
At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nélida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying…
Documentary • Movie • 2015 • 1h 27m
Starring: Nélida Ayay Chilón, Bibi van der Velden, Máxima Acuña de Chaupe
Director: Ernesto Cabellos
Daughter of the Lake
At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nélida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the body of water she considers her mother. A gold deposit valued at billions of dollars lies just beneath Nélida’s lakes and leads farmers and Latin America’s biggest gold producer into conflict.
Documentary • Movie • 2015