvian society shown through its gastronomy. Ernesto’s documentaries have been selected in more than 150 international film festivals, obtaining 35 awards and distinctions, and have been broadcast on international television channels.