Marrow of the Mountain
100 min | Spanish & English | Ecuador, USA I Postproduction
Directed by: Dylan Stirewalt & Antonella Carrasco
Produced by: Esteban Coloma G. & Roo Vandegrift
Field Director: Solnage Yépez
Cinematography: Antonella Carrasco
Supervising Writer: Fernanda Rossi
Edited by: Iván Mora Manzano
Production Company: Plural Docs
Status: Postproduction
Alongside the Monster portrays the hidden advance of a gigantic mine through the lives of three farmers who were violently evicted. As the toxic waste pool grows unchecked, the monster continues to expand, with no one knowing how far it will go.
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Synopsis
In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to recognize the Rights of Nature in its Constitution. These protections grant ecosystems the legal right to exist, thrive, and regenerate their vital cycles. In Ecuador, nature was given the same legal standing as humans.
Today, those protections are under serious threat.
This film is a tribute to their lives, their resistance, and the land they gave everything to protect. It is a story of fierce love, of a country grappling with the future of its forests, and of a global fight for ecological justice.
