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Documentary about the fight of argentine indigenous communities to prevent their salars, containing one of the biggest lithium reserves of the world, to become a "sacrifice zone" in favor of reducing climate change.

Clemente Flores lives in the community "El Moreno", in Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, where more than 30 indigenous communities struggle to prevent the imminent arrival of multinational mining companies to extract lithium, the new white gold. In search of answers to his silent claim to be included in the decision-making process, Clemente embarks on a revealing journey, to return and organize, together with the other salt communities, a resistance action in defense of their territory . "In the name of lithium" is a documentary about the urgency of reaching an equilibrium with the Pachamama.

Clemente Flores lives in the community "El Moreno", in Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, where more than 30 indigenous communities struggle to prevent the imminent arrival of multinational mining companies to extract lithium, the new white gold. In search of answers to his silent claim to be included in the decision-making process, Clemente embarks on a revealing journey, to return and organize, together with the other salt communities, a resistance action in defense of their territory . "In the name of lithium" is a documentary about the urgency of reaching an equilibrium with the Pachamama. "In the name of Lithium" is the last will of the original communities of the salars of northern Argentina to be heard and respected. Their ancestral traditions are threatened by modern civilization and modern civilization is threatened by their ancestral traditions. This documentary reflects the conflict between their worldview and the desperate attempts of the modern world to find in lithium, an alternative to fossil fuels. Technological advances help us improve our quality of life, but the public must understand which are our responsibilities towards the environment and other forms of life, as well as what social, political and economic behaviors we must modify thinking about future generations. The salt flats are almost endless. And so must be our search for balance in humanity. "In the name of lithium" is a documentary about the struggle of the indigenous communities in Argentina to stop the extraction of lithium: "the new white gold". It's all about life in equilibrium with nature.