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Article

8 Dec 2010

Author:
Icarus Films

Open Sky - a film by Ines Compan [Argentina]

In rural northwest Argentina, the indigenous Kolla’s land and quality of life is threatened after the government permits a Canadian company...[Silver Standard] to open an ambitious open-sky silver mine in Mina Pirquitas...A great community dialogue and discussion is established to educate and band together the locals who must fight against a powerful corporation and a government who rules by dividing and conquering and creating conflicts amidst the indigenous populace.