Holding Our Ground

198850 min 52 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Anne Henderson

Production: Anne HendersonBarrie HowellsRose Hutchinson

Script: David WilsonAnne Henderson

Produced by the NFB with the financial assistance of the Canadian International Development Agency, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Ontario Ministry of Housing, Habitat, UNICEF, and UNDP.

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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Subject categories


  • Developing Countries > Asia - Southeast AsiaSocial ChangeSocial ProblemsUrbanismWomenYouth
  • Social Issues > ChildrenPovertySocial Issues in Foreign CountriesUrban LifeWomen
  • Urbanism > Community LifeForeign CountriesHousing and Urban Planning in Developping CountriesSocial ConditionsUrban Life
  • Women > Developing CountriesSocial Action
  • Children and Youth > Living ConditionsRunaways and Street ChildrenYouth of the World

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