Director: Ana Llacer

Documentary | 1 h 18 m | 2020

USA | Language: Spanish | English Subtitles

GECO22 Official Selection | Australian Premiere

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Availability: Worldwide

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Screening from 2-11 September 2022

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Three indigenous communities in the Bolivian highlands fight to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a national water crisis. The government has consistently supported the expansion of mining and granted miners unrestricted water access. UMA, the Aymara word for water, takes us on a journey from the tropical Andean glaciers and the highest navigable lake in the world to the mines of Oruro, and the vanished Lake Poopó. It is a women's story of displacement, resistance, and struggle for environmental justice.