Mangrove flavors and sea stories

Nothing more everyday than eating.

This community documentary addresses food practices that are on the verge of disappearing due to the globalization of life:
the relationship with the environment to obtain resources in the area, cooking in clay and a Manabita oven, and food intake as a collective ritual.

This work is built from the narrations of settlers, respecting the Manabita oral tradition.

In addition, this registry proposes to make visible how the entry of shrimp farms and related companies has considerably deteriorated the mangrove forest and many species have disappeared in the area.

  • Cinthya Guaña
    Director
    Directora del proceso de formación en cine comunitario
  • Cinthya Guaña
    Producer
    General producer
  • Amaia Barahona
    Producer
    Production assistance
  • Alexis Barahona
    Producer
    Production assistance
  • Ángel Onofre Canchingre Arias
    Key Cast
  • Gladis Monserrate Andrade García
    Key Cast
  • Luis Gabriel Cheme Andrade
    Key Cast
  • Sara Coox Cedeño
    Key Cast
  • María Esperanza Bone Jama
    Key Cast
  • Sebastián Riveli Velasco
    Key Cast
  • Eder Alexis Pérez
    Key Cast
  • Rudy José Zambrano Rosales
    Key Cast
  • Gilberto Cheme Jama
    Key Cast
  • María Florentina Cheme Jama
    Key Cast
  • Vicente Gregorio Panezo Bone
    Key Cast
  • Walter Bone
    Community Filmmakers
  • Patricia Baloy
    Community Filmmakers
  • Morelia López
    Community Filmmakers
  • Samantha López
    Community Filmmakers
  • Stiven Zambrano
    Community Filmmakers
  • Michael Mendoza
    Community Filmmakers
  • Daniela Mendoza
    Community Filmmakers
  • Meybilin Vilela
    Community Filmmakers
  • Zarita Conde
    Community Filmmakers
  • Jordan Chavez
    Community Filmmakers
  • Carlos Marín
    Accompanying professionals
    Intangible heritage research
  • Xavier Díaz
    Accompanying professionals
    Field production
  • Celeste Torres
    Accompanying professionals
    Edition and assembly
  • Andrés Galarza
    Accompanying professionals
    Sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Historias del mar y sabores del manglar
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    documentary, communitary, environmental, afro-coastal
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ecuador
  • Country of Filming:
    Ecuador
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Cinthya Guaña

Audiovisual producer, journalist and film editor. Master in Sociology, Gender and Development

She has directed research projects on intangible heritage and oral memory, as well as making Community Cinema with gender, intercultural and human rights approach, training young aspiring filmmakers and mediating collective decisions in communities of Pichincha (Chocó Andino, Cayambe and Rumiñahui). , Tungurahua (Baños de Agua Santa and Huelva), Manabí (Cojimíes and Pedernales), Esmeraldas (Telembí and Bolívar) and Pastaza (Sápara community of Ecuador).

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