Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with FIREFLIES AT EL MOZOTE's Producer talks about the movie's impact

@Thisfunktional talks with producer Elias Axume while on the red carpet for FIREFLIES AT EL MOZOTE, in theaters now. 1981. The armed conflict in Central America rages on. In El Salvador, a right-wing government and leftist guerrillas are deadlocked in a bloody fratricidal war. In the United States, a shift in public opinion sparked by reports of human rights violations jeopardizes US military aid to the country, shifting the momentum in favor of a guerrilla victory. The military escalates the violence. The small village of EL MOZOTE, in Morazán province, is a peaceful enclave of Catholics and Evangelicals coexisting in harmony. On the morning of December 10, government troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel REYNALDO MONTENEGRO raid the village and massacre the entire population. Over a thousand people die. JOSÉ GUEVARA, 13, hides in a filthy hole in the rainforest and survives the massacre. He is found days later by the guerrilla unit in charge of RADIO VENCEREMOS. Under the command of AURELIO, the shrewd guerrilla leader, the clandestine radio station keeps moving constantly, broadcasting from different locations in the jungle, keeping one step ahead of Montenegro and his troops. The trauma of losing his family thrusts José into a deep depression resulting in the loss of his speech. ALMA, a courageous guerrilla sniper, befriends and protects the boy. Aurelio and the political arm of the FMLN contact RANDALL WALKER, correspondent for The New York Times, and smuggle him into Morazán Province, with SARAH MASON, Magnum agency photojournalist. The visit of the journalists to the site of the massacre allows Montenegro to locate and attack the elusive radio station, inflicting a devastating defeat to the guerrillas. After a near-death experience José recovers his speech and reminds Aurelio of his objectives in taking up arms. Faced with the certainty that Montenegro’s death is strategic to ensure the survival of Radio Venceremos, Aurelio and his guerrillas craft a new plan to eliminate him. Obsessed with the destruction of the rebel radio, and pressured by his higher-ups to silence it before the US Congress vote on the next round of military aid to the country, Montenegro falls into the trap laid out by the guerrillas and plummets to his death in his helicopter. DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY | Ernesto Melara PRODUCED BY | Elias Axume, Bob Yari, Moctezuma Esparza CAST | Paz Vega, Juan Pablo, Yancey Arias, Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Mateo Honles ——————————————————— Anchor podcasts: anchor.fm/ThisFunktional anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks Gaming channels: twitch.com/ThisFunktional facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming Tipping Page: streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip PayPal.me/ThisFunktionalBlog Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional: Thisfunktional.com @thisfunktional instagram.com/thisfunktional facebook.com/thisfunktional YouTube.com/thisfunktional thisfunktional.tumblr.com