THE DEVIL OPERATION (Stephanie Boyd, Canada/Peru). 69 minutes. Subtitled.
Friday (April 30), 9 pm, Cumberland 3 Monday (May 3), 2 pm, Cumberland 2. Rating: NNN
Like Under Rich Earth, a Hot Docs entry from 2009, The Devil Operation tracks grassroots protests against an aggressive mining operation, in this case, the U.S.-owned Yanacocha mine in Peru.
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Centre stage is Father Marco Arana, who finds a way to negotiate between the activists and the mega-corp and its very scary security forces.
What distinguishes The Devil Operation is the way the filmmakers have appropriated photos, videos and reports compiled by those very security forces and wielded them in the pursuit of justice.
