INSTRUCTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES TO SCARE A MOUNTAIN
was shot in Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia.

DIRECTOR River Claure

Since its discovery during the colonial period in America, the Cerro Rico de Potosi has been  considered to be the richest source of silver in the history of mankind. The importance of  this mountain can not only be measured in economic terms, culturally it has been  fundamental for the development of the 'history' of the West. Theorists describe this  mountain as representing the beginning of the modern principles of accumulation and  exploitation. Currently, and after more than 500 years of exploitation, the Cerro Rico is  beginning to surrender itself and some people speculate that "the mountain is going to  collapse." 

Instructions and possibilities to scare a mountain is an audiovisual exercise in  collaboration with the inhabitants and former miners of Cerro Rico de Potosi in the Bolivian Andes.