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Land

Item number (ISN):

434951

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2010

Item number (ISN):

434951

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Type of material:

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

SIX ISLAND PRODUCTIONS INC.

Accession:

2011-0069

Media:

Video

Original title:

Land

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2010

Production company:

Six Island Productions Inc.
Deliberate Films

Production credit:

director/co-producer/photography, Julian T. Pinder; producer, Paul Scherzer; editing, Alex Shuper; sound/associate producer/translation, Alejandra De Miguel; sound editing, Geoff Raffan; music, Ivan Barbotin; research, Elizabeth Klinck; Natalia Hernandez; Bonnie Rowan; commissioning editor, Jane Jankovic

Country of production:

cn

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LAND is a true Wild West story, delving in to the tumultuous topic of land ownership and development in politically volatile Nicaragua. The year is 2006, where Nicaragua is viewed as the new land of opportunity. Newspapers and magazines hail it as The New Cancun, The Next Florida. Fred, Sean and Keith, three naive Americans wide-eyed at the prospects of finally making it big, set up shop and start constructing resorts for tourists' next discount tropical vacation. What these inexperienced developers don't know is that the seemingly inexhaustible cheap manual labour is about to run out. The natives are restless and starting to see through this new form of imperialism. When former revolutionary leader Daniel Ortega and the Sandinistas sweep back to power, legitimately or otherwise, not one of our Gringos is left unscathed. Dreams of plane loads of vacationers and pool-side margaritas give way to death threats and armed assaults. In a story of tourism vs. terrorism, one is never quite sure who has the upper hand nor if anyone is telling the honest truth. <75mn 46s>

Language:

English / Spanish / English subtitles

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1. Purchased through the Canadian Feature Film Fund.~2. Participants (in order of appearance): Jimmy Carter, Daniel Ortega, Eden Pastora, Fred Goldfarb, Chris Berry, Sean Jackson, Keith Griffith, Maria Peralta Griffith, “Campesino” Daniel, “Sardino” Dean, Sebastien Narvaez, Lester Ortis Pasos, Zacarias Lopez, Ivan Salazar Sandino, Eduardo Holman.~3. Produced in association with TVO.~4. Produced in association with Canwest; HotDocs; and The National Film Board.~5. Produced with the Participation of The Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada (Telefilm Canada : Equity Investment Program) and the Canadian Cable Industry (CTF : License Fee Program); The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; and Ontario Media Development Corporation - Ontario Film and Television Tax Credits.~6. Dedicated to Gerald Zeldin~7. Synopsis taken from the movie's website < http://www.landthemovie.com/ > (page consulted on 2011-09-19).
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: 2191581 Ontario Inc., 2010.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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