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Landlocked Films LLC is a video production company based in Boulder, Colorado. We make films that reach from the heart of the subject to the heart of the audience.

Renowned Autism researcher and advocate Paula Kluth, the Hussman Foundation, and Landlocked Films are teaming to produce a new half-hour documentary that gives voice to a range of perspectives from adults with autism. "We Thought You'd Never Ask" will be released in May, 2008. Click here for a YouTube preview clip!

This one-hour film travels Bolivia's "Camino de la Muerte" ("Road of Death"), where international travelers and local people careen past each other on one of the busiest throroughfares of today's adventure tourism industry. Along the way, we visit a vibrant community struggling with issues of indigenous cultural preservation, economic survival, coca production in the face of the "War on Drugs," and the unequal terms of exchange with tourist concessions who pass every day but leave little for local people. The disparate reactions of bikers and locals to a bus crash late in the film reveals a cultural divide in attitudes toward risk, development, and tradition, and highlights the assumptions and prejudices of each group towards the other. Choosing the Road of Death will be released in Summer 2008.

Saya: Dance and Survival
in an Afro-Bolivian Village
In this 24-minute film, we visit the town of Tocaña, where African descendents worked under a form of slavery that persisted until the 1950's, and local people still perform dances rooted in their African cultural heritage. The "Saya" dance troupe performs in the plaza of a nearby tourist town before an audience of local Indians, rich weekender from the Bolivian capital of La Paz, and international tourists. The film highlights the dilemmas of cultural survival and emergence for an endangered subculture in an era of global saturation.

"Song of Our Children" now distributed by Fanlight Productions
We are thrilled to announce that Fanlight Productions will now be the exclusive distributor for "Song of Our Children." Fanlight is a leading international distributor of independent films addressing the social issues of our time. To visit Fanlight's webpage featuring the film, click here, or email anthony@fanlight.com

Full Circle:
Language and Literacy at Home and at School
Research shows that children learn to talk, read, and write through social interactions at home and at school, in everyday routines and activities. Full Circle: Language and Literacy at Home and at School illustrates how all children, regardless of special needs, linguistic or cultural background, develop language and build literacy skills through interactions with teacher, parents, and providers. We are introduced to four families, each of whom draws from the strength of its heritage and addresses the needs and challenges of its children. School environments, ranging from a high school-based teen parent toddler program to private preschools to community-based centers for children with special needs, reflect the myriad ways that parents and schools can form partnerships that allow children to explore and learn. Co-produced by the Early Learning Opportunities Act, the University of Colorado, the City of Boulder's Division of Children, Youth, and Families and Puentes Culturales. To order a copy of Full Circle, click here.