Vidal Merma, an independent journalist, champions the voice of the indigenous K'ana Nation, a people whose wellbeing and natural resources suffer from the poisoning of aggressive mineral mining. With rivers reduced to dust, and the remaining water contaminated, the people of Espinar demand accountability, and an immediate end to the unsolicited practices destroying their home. Mr. Merma and Giorgio Ghiotto, the film's director, will be present and take questions following the short film.
Claire Priest '00, the Simeon Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale University, will lead the discussion.
Sponsoring Organization(s)
The Latin American Series at Yale Law School, with support from the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund
The Latin Film Series at the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS)