River of Gold

River of Gold

Do you know where your gold comes from?

2016 · 63 min · Documentary

Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru's Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle. What will be the fate of this critical region of priceless biodiversity as these extraordinarily beautiful forests are turned into a hellish wasteland?

Directed by Reuben Aaronson · Written by Jenny Maxwell

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