"MORICHALES" by Chris Gude, documentary on COLUMBIA GOLD MINING co-presented by ELEMENTARY COFFEE!

Chris Gude/16mm/Columbia/83min

MIDTOWN CINEMA, 11AM, Saturday May 30th, 2026

In Venezuelan Guayana, large gold reserves lie beneath “moriche” palms, attracting miners from across the region. A narrator travels from far-flung mines in the jungle to the banks of the Orinoco River, trying to understand the uncertain fortune of the miner. His reflections combine illustrations and photochemical paintings to draw a map of the mining and commercialization of gold in Venezuela while also questioning humankind’s extractivist relationship with nature.

Filmed over the course of thirteen years, ‘Morichales’ is a journey deep into the most disputed territory of the country, immersed in the anxious quest for gold.

Kicking off DAY THREE of the 27th Annual Moviate Underground Film Festival! Co-presented with ELEMENTARY COFFEE, who source most of their beans from a direct trade source in Columbia!