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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Despite having the largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela’s economy is in a freefall, necessities have become scarce and tens of thousands of residents are fleeing across the border to Colombia. With support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Nadja Drost and videographer Bruno Federico report on the exodus.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Since 2014, more than 250,000 unaccompanied minors have made a dangerous journey to the U.S. from Central America, with 40 percent coming from El Salvador, where jobs are scarce and gangs are rampant. One program, funded by U.S. government aid and private philanthropy, is supporting young people in San Salvador with leadership and job training. Special Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A classic story of David and Goliath made international headlines in 2002 when “David,” a Mapuche Indian, dared confront a multinational “Goliath” Luciano Benetton of United Colors of Benetton by reclaiming ancestral land that was part of the vast Benetton estates in Patagonia. United Colors of Benetton is known for its provocative political ads that promote racial harmony and is one of the largest landowners in Argentina. The case went to...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
At a garment factory that makes T-shirts bearing the logos of American universities, about a fifth of the workers are high school dropouts. But if they want to keep their jobs, they'll need to do something about it. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports from El Salvador on the factory turned college pipeline that employs those normally left out of society, including ex-gang members.
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
In this program from Tony Brown's Journal, Harvard professor and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Allen Counter along with Mr. David Evans, explore a primitive culture in Suriname, South America. Dr. Counter was a noted neurophysiologist at Harvard Medical School and he was the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations’ only director until he passed away.
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Mexico's colorful history comes alive in this captivating presentation - from the Olmecs, Toltec, Mayan and Aztec ruins to the fall of Aztec ruler Montezuma II. Other historical events covered include the Spanish colonial period, Mexican independence from Spain to the Mexican-American War, political instability of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the domination of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the democratization of Mexican society...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
On September 19, 2017, a powerful 7.1 earthquake shook Mexico for about 20 seconds causing extensive damage in the Mexican states of Puebla, Morelos and Mexico City. The town of San Gregorio Atlapulco was one of the most devastated communities in Mexico. Children in the area were very vulnerable to post-traumatic stress. Community workers use art and poetry to help children cope with the trauma of the earthquake. Using art, the community is able...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Whether dismissed as a relic or revered as a savior, many agree that Fidel Castro is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Rarely are Americans given a chance to see inside the world of this socialist leader. The documentary Fidel offers a unique opportunity to view the man through exclusive interviews with Castro himself, historians, public figures and close friends, with rare footage from the Cuban State archives. Alice...
31) My Colombia
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Colombia is a country steeped in tradition as rich as its world-famous coffee and as diverse as the people who live there. From the coffee farms in the cool Andean Mountains to the hottest salsa show in Cali; from the rugged cowboys in the vast Eastern Plains to the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada in the north, the Colombian people are proud to celebrate their diversity in music, dance and food. Join CNN on a journey through four starkly different...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
El Salvador's prisons are bloody, brutal, and overcrowded. With 700 arrests a day, that level of overcrowding shows no signs of abating. And they have one of the highest homicides rates in the world. But rather than give up on prisons and prisoners, the people who are running the prison service have decided to change tack and reform the system. Their response is Yo Cambio. First change: the language. No longer referred to as inmates or prisoners now...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
More than two million people from the Mexican state of Oaxaca live in the United States, and some have brought their indigenous ballgame, pelota mixteca, with them. Pasajuego is the name of the court on which the game is played. Games between Oaxacan communities have grown into international tournaments that are played throughout California, Texas, and Mexico. However, the sport is not just a pastime; it also keeps the Oaxacan culture alive and acts...
34) Fatherland
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
La Recoleta Cemetery rests in the heart of one of Buenos Aires' swankiest neighborhoods. A city-within-a-city, it is an inward-facing place with its own interior geography. Like the Père-Lachaise graveyard in France, La Recoleta is the final resting place for key figures of its nation's history: statesmen and poets, founding fathers and oppositional voices. And with Argentina's history so fraught with unrest, this relationship between the necropolis,...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
The massacre in Bojayá in 2002 remains one of the worst mass atrocities during the Colombian conflict. Caught in the crossfire between AUC paramilitaries and FARC guerillas, 119 civilians were killed. Leyner Palacios was one of the few survivors. This documentary follows his story as he organized disparate local communities in Chocó to fight for their basic human rights. His tireless efforts led him to represent Bojayá massacre victims during peace...
36) Cocalero
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
Born out of the U.S. war on drugs, an Aymara Indian named Evo Morales – backed by a troop of coca leaf farmers – travels through the Andes and Amazon in jeans and sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia’s first Indigenous president. The filmmakers, granted astonishing up close and personal access to Evo, capture the intimate moments of this controversial figure and his triumphant rise to power. A story of geopolitics, people’s movements,...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Qhapaq Nan, known as the Great Inca Road, is an ancient network of roads spanning more than 8,000 miles, running through the heart of the Andes, from the ocean and deserts all the way to Machu Picchu. Constructed hundreds of years ago during the Inca Empire, this vast transportation network still weaves its way through modern-day Peru and Ecuador. An astonishing feat of engineering, it connected Inca cities, administrative centers, agricultural and...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cari heads to Mexico's Janitzio Island to meet the mariposeros, whose fishing nets look like butterflies. Then, she's off to a monarch butterfly sanctuary to see the largest insect migration in the world. Later, she enjoys traditional snacks on a rooftop overlooking a historic city.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
They are Rosa, Estela, Chicha, Elsa, Chela, and Jorgelina. All are ordinary women who, together for the last 35 long years, have fought tirelessly against the Argentine military disctatorship, travelling the world to publicize their cause. They have become symbols of the struggle against oppression, known worldwide as the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. In 1976, a military coup overthrew the government in Argentina. There followed eight years of...
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