Breaking News - Chilean Miners Rescued

BREAKING NEWS: Chilean Miners Rescued After Two-Months Trapped Underground – Chilean mining documentary filmmakers available for discussion

a fight for water, the thirst for gold
CRY OF THE ANDES
a film by Carmen Henríquez and Denis Paquette

premieres at Planet in Focus
Saturday October 16 – ROM - 9:30PM

(TORONTO - October 13, 2010) With respect to the current situation in Chile, where 33 miners have spent the past 69 days trapped 600m underground and are finally making their way to the surface one-by-one, the makers of Chilean mining documentary CRY OF THE ANDES would like to offer commentary and discussion.

The film takes viewers to the Huasco Valley in the Andes of Chile, where the relationship between the indigenous population and their natural resources is significantly at risk. CRY OF THE ANDES is shot between Toronto and Chile, where Canadian company Barrick Gold Corporation – the largest gold mining company in the world – has been working to green light the Pascua Lama open pit mine.

CRY OF THE ANDES will have its Toronto premiere at the Planet in Focus film festival this Saturday October 16, and has already screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

About RealWorld Films Inc. http://www.realworldmedia.tv

RealWorld Films Inc. is a Vancouver-based production company founded by Canadian filmmaker Denis Paquette and Chilean/Canadian filmmaker Carmen Henríquez. RealWorld produces non-fiction content focused on social, economic and environmental justice. RealWorld’s credits include award winning television documentaries and series, digital animation, Internet content and DVDs. In addition to their feature length documentary Cry of the Andes, RealWorld is currently launching a second season of their acclaimed APTN documentary series Closer To Home.

About Planet in Focus
Planet in Focus is Canada’s leading non-profit environmental media arts organization, producing year-round programming across Canada and around the world and fostering a new generation of environmental filmmakers. The 11th annual Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival runs from October 13 to 17 in Toronto. Visit planetinfocus.org.