Dreaming Nicaragua
Dreaming Nicaragua is a feature length documentary film, scheduled for general release to the international film festival circuit in April 2009. The film was produced in partnership by the Fabretto Children¹s Foundation and Marcelo Bukin, independent filmmaker and 2006 International Documentary Association winner.
In the documentary, five Nicaraguan children share their lives through painting and unscripted narrative. Thanks to exceptional cinematography and the astonishing candor of the children and their families, we are given a close up view of the conflicts, both small and large, that they face as a result of extreme poverty.
More importantly however, the film’s young stars show us that despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, they share the same hopes held by children everywhere. They dream of loving families, cars and dolls, being famous, having a real home, and cool jobs when they are older. The parents’ hopes are similarly universal; that their children be healthy, well fed, clothed and educated, and that they will have a chance at a better life.
With gut wrenching honesty interspersed by moments of outright humor and pure joy, Dreaming Nicaragua offers an intimate and lyrical portrait of the lives of the poor in Central America today. In the process, it also reveals the common ties that bind us all to the human race. We are all so much more alike than we are different, regardless of our circumstances and geography.
Dreaming Nicaragua is not in general release. Currently, the Fabretto Children’s Foundation is hosting private screenings of the documentary. If you would like to become a documentary sponsor, host a screening event or find out where our next screening will be held, please contact Christina Falck at falckc@fabretto.org or call 703-525-8716.
Dreaming Nicaragua is a feature length documentary film, scheduled for general release to the international film festival circuit in April 2009. The film was produced in partnership by the Fabretto Children¹s Foundation and Marcelo Bukin, independent filmmaker and 2006 International Documentary Association winner. In the documentary, five Nicaraguan children share their lives through painting and unscripted narrative. Thanks to exceptional cinematography and the astonishing candor of the children and their families, we are given a close up view of the conflicts, both small and large, that they face as a result of extreme poverty.
More importantly however, the film’s young stars show us that despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, they share the same hopes held by children everywhere. They dream of loving families, cars and dolls, being famous, having a real home, and cool jobs when they are older. The parents’ hopes are similarly universal; that their children be healthy, well fed, clothed and educated, and that they will have a chance at a better life.
With gut wrenching honesty interspersed by moments of outright humor and pure joy, Dreaming Nicaragua offers an intimate and lyrical portrait of the lives of the poor in Central America today. In the process, it also reveals the common ties that bind us all to the human race. We are all so much more alike than we are different, regardless of our circumstances and geography.
Dreaming Nicaragua is not in general release. Currently, the Fabretto Children’s Foundation is hosting private screenings of the documentary. If you would like to become a documentary sponsor, host a screening event or find out where our next screening will be held, please contact Christina Falck at falckc@fabretto.org or call 703-525-8716.
