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The Chocolate Farmer

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 Pop’s children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life

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The Chocolate Farmer

May 5, 2011
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Crew (24)

Directing

Rohan Fernando
Director

Writing

Production

Steve Hallé
Post Production Coordinator
Vanessa Larsen
Production Coordinator
John William Lutz
Administration
Candice Desormeaux
Production Supervisor
Patsy Coughran
Production Supervisor
Ravida Din
Executive Producer
Carolle Crooks
Location Manager
Roberto Pop
Production Coordinator
Stephanie Coolen
Production Coordinator
Kent Martin
Executive Producer
Annette Clarke
Producer

Sound

Aram Kouyoumdjian
Sound Recordist
Asif Illyas
Original Music Composer
Jean-Paul Vialard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alex Salter
Sound Designer

Art

Philippe Raymond
Title Designer

Camera

Brent Toombs
Additional Camera

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Crew

Rohan Fernando
Cinematography
Lisa Clarke
Transcriptions
Paul Cowan
Cinematography

Editing

Doug Woods
Online Editor

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