
The Butcher
about 55 years ago
over 14 years ago ...more
over 14 years ago
For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pops children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life
The Chocolate Farmer
2011
about 55 years ago
3 months ago
over 1 year ago
about 1 year ago
over 10 years ago
almost 2 years ago
almost 2 years ago
over 2 years ago
about 1 year ago
11 months ago
almost 2 years ago
almost 2 years ago
over 3 years ago
over 2 years ago
10 months ago
almost 3 years ago
over 2 years ago
over 3 years ago
about 1 year ago
almost 3 years ago
over 14 years ago ...more
over 14 years ago
For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pops children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life
The Chocolate Farmer
2011
about 55 years ago
3 months ago
over 1 year ago
about 1 year ago
over 10 years ago
almost 2 years ago
almost 2 years ago
over 2 years ago
about 1 year ago
11 months ago
almost 2 years ago
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over 3 years ago
over 2 years ago
10 months ago
almost 3 years ago
over 2 years ago
over 3 years ago
about 1 year ago
almost 3 years ago