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The Trees Have a Mother: Amazonian Cosmologies, Folktales, and Mystery
Item# 40566
© 2008
71 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-098-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-097-5
In spite of mounting ecological damage, the Amazon Basin continues to nurture age-old stories and beliefs. This documentary illustrates the importance of indigenous narratives to those who dwell near...
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Men of the World: Albert Kahn's Archive of the Planet
Item# 40343
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-627-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-628-0
In 1908, Albert Kahn and his chauffeur embarked on a global trek to observe and absorb other cultures-an early "prototype" of the many photography missions Kahn would fund over the years. This program...
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Bolivia: Partners, Not Masters
Item# 40371
© 2008
25 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-592-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-593-1
Swept to power in 2006 on a wave of social unrest, Bolivian President Evo Morales has vowed to shift the balance of power in favor of his poorest constituents. This program examines the wealth generat...
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The Amazon River: Pristine and Unprotected
Item# 40145
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-498-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-499-6
Stretching over 4,000 miles across South America, the Amazon River has long defied human efforts to tame it. Not a single bridge crosses it, and not one dam halts its flow. This program visits urban c...
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The Ache Indians of Paraguay
Item# 40159
© 2008
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-448-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-449-1
Inhabiting a shrinking pocket of rainforest in Paraguay's Eastern Canindeyu Region, the Ache are one of South America's last hunter-gatherer societies-and in imminent danger of cultural extinction. Th...
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Coyote: An Immigration Case Study-in Spanish with English Subtitles
Item# 40203
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-444-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-445-3
For guidance northward, illegal immigrants from Latin America frequently enlist mercenary escorts known as "coyotes." This program examines one such charming and unseemly figure and the three Guatemal...
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21st-Century Trends in Latin American Literature-Spanish with Optional English Subtitles
Item# 37463
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7815-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7816-9
Complacency has never been a hallmark of Latin American literature. As the 21st century dawned, many young writers-and even some who had fueled the Latin American Boom-grew disenchanted with the statu...
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After the Boom-Spanish with Optional English Subtitles
Item# 37460
© 2008
54 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7809-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7810-7
As the 1970s progressed, the political climate in Latin America became increasingly dark, with no end in sight to the proliferation of brutal dictatorships. This program analyzes the cultural impact o...
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The Avant-Garde of the 1920s-Spanish with Optional English Subtitles
Item# 37457
© 2008
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7803-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7804-6
After the horrors of World War I, Latin American writing turned away from what many saw as ornamental and frivolous experimentation. This program studies the so-called "criticism of Modernismo within...
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Brazilian Literature: The 20th Century-Spanish with Optional English Subtitles
Item# 37462
© 2008
54 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7813-8
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7814-5
In the first decades of the 20th century, Brazilian avant-garde literature came into its own. This program examines the awakening of Modernismo and subsequent movements in Brazilian letters, from Sao...
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