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Holding Our Ground

1988 50 min
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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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Holding Our Ground

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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.

  • 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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