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The Gold Machine

Original title: The Gold Machine
Year: 2022
Running time: 93 min.
Country: Netherlands
Director: Grant Gee
Screenwriter: Iain Sinclair
Cast: Documentary
Music: Leyland Kirby
Cinematography: Grant Gee
Producer: Co-production Netherlands-United Kingdom;
Hot Property Films
Genre: Documentary | Family Relationships
Synopsis: A creative collaboration with Ashéninka producer Gregorio Santos Perez and writer Iain Sinclair, the film follows their ancestors' footsteps to the Peruvian jungle. Their journeys flip between continents and centuries to produce an mediation on fate, family and the search for Eldorado.

Critics' reviews

"Tracing such distant colonial connections is vital work, but the Peruvian side doesn't have enough room to breathe. There's fascinating material here, but Sinclair makes it feel like a first-world problem (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Phil Hoad: The Guardian

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The Gold Machine

2022

Grant Gee