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SD CINEMATOGRAFICA was formed in 1961 as a production company. Since its founding, the company has produced Films, Variety Programmes, and Science and Cultural documentaries for the Italian public broadcaster RAI and other leading international television companies. In recent years the company has focused on wildlife, Science and History documentaries with such success that it now counts National Geographic Channels, Discovery Channels, TF1, ARTE, NHK, TSR, ARD/BR, PBS and ZDF, as well as RAI and Mediaset, among its clients. Many SD documentaries have won major international prizes at the world’s leading festivals, including Academy Award, Emmy and Banff nominations. Today SD Cinematografica has over 800 hours of programming to its name. [abs]

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PRODUCTIONS: MANRIQUE AND THE ODYSSEY OF COFFEE (GUATEMALA)

(Serie: Terra Madre)

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Annamaria Gallone

Kenzi / Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity

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Coffee and contradictions abound in Huehuetenango, in Guatemala, a subtropical paradise and living hell for those cultivators enduring the damages caused by civil war, impoverished conditions and the insensitivity of the global market. Manrique Lopez Castillo, young leader of the producers, takes us through the ways in which 8 cooperatives with the help of Slow Food are working for change.

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