CLEAN HANDS
A Documentary by Michael Dominic
98 min | 2019 | Nicaragua/USA
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This is not a “garbage dump film”, though we start in one.
Shot over the course of seven years, 2011-2018 in Nicaragua, Clean Hands is a feature-length fly-on-the-wall “Direct Cinema” documentary which tells the story of the Lopez family surviving against the backdrop of Central America’s largest garbage dump, La Chureca and beyond. It is about family, extreme poverty, the hope and innocence of children, rescue and salvation, and the challenges we all face.
The four Lopez children are ages 6 to 10 when we first meet them. They have never been to school. They cannot read or write. They are kids, prone to mischief and silliness. They rely on each other as siblings, playmates, companions, and friends. Unlike their parents, they don’t fully grasp what they don’t have. La Chureca is the only life, and only world, they’ve ever known.
Through fortuitous circumstance, a philanthropist hears of the plight of the family and comes to their aid. They build them a small house in the country that sits on land they can farm. The kids can attend school for the first time, and the family can escape the desolation and dead-end life of La Chureca.
The children take to their new lives and are excited to attend school for the first time. But, their parents, even after getting what they want, all is not well. As the family adjusts to the opportunity, new home, and farm-life, as it often does for all of us-becomes complicated. Blanca (their mother) in particular must face her demons from her troubled past. She misses her city life in Managua and abandons her family for long periods of time, leaving Javier alone to care for the children in the country, making their promising new future uncertain.
AWARDS:
•Best Documentary Feature
Cinequest Film & VR Festival, USA 2019
•Best Documentary Feature
San Diego Latino Film Festival, USA 2019
•Documentary Gold Award
Columbus International Film Festival, USA 2019
•Documentary Audience Award, Bronze
Chicago Latino Film Festival, USA 2019
•Programmer’s Favorite
Newport Beach Film Festival, USA 2019
•Grand Jury Award, International Documentary Feature
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, USA 2019
•Best Documentary
HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival, USA 2019
•Special Jury Award
Salento International Film Festival, Italy 2019
•Honorable Mention Award
New Jersey International Film Festival, USA 2019
•Festival Director’s Prize
OFF Cinema, International Documentary Film Festival, Poznan, Poland 2019
•The Cine-Mas Jury Award
Lone Star Film Festival, USA 2019
•Director’s Choice: Best Documentary Feature
Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico 2020
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