When a 21st century military coup ousted the only president they ever supported, these farmers took over the plantations, and they're not leaving. WORLD PREMIERE, FEB. 20th in MONTREAL - www.facebook.com/events/760100744074861 Feature-length documentary on the Resistance to the Honduran coup d'état to be released in 2015. A Makila and Naretiv production. Director/Camera/Co-Producer: Jesse Freeston Story Editor/Co-Producer: Diego Briceño Editor: Abraham Lifshitz Co-Producer: Giulia Frati Animations: Billy Buntin of BB Digital Sound Editor: René Portillo Original Music from Stefan Christoff of Howl Arts
NY Premiere: Resistencia (92 min-2014) In 2009, the first coup d'etat in a generation in Central America overthrows the elected president of Honduras. A nationwide movement, known simply as The Resistance, rises in opposition. Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley centers on the most daring wing of the movement, the farmers of the Aguan, who occupy the palm oil plantation of the most powerful oligarch in Honduras.
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