We are deeply grateful to Nelson Coelho de Castro and Bebeto Alves for their contribution of the original soundtrack and of previously recorded music. Nelson and Bebeto are legends of Musica Popular Gaucho (Popular Gaucho Music), and more information on their extensive work can be found in the links below.
Nelson worked with accordian player Matheus Kleber and musician/producer Monica Tomasi at Estúdio Nika (Nika Studios) in Porto Alegre, to develop variations of his piece Viaja para Casa (Traveling Home), which together comprise the soundtrack for this film.
Bebeto generously gave permission to use his hit "Somos Um Bando" from his self-titled work Bebeto Alves.
The Director:
Andreas Hernandez is Chair of the Department of International Studies at Marymount Manhattan College. He has a background in social work and music and holds a Doctorate in Development Sociology from Cornell University. Andreas is interested in emerging worldviews and practices for a more just and sustainable world.
This film examines a cooperative of the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) in the South of Brazil, which struggled for access to land and then transitioned to ecological agriculture, or agroecology. This MST cooperative is demonstrating the possibility of an alternative model of flourishing rural life, which provides thriving livelihoods for farmers, produces high quality and low cost food for the region, and rehabilitates the earth.
"Best Environmental Film" - Mexico International Film Festival
Cornell Latin American
Film Series
Ithaca
2015
Festival of New Cinema
Rio de Janeiro
2016
Milan
International Film Fest
Milan
2015
NEZ International Film Festival
Kolkata
2015
Reclaim the Fields UK Film Series
London
2016
Reel Work
May Day Labor
Film Festival
Santa Cruz
2016
Transition Town Totnes Film Series
Totnes
2015