General information

Call No.:

392-1-1:7/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-1-1 Video Recordings of WITNESS: Activist films of Witness: Documentary films and promotional videos of Witness

Located at

DVD-ROM #7 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-1-1_007

Date of production

2002

Date

2002

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Spanish; castilian, English

Duration

11 min.

Notes

Partner: Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

After numerous attempts to shut down an illegal highway that is destroying crops, old growth forest and water supplies while clearing the way for invaders to usurp their communally-owned ancestral lands, the Afro-indigenous Garifuna population turned to video to protect their families from physical, cultural and environmental destruction by corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen in Northern Honduras. Politically and economically marginalized for their race and unique culture and history, the Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras recently collaborated with WITNESS to produce both a Spanish and English documentary about their struggle.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Producer)