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Máxima Acuña, a subsistance farmer in Peru’s Northern Highlands, stood up to a mining company who wanted her land for a gold and copper mind. They didn’t make it easy for her.
This short film for the Goldman Environmental Prize, produced Will Parrinello of the Mill Valley Film Group, tells a moving story of a woman using peaceful resistance to protect her home.
For more information visit www.goldmanprize.org/maxima.
