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201988 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Máxima

201988 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Indigenous farmer Máxima Acuña battles a mining giant for her land.

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Claudia Sparrow

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Indigenous farmer Máxima Acuña battles a mining giant for her land.

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Claudia Sparrowdirector

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A multi-billion-dollar mining project is launched by the American Newmont Mining Corporation and lays claim to the land belonging to Preuvian highlander Máxima Acuña.

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