Maxima

Maxima is the impassioned story of a simple Peruvian woman, Máxima Acuña, and her stalwart fight to preserve her home and life in harmony with nature. Maxima lives on beautiful land surrounded by the Yanacocha Mine — the second largest producer of gold in the world — controlled by massive American mining conglomerate Newmont Mining Corporation. Newmont is brutally trying to force Maxima off of her land. With exquisite cinematography and deep sensitivity for its subject, we watch this tiny woman in a poncho, full of grace, stand up to corruption and an abusive adversary. A true underdog, this hardworking, brave, resilient, woman stops at nothing in her fight for justice and nothing more. If you ever need a reason to stand up to corporate bullies, Maxima shows you that it can be done with dignity and a strength that never wavers. (Woodstock Film Festival)