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Alvaro Torres Crespo

In the Shadows

Logline
'In the Shadows' tells the story of six gold panners living deep in Costa Rica’s rainforest. For many years they have been squatting in tents, panning the rivers and exchanging their gold for food and alcohol. Now, the president is determined to permanently expel the nearly three hundred gold panners from the Osa Peninsula, the country’s crown jewel for conservation and eco-tourism. This intimate and lyrical film captures the lives of six of these modern-day pariahs as they try to survive an increasingly hostile place, and questions Costa Rica’s famed conservation practices.
Talent
Alvaro Torres Crespo
Role of participant
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
Talent Lab
Doc Station 2015
Director
Alvaro Torres Crespo
Screenwriter
Alvaro Torres Crespo
Status
production
Year of production
2015
Running time
90 min
Genre
Documentary
Country of Production
Costa Rica
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Cast & Crew

Cinematographer
Caleb Kuntz
Cinematographer
Alvaro Torres Crespo
Second camera and sound
Juan Pablo González

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