Additional information for Under Rich Earth (Bajo suelos ricos), which has a domestic theatrical release set for October 8, 2009. The film is being distributed by Unknown and has not yet been rated. Under Rich Earth (Bajo suelos ricos) has a total running time of 91 minutes.
91min
92min
Bajo suelos ricos
International
September 10, 2008
Canada
October 07, 2009
Canada
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The Intag valley of Ecuador is a lush and fertile paradise inhabited by strong-willed and resourceful family farmers. Three generations of families have carved out a hard but good life in this remote frontier. While they don't earn much cash for their work, they own rich land, which is the greatest security for their children and for future generations. Their land, forests and crystal clear mountain streams are invaluable-they will protect them at all costs. Under Rich Earth is a feature length documentary that follows family farmers in the Intag valley who resist what they consider to be the invasion of their land by foreign prospectors. Victor, Rosario, Robinson, Marcia and Carlos are among hundreds of people who join together to stop outsiders from transforming their beloved valley into what a Canadian mining company says will inevitably become a 'world class' copper mine. Facing the prospect of losing their precious land and forests, the farmers are ready to give up their lives. But is their conviction matched by the tenacity of those who want to undermine them? Over three years, the company attempts to win over the hearts and minds of the communities with offerings of development and jobs. The promise of development through mining has bitterly divided the community between people who support the company and those who are adamantly against it. Local leaders opposed to the mining project evoke the spirit of the Inca warrior Ruminahui who resisted the Spanish conquistadores in the 1500s. The project's supporters say the company will bring benefits like roads and schools. The company assures its investors that only a small group of radicals and meddling foreigners oppose the project; but on the ground, a profoundly different story emerges. Coffee growers become pawns in a Machiavellian strategy of divide and conquer. Lurkers sabotage a community radio station. Rogue police push an outspoken leader of the opposition into hiding. As the company tries to get its exploration project going, the tension between pro-mining mineros and anti-mining ecologistas reaches a breaking point. With a change of government looming and nationalists poised to take power, the company takes extreme measures to get its men on the ground. Roving bands of men armed with tear gas, pistols and attack dogs force their way past makeshift community checkpoints. But the villagers don't back down, and the crisis culminates in an extraordinary and potentially lethal confrontation between farmers and armed paramilitaries high in the cloud forest. The remarkable incident attracts national and international press and suddenly, the tiny remote village of Junin is thrust into the spotlight. Back in Canada, the company insists that their copper project will go ahead in spite of the local opposition and they successfully raise millions of dollars on the Toronto Stock Market.
by Rye Cinema
Malcolm Rogge
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Malcolm Rogge
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Malcolm Rogge
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Edgardo Moreno
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In a remote mountain valley in Ecuador, coffee and sugarcane farmers face the dismal prospect of being forced off their land to make way for a mining project.
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