The White Guard (film)

The White Guard
FrenchLa Garde blanche
SpanishLa Guardia blanca
Directed byJulien Élie
Written byJulien Élie
Produced byAudrey-Anne Dupuis Pierre
CinematographyErnesto Pardo
François Messier-Rheault
Production
company
Metafilms
Release date
  • September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) (Hamburg)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageSpanish

The White Guard (French: La Garde blanche, Spanish: La Guardia blanca) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Julien Élie and released in 2023.[1] A followup to his 2018 film Dark Suns, the film delves further into the issue of violence in Mexico, profiling the collusion between multinational industry, organized crime and the government of Mexico to expropriate land and exploit people and natural resources.[1]

The film premiered in September 2023 at Filmfest Hamburg,[2] and had its Canadian premiere in November at the 2023 Montreal International Documentary Festival.[3]

  1. ^ a b Megan Durnford, "Julien Elie Captures Stories of Courageous Land Defenders in La Guardia Blanca". Point of View, November 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Filmfest Hamburg 2023: „La Guardia Blanca“". Latina Press, September 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Les RIDM projetteront « La garde blanche » de Julien Elie en première canadienne". Qui Fait Quoi, November 15, 2023.