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Solutions Storytelling Project
Mancolona
From "Solutions Inside Out," a short film from WITNESS x Ángel Linares
About the film:
An industrious young man embarks upon an odyssey to capture the struggles of his region on camera. Along his journey, he continuously pushes against the obstacles of making media in the wilds of the Mayan jungle while demonstrating the enormous power of technology to defend his homeland.
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Director: Ángel Linares
Producer: Ángel Linares
Unit Production Manager: Javier Quijano Monroy
Cinematographer: Ángel Linares
Drone Operator: Ángel Linares
Sound Recording: Vicente Méndez Saucedo
Editor: Ángel Linares, Pau Verdalet
Series Producer: Melina Tupa
Coordinating Series Producer: Andrea Arauz
Executive Producers: Sky Dylan-Robbins, Gabriel Diamond, Phil Collis
Consulting Editors: Daniel Chávez Ontiveros, Melina Tupa
Finishing Editor: Ezequiel Stanziano
Motion Graphics Designer: Stellar Hawk
Colorist: Ian Morales
Image Post Production: Xchulel Studio
Sound Mixer: Daniel Rojo
Translation/Transcription: Andrea Arauz, Melina Tupa
Featuring: Sebastian Moreno Sánchez, Nicolás Moreno Jiménez, Bryan Arizmendi, Fernando Jiménez Moreno, Leidy Carolina Molina Cruz, Marcial Palacios Pérez.
Story Consultants: Laura Salas, Joaquín Wray
Special Thanks: Javier Quijano Orvañanos, Dr. Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Ramón López Díaz, Ecoturismo “La Raíz del Futuro”, Gloria Moreno Jiménez, Héctor Arias Domínguez, Ejido y ADVC Nuevo Becal
Legal Services: Matthew T. Rogers, Esq.
Archival Material: Dr. Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Sebastián Moreno Sánchez
Music, via MusicBed:
"Squint" by Blush Room
"The Human Flute" by Ryan Taubert
"Moving Parts - Instrumental" by How Great Were the Robins
This film is a product of the Solutions Storytelling Project, a Skoll Foundation-supported initiative from the Video Consortium that connects regional filmmakers and social innovators in the Global South to produce solutions-focused short documentaries that catalyze positive change.
