Maxima
Biographies & Inspiring Stories
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1h 27m
“MAXIMA” tells the true story of Maxima Acuña, a Peruvian farmer battling the world’s largest gold miner, Newmont, for her ancestral land. When the corporation targets her home for a multi-billion dollar mine, she refuses to surrender, defending her property and life. “I was born in the fields,” she vows, “and I will die in the fields,” standing firm against those who would turn her home to dust.
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