Amber from the Dominican Republic documentary of Patrick Voillot

English : Deutsch : French : Italian : Spanish : Chinese : Russian : Japanese : This film leads you along the trail of amber in the Dominican Republic. This substance, and the insect fossils it contains, became famous thanks to the media publicity given to the film « Jurassic Park ». In the southwest of the island villagers who play at being miners, extract larimar - a blue stone with white volutes – from narrow galleries lacking in oxygen. We will follow one of these men who risks his life daily, descending into deep pits to find sufficient larimar to enable him to support his family. Tired of this dangerous life, he decides to leave for the middle of the country to search for amber. We follow him down into deep tunnels