Under Rich Earth has been selected as one of ten finalists for the Cinema Politica Audience Choice Award 2009. The Award (with cash prize) will be given to the film with the most votes tallied as of April 30, midnight. Good luck to everyone, each one of the films deserves to win!!

The place to vote for Under Rich Earth is: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/vote

You can now purchase the international award winning documentary Under Rich Earth from: Titlehouse Distribution.

For educational sales (Universities, Libraries, Colleges, etc.), contact: Rye Cinema Distribution

The question I am most commonly asked at screenings of Under Rich Earth is why did I decide to make this film. Here is a selection of articles that I published in previous years which ultimately led to the making of Under Rich Earth:

Malcolm J. Rogge, Towards Transnational Corporate Accountability in the Global Economy: Challenging the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens in In Re: Union Carbide, Alfaro, Sequihua, and Aguinda, 36 Tex. Int’l L.J. 299, 302 (2001)

- Download PDF and also available online here.

Malcolm J. Rogge, Ecuador’s Oil Region: Developing Community Legal Resources in a National Security Zone, Third World Legal Studies, 1996-1997, Valparaiso University School of Law.

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Rogge, Malcolm, How to Make Them Hear: Challenging International Oil Interests in Ecuador’s Amazon Region, Refuge: Canada’s periodical on refugees, Vol 16, No 3 (1997)

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Malcolm James Rogge, Human Rights, Human Development and The Right to a Healthy Environment: An Analytical Framework, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Volume XXII, No. 1, 2001

- Download PDF (available soon) or contact the Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Una entrevista con el Director Malcolm Rogge en el programa “South American Vision”.

Entrevista con Malcolm Rogge - SAVTV from Marco Rafael on Vimeo.

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In this interview, Toronto M.P. John McKay discusses his independent member’s Bill C300 on Toronto’s community TV program “South American Vision”. Bill C300 is a “modest” parliamentary Bill which would create a small degree of corporate accountability in Canadian law for companies operating in countries like Ecuador. The mining industry and the government are vehemently opposed to the Bill.

John McKay on Bill C300 from Marco Rafael on Vimeo.

The entire program (including Mr. McKay’s response to Under Rich Earth) can be watched online at: SAVTV

La versión Español del documental Bajo suelo ricos está lista!

Rye Cinema is pleased to announce that Under Rich Earth is this year’s winner of the Golden Reel Humanitarian Award at the Tiburón International Film Festival in Tiburón, California.

On March 25th, three of the main subjects of Under Rich Earth (Polivio Peréz, Marcía Ramírez and Israel Peréz) were in a Toronto courtroom for an important hearing in the Ramirez v. Copper Mesa lawsuit. For detailed information about the lawsuit, see: Ramirez v. Copper Mesa.

Toronto lawyer Murray Klippenstein speaks outside the Ontario Superior Court in Toronto. To the right are the plaintiffs Marcía Ramírez, Polivío Pérez, and Israel Pérez.

While in Canada, Marcía, Polivío and Israel spoke to students and faculty at University of Toronto Law School, Huron College, and Trent University. They also had meetings with journalists, lawyers, University professors and Members of Parliament.

Announcing upcoming screenings of Under Rich Earth:

April 23-25th  at the Craik Earth Day Film Festival - Craik, Saskatchewan

May 13th at the Ottawa Human Rights Watch Film Festival at the Bytowne Cinema, Ottawa