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March 25th, 2008 -

On a Honduran mountainside overlooking vast fields of sugar cane, a six-year-old boy named Marlon dreams of becoming an artist. Twelve-year-old Inri dreams of attending university. Little Yorleni simply dreams of having a family.

Meet the children of the Montana de Luz orphanage, their lives a living testament to the beauty and innocence of childhood in the face of adversity beyond their years.

With artistry and honesty, the camera paints a stirring portrait of a loving community where nothing is truly certain but hope and where each birthday is a celebration of dreams fulfilled and dreams to come.

watching the sugarcane burn

Directed by MATTHEW LEAHY

Cinematography by ELISA STONE

Produced by MATTHEW LEAHY, ELISA STONE, BRUCE MARCHFELDER, JODY THOMPSON

Music by PETER LAGRAND

Editor MATTHEW LEAHY

Assistant editor ELISA STONE

Translation and subtitles ELISA STONE

Sound editor MATTHEW LEAHY

Creative consultants PHILIP STORER, LOREN WILKINSON

Production assistants CHRISTINA STONE, SARA WEVADOU

Additional music by BLAKE SKIDMORE