Harvest of Peace | |
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Directed by | Robbie Leppzer |
Edited by | Robbie Leppzer |
Production company | Turning Tide Productions |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20,000 |
Harvest of Peace is a 1985 American short documentary film directed by Robbie Leppzer. The film, shot during the height of the US-backed Contra war in Nicaragua, follows a group of 150 Americans who spend two weeks in a village in northern Nicaragua, where they participate in a cotton harvest. [1] [2]
Harvest of Peace premiered at the Telluride Film Festival (TFF) in September 1985, where it screened on a double bill with another documentary, Nicaragua Was Our Home, directed by Lee Shapiro. [3] Harvest of Peace received a theatrical release in November 1985. [2]
Harvest of Peace was conceived, directed, and edited by Robbie Leppzer. [2] Production on the film began in the autumn of 1984, which was shot over a two-week period in Nicaragua. [2] Following filming, Leppzer returned to his home in Leverett, Massachusetts, where he spent nine months on audio editing and fundraising for the film. [2] Post-production continued for an additional five months, which Leppzer spent as "a prisoner to his editing table." [2] The film ultimately cost $20,000 to complete, and was financed by individual supporters as well as grants from small private foundations. [2]
Reviewing the film following its TFF premiere, Catharine Rambeau of the Detroit Free Press referred to both it and Nicaragua Was Our Home as "classic knee-jerk- liberal graduate theses. Politics deserves better." [3]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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1986 | San Antonio Film Festival | Best Non-Fiction Film | Won | [4] [5] |
1987 | New England Film & Video Festival | Curator's Choice | Won | [4] [6] |
Harvest of Peace | |
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![]() Retrospective promotional poster | |
Directed by | Robbie Leppzer |
Edited by | Robbie Leppzer |
Production company | Turning Tide Productions |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 24 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20,000 |
Harvest of Peace is a 1985 American short documentary film directed by Robbie Leppzer. The film, shot during the height of the US-backed Contra war in Nicaragua, follows a group of 150 Americans who spend two weeks in a village in northern Nicaragua, where they participate in a cotton harvest. [1] [2]
Harvest of Peace premiered at the Telluride Film Festival (TFF) in September 1985, where it screened on a double bill with another documentary, Nicaragua Was Our Home, directed by Lee Shapiro. [3] Harvest of Peace received a theatrical release in November 1985. [2]
Harvest of Peace was conceived, directed, and edited by Robbie Leppzer. [2] Production on the film began in the autumn of 1984, which was shot over a two-week period in Nicaragua. [2] Following filming, Leppzer returned to his home in Leverett, Massachusetts, where he spent nine months on audio editing and fundraising for the film. [2] Post-production continued for an additional five months, which Leppzer spent as "a prisoner to his editing table." [2] The film ultimately cost $20,000 to complete, and was financed by individual supporters as well as grants from small private foundations. [2]
Reviewing the film following its TFF premiere, Catharine Rambeau of the Detroit Free Press referred to both it and Nicaragua Was Our Home as "classic knee-jerk- liberal graduate theses. Politics deserves better." [3]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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1986 | San Antonio Film Festival | Best Non-Fiction Film | Won | [4] [5] |
1987 | New England Film & Video Festival | Curator's Choice | Won | [4] [6] |