The Hidden Guardian

WORK IN PROGRESS

The Oltehua are a Nahuatl family producing speciality coffee in the Mexican cloud forest. Josías Oltehua seeks to earn a cup of excellence award to prove to himself and his community the value of his work. This documentary follows the Oltehua family through four years of the harvest season, showing the family dynamics and the challenges of growing coffee in such a complicated and remote terrain as the Zongolica Sierra.

Credits

Written and directed by: Don Froy
Produced by: Miriam Juárez / Irving Calderón
Original music by: Francisco Ríos