AMAZONIA FOR SALE

Amazonia For Sale
(The Awajún people and their struggle to protect their ancestral territory)

The Awajun people have inhabited the Amazon rainforest since time immemorial, living in harmony with - and respectful of - nature. This ecological balance is now being threatened by a growing interest on the part of the Peruvian government and national and international companies in indiscriminately exploiting the area’s mineral, timber and oil resources.
As a result of this plan, promoted by the state in the name of progress and economic development, the original inhabitants of these lands are now threatened by pollution, illness and desertification.
This documentary tells the story of the Awajun people’s resistance and struggle for their dignity and territory, both now and in the future, seeking to avoid the tragic experience to which many of Latin America’s native peoples have already succumbed.

ODECOFROC
Organisation for the Development of the Border Communities of Cenepa

IWGIA
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

ORE
www.oremedia.org

With the support of
Racimos de Ungurahui Working Group

Direction, Camera and Photography
Facundo López

Executive Production
Alejandro Parellada

Production in Perú
Marco Huaco

Technical Production
Canejo Productions

Direct Sound
Mauro Peteán

Camera Operator in Bagua
Martín Ladd

Post Production Coordination
Fernando Cola

Editing
Lisandro Moriones
Martín Ladd

Post Production Contribution
Facundo López
Virginia Medley

Visual Comunication Design
Anabel Garbet

Translation in Peruvian Amazon
Fermín Apikai Chimpa
Raúl Humberto Vargas Caballero
Francisco Quiaco Inchipish
Ignacio Mayan Yampis

Translation in Post production
Irma Tuesta Cerrón
Raúl Humberto Vargas Caballero

English Translation
Elaine Bolton