UNSTOPPABLE FREEDOM
The repaired damaged of a broken man.
SEARCH FOR FUNDING 2022
SYNOPSIS
A family makes the last attempt to find the whereabouts of Coco who disappeared more than two decades ago. Coco, a 60-year-old man, must face the fact that the homosexuality he has hidden all his life comes to light, causing a public and family scandal. After leaving Palmares forever, the family makes multiple attempts to find out what happened to him, but each one fails. His relatives are dying and the passage of time makes him lose hope of finding him, since there are no official records or clues to help locate him. Now, in this latest attempt to find him, the family reconstructs the fragments of his story to understand how discrimination.
DATA SHEET
Genre: Documentary
Subgenre: Biography
Duration: 90 minutes
Format: Digital 4k-DCP.
Director: Mike Leiton
Script Doctor: Julia G. Avila
Director of Photography: Estefani Céspedes
Executive Production: May Mc’Causland, Estefani Céspedes
Associate Producer: Gustavo Angarita Jr.
Drone: Daniel Acosta
Illustration and 2D Animation: Daniel Collazos
Sound Design and Music: Diego Cáceres
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PRESS INFORMATION
REASONS TO SUPPORT THE DOCUMENTARY:
- Unstoppable Freedom pretends from a particular story to be the reflection of many people who go through the same thing.
- It contributes to the reflection and analysis of social problems that can be translated into the reality of many people around the world.
- Homosexuality in adulthood is a global look at issues pending discussion regarding the rights of the community.
- It reflects the change that Costa Rica has had in the last 10 years in terms of inclusion and contrasts it with what happens in the towns.
TARGET AUDIENCES:
Mainly aimed at men and women of the LGBTIQ+ community, and in particular at the adult population between 30 and 65 years of age. People Interested in processes of recognition, claim, human rights, consumers of cultural content that explore stories that are related to empowerment and social justice, seek representation and identify with characters and human situations within these projects that allow them to feel represented in the feeling or the characters’ experienc
MAIN TOPIC: Acceptance of sexual identity
Subtopics:
1. Discrimination of older LGBTQ+ adults.
– The generational differences of homosexuality.
2. Social and personal acceptance of sexual identity.
– Social and religious prejudices about homosexuality.
– The evolution of homosexual rights.
3. The absence of a loved one and its consequences.
SALE PHRASE
A family tries to find the whereabouts of Coco, who disappeared more than 20 years ago when his hidden homosexuality comes to light. Now without clues or official records, his family will make the last attempt to find him and understand the reasons that took away his freedom.
STORYLINE:
A family makes the last attempt to find the whereabouts of Coco who disappeared more than two decades ago. Coco, a 60-year-old man, must face the fact that the homosexuality he has hidden all his life comes to light, causing a public and family scandal. After leaving Palmares forever, the family makes multiple attempts to find out what happened to him, but each one fails. His relatives are dying and the passage of time makes him lose hope of finding him, since there are no official records or clues to help locate him. Now, in this latest attempt to find him, the family reconstructs the fragments of his story to understand how discrimination.
MOTIVATION OF THE DIRECTOR
This documentary seeks to reconstruct the life of a man who disappeared more than 20 years ago, my great-uncle Coco, who left of his own free will when his hidden homosexuality came to light. Through the compilation of fragments of his life, it seeks to highlight aspects of Costa Rican society in the face of homosexuality and at the same time, retrace Coco’s last steps to reunite him with his family. In this documentary, the acceptance of sexual identity is represented with a particular story to understand how discrimination is capable of taking away freedom.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY :
MIKE LEITÓN
Scriptwriter graduated from the Escuela Argentina de Script, and student of the Degree in Communication at the University of Buenos Aires. Member of the Communication Research Group for Documentaries at the University of Buenos Aires. He premiered his first documentary short film Así como soy (2020). That same year, as a playwright, he premiered his first musical theater play Tango en Rose in Avenida Corrientes, Argentina. He is currently developing the documentary feature film Unstoppable Freedom and the transmedia documentary First person: stories of militancy, as a bachelor’s thesis at the University of Buenos Aires.
MAKING OF
Photographer CAMILO VILLEGAS.