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The chocolate farmer / National Film Board of Canada presents ; written and directed by Rohan Fernando ; produced by Annette Clarke ; Atlantic Centre, National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cacao growers--Belize.
- Cacao growers.
- Mayas--Cultural assimilation--Belize.
- Mayas.
- Traditional farming--Belize.
- Traditional farming.
- Agriculture--Belize.
- Agriculture.
- Land tenure--Belize.
- Land tenure.
- Social conditions.
- Mayas--Cultural assimilation.
- Belize--Social conditions.
- Belize.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. A tender and moving family tale, director Rohan Fernandos lush cinematic journey intimately captures a year in the life of the Pop family as they struggle to preserve their values in a world that is suddenly and dramatically changing. A lament for cultures lost, this timely and vital film challenges our deeply held assumptions of progress.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Rohan Fernando, Paul Cowan ; editor, Hannele Halm ; original music, Asif Illyas.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Atlantic Centre, National Film Board of Canada, c2010.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 27, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-choca Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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