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Award Winner, Human Rights, International, Social Justice, Women + Director, Women-Centered Stories

Maxima

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Director:

Claudia Sparrow

Producers:

Lesley Chilcott, Louise Runge

2019

88 minutes

The remarkable story of Maxima Acuna, a subsistence farmer in Cajamarca, located in the Peruvian Andes standing up to Newmont Mining Corporation and fearlessly fighting for her rights to live her life the way her family has for hundreds of years

Awards

2020 Palm Springs International Film Festival- Best of the Fest Audience Vote
2019 Lima Latin American Film Festival- Best National Film
2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival- Best Documentary

Honors

2020 Slamdance FIlm Festival- Grand Jury Prize Nominee
2020 Slamdance Film Festival- Honorable Mention
2020 Cinema For Peace Award- Women’s Empowerment Nominee
2020 Cinema For Peace Award- International Green FIlm Award Nominee