Under Rich Earth (2008)

In this riveting documentary, filmmaker Malcolm Rogge traces the history of conflict over a copper-rich but environmentally sensitive and threatened region in the northwest part of Ecuador known as Intag. Copper mining by a Japanese company in the mid-1990s led to violent protests and an ordinance banning future mining in the area. But when the Ecuadorean government sold mining rights to a Canadian copper company, renewed violence erupted.

Released Sept. 10, 2008 91 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.mining, imdb.ecuador, imdb.security, imdb.human-rights, imdb.environment, aspectratio.1-33-1

Country: Canada
Languages: English