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River of Gold

  • Documentary

March 26, 2016 (US)

1h 3m

Do you know where your gold comes from?

Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru's Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle. What will be the fate of this critical region of priceless biodiv...

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