
InaremotemountainvalleyinEcuador,coffeeandsugarcanefarmersfacethedismalprospectofbeingforcedofftheirlandtomakewayforaminingproject.<br/> TheIntagvalleyofEcuadorisalushandfertileparadiseinhabitedbystrong-willedandresourcefulfamilyfarmers.Threegenerationsoffamilieshavecarvedoutahardbutgoodlifeinthisremotefrontier.Whiletheydon'tearnmuchcashfortheirwork,theyownrichland,whichisthegreatestsecurityfortheirchildrenandforfuturegenerations.UnderRichEarthisafeaturelengthdocumentarythatfollowsfamilyfarmersintheIntagvalleywhoresistwhattheyconsidertobetheinvasionoftheirlandbyforeignprospectors.Victor,Rosario,Robinson,MarciaandCarlosareamonghundredsofpeoplewhojointogethertostopoutsidersfromtransformingtheirbelovedvalleyintowhataCanadianminingcompanysayswillinevitablybecomea'worldclass'coppermine.Facingtheprospectoflosingtheirpreciouslandandforests,thefarmersarereadytogiveuptheirlives.Butistheirconvictionmatchedbythetenacityofthosewhowanttounderminethem?