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Daughter of the Lake

Name: Daughter of the Lake
Director: Ernesto Cabellos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-08-27
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Nélida Ayay Chilón, Bibi van der Velden, Máxima Acuña de Chaupe, Sabina Gutiérrez Ramos, Andrea Martínez Martínez

2015 · 1h 27m · Documentary

IMDb 7.0

Watch it tonight. This is a gripping David-vs-Goliath story that blends indigenous spirituality with environmental activism and real economic stakes—exactly the kind of urgent, thought-provoking documentary that justifies your streaming subscription. You won't find this story anywhere else, and Nélida's perspective on the natural world deserves your attention.

Plot

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.

Director: Ernesto Cabellos

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

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