When Manuel writes a song that makes a dangerous drug cartel angry, he is forced to flee his home in Honduras to go to the United States. From a radio cabin in North Carolina, he recounts his harsh escape from death and describes the challenges of assimilating into a new world as an undocumented immigrant.
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Manuel is a farmer from a rural village in the mountains of Eastern Honduras. He aspires to be a musician but quickly realizes his only patrons are the powerful drug bosses who terrorize his region. When a song he writes that angers a dangerous drug cartel, Manuel is forced to make the most difficult decision of his life; continue his quest for fame, or flee. Manuel comes from the most murderous country on earth. With a murder rate nearly 18 times higher than that of the U.S., it is no mystery as to why thousands of people are fleeing the country every month in search of safety and security. “Olancho” goes beyond the statistics, though, and offers a ground-level look at the struggle of Central American immigrants.
DIRECTED BY
Chris Valdés & Ted Griswold
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Esther Anino
PRODUCTION CONSULTANT
Jeff Consiglio
POST PRODUCTION
Modulus Studio
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Stash Wyslouch
PRODUCED BY
Olancho Movie LLC & Tercer Piso
EDITING
Andrea Chignoli
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Shlomo Godder
SOUND
Chris Valdés
Ted Griswold
MARKETS & LABS
IndieWire Project of the Month -December-. U.S. (2014)
Hot Docs Forum. Canada (2015)
Big Sky Pitch. U.S. (2015)
NALIP Media Market. U.S. (2015)
AWARDS
LOLA Award
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Best Feature
Nevada City Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Special Jury Prize
New Orleans Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Best Cinematography Award
Tulsa American Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Best Film Award
In-Edit Int’l Music Documentary Film Festival. Chile (2018)
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
Viennale International Film Festival. Austria (2017)
DOCS MX Festival Internacional de Cine Documental. Mexico (2017)
FILMAR en América Latina. Switzerland (2017)
ÍCARO International Film Festival. Guatemala (2017)
Costa Rica International Film Festival. Costa Rica (2017)
IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam. Netherlands (2018)
Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse. France (2018)
Musical Écran Film Festival. France (2018)
Solo Positivo, Int’l Music Documentary Film Festival. Croatia (2018)
ALCANCES, International Documentary Film Festival. Spain (2018)
Cine Migrante, International Film Festival. Argentina (2018)
Antofacine, International Film Festival. Chile (2018)
LOCAL SELECTION
Big Sky International Documentary Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Chicago Latino Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Capital City Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
San Francisco DocFest. U.S. (2017)
Brooklyn Film Festival. U.S (2017)
Indie Street Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Rural Route Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Margaret Mead Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Orlando Film Festival. U.S. (2017)
Cine Las Américas, International Film Festival. U.S. (2018)
ÍCARO, International Film Festival. Honduras (2018)