THE 120, THE COFFEE BRIGADE

LOS 120, LA BRIGADA DEL CAFÉ

By María Laura VÁSQUEZ

HABITACION 1520 PRODUCCIONES - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2018

In 1985, 120 Argentineans traveled to Nicaragua to work harvesting coffee to support the Nicaraguan people through their economic and military crisis, a product of years of war against the counter-revolutionary forces sent by the United States. 30 years later, four of them come back to Nicaragua.

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Ventana Sur 2018
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    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 68 mn
    • Director(s)
    • María Laura VÁSQUEZ
    • Writer(s)
    • María Laura VÁSQUEZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Maximiliano DUBOIS (Habitación 1520 Producciones), Maximiliano DUBOIS (BELLA SOMBRA)
    • Synopsis
    • In 1985 one hundred and twenty Argentineans planned a trip to Nicaragua to work harvesting coffee to support the Nicaraguan people through their economic and military crisis, a product of years of war against the counter-revolutionary forces sent by the United States. In Argentina, the media hegemony and the diplomatic imperialist forces demonized this initiative and did everything in their power to see it fail. The journey succeeded and meant, to many of the brigade members, an experience that changed their lives forever. 30 years later four of them decide to go back to Nicaragua, to visit the spaces where this story took place.