One remote community's radical resistance to a proposed mine. FREE entry, followed by panel discussion.
Danielle Bernstein, Anne Slick, 2008, 2009, Documentary, Ecuador, USA, 77min, Spanish with English subtitles
When Clouds Clear recounts one remote community’s radical resistance to a proposed copper mine that threatened to destroy their way of life forever. As two mining companies become increasingly brazen in their attempts to infiltrate and control the remote town of Junín in northern Ecuador, the community forms a united resistance in order to survive. Still, some citizens are wooed by promises of wealth, causing irreparable divisions between families and friends. Suddenly these once peaceful farmers find themselves thrust into a dangerous world of corruption, splintered households, murder and arson as they fight to protect their land and families.
Join us afterwards for an engaging panel discussion, local filmmaker Alejandra Canales will facilitate a post film panel discussion on mining, the question of sovereignty, and the struggle for authority over land. Linking the stories in the film to similar issues in Australia, the discussion will highlight the Lake Cowal Campaign, an almost 20 year struggle in Western NSW between traditional owners and an international mining company that is currently being fought in the Supreme Court. The speakers will offer insight into the similarities of the experiences in Australia with those in communities in Chile, Peru and Ecuador.
Entry will be on a first come, first served basis. No presales.
