Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary

Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary

89 mins | Documentary | Nov. 8, 2019

Tucumán, Argentina, 1965. Three years before George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead was released, director Ofelio Linares Montt shot Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field, which turned out to be both a horror film and a political statement. It was a success in the US, but could not be shown in Argentina due to Juan Carlos Onganía's dictatorship, and was eventually lost. Writer and researcher Luciano Saracino embarks on the search for the origins of this cursed work.

Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary

89 mins | Documentary | Nov. 8, 2019

Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary
Tucumán, Argentina, 1965. Three years before George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead was released, director Ofelio Linares Montt shot Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field, which turned out to be both a horror film and a political statement. It was a success in the US, but could not be shown in Argentina due to Juan Carlos Onganía's dictatorship, and was eventually lost. Writer and researcher Luciano Saracino embarks on the search for the origins of this cursed work.
Producers Películas Zapruder
Original title Zombies en el cañaveral: el documental
Directors Pablo Schembri
Writers Pablo Schembri

Cast

Isabel Sarli

as Self - Actress

Luciano Saracino

as Self - Researcher

Diego Trerotola

as Self - Film Critic

Roger Koza

as Self - Film Critic

Laura Casabe

as Self - Filmmaker

Ramiro San Honorio

as Self - Film Collector

César Legname

as Ofelio Linares Montt

Mónica Audi Falú

as Alicia Miranda

Juan Carlos Onganía

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

George A. Romero

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)