The White Guard
6.5
Five years after Soleils noirs, Julien Elie returns with a rigorously researched work, asserting itself as a genuine cinematic piece. This time, he turns the spotlight on the regime of terror and violence forged by transnational companies, in collaboration with the Mexican government and organized crime allowing them to appropriate land and exploit resources. With respect and careful attention to detail, the film uncovers the courage and dignity of resistance to this new kind of colonialism that is both destructive and murderous in nature and reigns with utter impunity. The camera hones in on the faces of those who have dared to speak out, and on their daily lives, which have been turned upside down. It magnifies a land of great beauty and richness marked by physical and psychological scars.
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Julien Elie Director · Mimi Allard Composer Ernesto Pardo Cinematographer
First release September 30, 2023 · Produced in Canada · Production Cinéma Belmopán
Production
Metafilms
Production
Cinéma Belmopán
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original title
La garde blanche
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Germany · September 30, 2023
Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
November 18, 2023 · Premiere · RIDM
United Kingdom
November 1, 2024 · Premiere · Central Scotland Documentary Festival
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