A father and daughter are haunted by the legacy of their ancestor — a Victorian botanist sent to the Peruvian jungle to scout for coffee-growing land. Retracing the ancestor’s colonial adventure reveals the brutal reality of a major land grab from the native Ashaninka people who try to wrest their land and story back. The Gold Machine combines documentary and fiction to reveal the traces of a dark history.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Grant Gee
Writer: Iain Sinclair
Producer: Janine Marmot
Length: 1hr 33mins
Certificate: PG
Format: TBC
Languages: English, Spanish
Date: 2nd September 2022
Distributor: Dartmouth Films
Contact: wayne@dartmouthfilms.com