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Holding Our Ground

Name: Holding Our Ground
Duration: 50 min

Anne Henderson

1988 | 50 min

Filmed in a squatter community of Labangon in Cebu, Philippines, Holding Our Ground is the inspiring story of a group of women who have organized collectively to pressure their government for land reform, to establish their own money-lending system and to create shelters for street kids. A story of grassroots organizing that can be a model in both hemispheres.

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Credits

director

Anne Henderson
producer

Anne Henderson
editing

Anne Henderson
executive producer

Barrie Howells
associate producer

Rose Hutchinson
script

David Wilson

Anne Henderson
photography

Kent Nason
sound

Diane Carrière
sound editing

Jean-Pierre Viau

Bill Graziadei
music

André Duchesne

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