Gémeaux Award finalist 2000 – Best Documentary
Silver Award – WorldFest 2001 (Houston)

Quebec - Canada, 2000,
Digital Video, Color,
50 min.

Researched, Written and Directed by: Jean-Claude Bürger
Original Idea and Interviews:
Pierre Dupont
Jean-Claude Bürger
Collaboration:
Victor Pimentel
Photography: Alberto Feio
Sound Recording:
Paulo Castro Lopez
Jean-Denis Daoust
Editing: Roch La Salle
Music: François Beausoleil
Produced by: Nathalie Barton




This documentary is the story of archeologist Steve Bourget's race against the clock to explore and preserve what remains of a mysterious Precolumbian civilization in Peru. He confronts the looters of ancient tombs, impoverished peasants tempted by the offers of the middlemen who work for international traffickers and collectors.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes investigation of the international trade in artefacts, a business that ranks third worldwide after drugs and arms.