César Rodríguez Garavito documents the case of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in Ecuador where indigenous people rights were violated in favour of an Oil Company. Sarayaku brought the case in front of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights which ruled in their favour and against the Ecuadorian state that violated Sarayaku’s right to consultation, collective property, cultural identity and endangered the life of Sarayaku community members.
Film in Spanish with English subtitles.
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