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VERDE COMO EL ORO
VERDE COMO EL ORO
2021
DOCUMENTARY
SUROESTE ANTIOQUEÑO
28 MIN
SYNOPSIS
Verde como el Oro is an urgent documentary that unveils the determination of a community confronting a mega-mining project in the southwestern region of Antioquia, Colombia. It serves as a powerful warning to national authorities about the looming threat of an environmental catastrophe.
IMPACT
Verde Como el Oro, winner of the Rainforest Journalism Pulitzer Grant, succeeded in generating an impact campaign to mobilize citizenship action and political action against a mega mining project that threatened a biodiversity Hot Spot in Colombia´s patrimonial towns of South West Antioquia. The documentary was presented in France 24 as well as in the Medellin Modern Art Museum, Bogota´s District Cinematique, Barichara Green Film Festival and Environmental Film Festival Planet On. The documentary was selected as a case study of exemplary work and practices within the documentary impact field by the Center of Media and Social Impact at American University, Massachusetts.
AWARDS, FESTIVALS & PUBLICATIONS
Pulitzer Rainforest Journalism Grant, France 24, Case Study Mediateca de Cine de Impacto Social Latinoamericana, Festival Planet On, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Case Study Center of Media and Social Impact at American University, Massachusetts