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Passing this along on request...<br>
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Leaving La Floresta is a feature length documentary film that
follows the story of Abelardo Joya, a Colombian Campesino (farmer),
and his family. Internally displaced by the “war on drugs” and the
fight against Coca (the plant used to make Cocaine), Abelardo, his
wife, and five kids are forced to leave their Cacao farm (the plant
used to make raw chocolate) and struggle to find a new way of life
as a displaced family. <br>
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Colombia, South America now has the highest rate of internally
displaced people in the world, thanks in part to the drug trade and
the “war on drugs”. The internally displaced in Colombia now number
more than 5 million. This feature length documentary will give those
displaced a voice.<br>
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Over the past year, Whisper Productions has partnered with the
non-profit organization Give Us Names, to capture the story of
Abelardo and his family. The Joya’s were displaced due to the United
States’ “war on drugs” policy called Plan Colombia. On his farm he
grew Cacoa and yucca. Planes sent by the U.S., flew over his farm
and dropped an herbicide which destroyed all of his crops. This
herbicide caused his land to no longer be able to produce and forced
him and his family to move to what you could barely call a home in
the city. <br>
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See website for other pictures <span
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Abelardo, his wife and five kids now call this one room, home, in
the city. This is their bedroom, dining room, kitchen, everything.
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Our feature length documentary follows his story and tries to dive
deeper into the causes and real solutions to the problem of
displacement and the “war on drugs”.<br>
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After 3 trips to Colombia, we finally feel we have all the footage
we need to tell this story. We are now in the post-production stage
and must face the enormous challenge of turning hours and hours of
raw footage into a feature length documentary film, and getting the
film and its message distributed throughout the world.
We had recently created a Kickstarter page to raise funds to help
support this film but were unsuccessful. We are still going to honor
the rewards we offered to people who donate here through our paypal
donate button. <br>
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Sunday. April 1st @ 3 PM<br>
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$10 suggested donation<br>
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