First Run Features Announces Los Angeles Opening of WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

First Run Features announces the Los Angeles opening of WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE at Laemmle Monica Film Center on September 16, 2016.

In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to achieve their respective goals. On the one side is President Alan Garcia, who, eager to enter the world stage, begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whose impassioned speeches against Garcia's destructive actions prove a powerful rallying cry to throngs of his supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words erupts into deadly violence.

Filmmakers Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel, and Taira Akbarcapture all angles of a volatile political and environmental crisis with breathtaking access and bold, unflinching camera work. From the raucous halls of justice to deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDEexposes a titanic clash between a president hungry for economic legitimacy and an outspoken environmentalist desperate to protect an ancient land from ruin.

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
2016, UK / PERU / USA, Documentary, Spanish with English subtitles, 103 minutes
Directed and photographed by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel
Produced by Taira Akbar
Edited by Carla Gutierrez
Original music by H. Scott Salinas
In association with the Ford Foundation
A First Run Features release

Don't Miss a Los Angeles News Story
Sign up for all the news on the Spring season, discounts & more...