Sipakapa Is Not for Sale

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Sunday March 16, 2008
Screening begins 00h29
Venue: City Cinema - located at 64 King Street in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. King Street is a one-way street, so you must turn right or left off Queen Street onto King, and then turn left into our parking lot. Parking is free. Pedestrians can enter through the parking lot, or using our Water Street entrance.

Guatemala/ 2005/ 55mins./ Spanish with english subtitles

Montana Exploradora, subsidiary of the Canadian/US transnational company Glamis Gold, received 45 million US dollars in financing from the World Bank to exploit an open-pit gold mine in Sipakapa, Guatemala. In accordance with ILO Convention 169, a Community Consultation was held in this Maya region to establish whether the population would accept or reject mining exploitation in its territory. The result was a resounding "NO" to mining. Sipakapa Is Not For Sale analyses the debate on mining exploitation and demonstrates the dignity of the Sipakapan People as they fight to defend their autonomy in the face of encroaching neoliberal megaprojects.

Reviews

.the larger issue is the Sipakapan battle to preserve their autonomy from foreign commercial interests. Their fight offers a hopeful example to other indigenous people around the world who refuse to be victims."
- Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival

"Director Alvaro Revenga does an impressive job with presenting the issues of mine exploitation in developing countries, and exposing some of the questionable manner in which mining companies push forward their agendas."
- Charmaine Henriques, Educational Media Reviews Online

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