We are proud to present the River of Gold Project, which examines the devastating and global environmental and humanitarian consequences of small scale illegal gold mining in the Amazon and provides solutions in order to save the Amazon Rainforest. Find out how you can be a part of the solution.
PROTECT THE AMAZON & HELP SAVE OUR PLANET.
Documentary Film
“River of Gold,” a documentary film by the Amazon Aid Foundation, chronicles a clandestine journey into Peru’s Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle by illegal small scale gold mining. Click the Host a Screening button below to learn more and to host a screening and Q&A Panel with AAF Experts in your community.
Education Curriculum
In tandem with the “River of Gold” documentary film, Amazon Aid has produced a curriculum with our partner Journeys in Film that will amplify the film’s impact and educate students worldwide about the importance of the Amazon and promote working solutions for saving it. Click the Get Curriculum button below to learn more and receive your FREE Curriculum.
Resource Guides
For the first time, resources about the what why and where of the gold supply chain are being consolidated into one place providing easy access to information from the ground to the consumer of how to engage in working solutions to promote a cleanly and responsibly sourced gold.
Youth Warrior
Amazon Aid Youth Warriors are dedicated to defending and protecting the Amazon Rainforest. Through education, awareness and advocacy, young people can learn how to take different actions that will support the efforts of organizations and individuals working to stop the destruction of the Amazon.
A riveting story of a golden bullet aimed at the heart of the Amazon and the heroic efforts for a much better outcome.
If you could save the world’s greatest rainforest, would you?
Experts say at the current rate of destruction the Amazon could be gone in 40 years.
On average, 250 tons of earth need to be mined to make one gold wedding ring.
“To what lengths will men not go for the cursed lust for gold?”
-Virgil, The Aeneid
Ron Haviv-Vll Photo Agency
The Team
RIVER OF GOLD • SELECT CREW LIST
An Amazon Aid Foundation Production
NARRATED BY:
SISSY SPACEK
HERBIE HANCOCK
DIRECTED BY:
SARAH DUPONT
REUBEN AARONSON
PRODUCED BY:
SARAH DUPONT
JAMES CAVELLO
REUBEN AARONSON
AMAZON AID FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
SARAH DUPONT
JAMES CAVELLO
MARGARITE ALMEIDA
DONOVAN WEBSTER
JON FINE
JON GOLDEN
ÜBER CONTENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS :
PHYLLIS KOENIG
PRESTON LEE
EDITORS:
JON FINE
ESTEBAN ARGÜELLO
ADDITIONAL EDITORS:
MATTHEW CELIA
HERVÉ COHEN
JON GOLDEN
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS:
HEATHER MYTELKA
PARVENE MICHAELS
MUSIC RECORDED & MIXED BY:
BEAU BONETTI
MUSIC PRODUCED BY:
ANTHONY MARINELLI
WRITTEN BY:
REUBEN AARONSON
ESTEBAN ARGÜELLO
JAMES CAVELLO
SARAH DUPONT
JENNY MAXWELL
HEATHER MYTELKA
DONOVAN WEBSTER
PHOTOJOURNALIST:
RON HAVIV
JOURNALIST:
DONOVAN WEBSTER
BIOLOGISTS:
THOMAS LOVEJOY
ENRIQUE ORTIZ
LINE PRODUCER:
MANUEL V. OTEYZA
PERU PRODUCTION MANAGER:
ANA MARIA POMAREDA
AMAZON AID PRODUCTION MANAGER:
HEATHER MYTELKA
ÜBER CONTENT PRODUCTION MANAGER:
JENNETTE MACLACHLAN
SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS:
GREG ASNER
LUIS FERNANDEZ
ADRIAN FORSYTH
THOMAS LOVEJOY
DAVE LUTZ
ENRIQUE ORTIZ
NIGEL PITMAN
MILES SILMAN
ARTWORK:
BRYAN EL CASTILLO
ANIMATORS:
WILL KIM
ANDREW
JEN AVILES
ROSEANNE TAN
LEON LAM
BEN FINE
SOUND RECORDIST:
GUILLERMO PALACIOS
SOUND EDITORS:
CJ CARPENTER
CESAR MEJIA
MIXER:
ERIK VALENZUELA
COLORIST:
MATTHEW CELIA
KEN SIRULNICK
POST PRODUCTION SERVICES:
JON FINE
JON GOLDEN
FREED PICTURES
PALADIN MEDIA
ÜBER CONTENT
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