Topic: South America

Romanian film festival tackles tough rights issues

AFP Global Edition - 325 days ago
The One World human rights film festival kicked off in Bucharest on Thursday offering 37 documentaries promising to tackle sometimes prickly issues under the theme "What a wonderful world?!"Alongside the showings at the six-day festival in the Romanian capital will be debates ...
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How to Learn More with DVD Rental

ArticlesBase - 521 days ago
Films are just for entertainment or, at best, marvelling at artistic achievement - that's what movie magazines, television shows and advertising - would have us believe in any case. Once in a while, though, a film can be much more. It can ...
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Oliver Stone's 'South of the Border' highlights festival

AFP Global Edition - 594 days ago
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone's documentary, "South of the Border," on the new leftist turn in South America, highlights the Silverdocs Festival opening in Washington on Monday.Stone, known for Hollywood hits such as "Wall Street" and "Platoon," made the documentary based on interviews ...
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Karin Muller

Smithsonian Journeys - 781 days ago
Author, filmmaker, photographer, and adventurer, Karin Muller set seven years ago to travel the world's historic highways. Since then Karin has returned to Peru over 20 times to lead tours and continue filming and photography.

Abrazos Tango en Buenos Aires

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 912 days ago
A review of the DVD release of the documentary film " Tango en Buenos Aires" starring Adriana Varela and Sexteto Mayor is presented. Tango en Buenos Aires covers the day-by-day excite- ment of the Fifth Annual Festival Inter - nacional Buenos Aires ...

Epic tandem trek is subject of TV documentary

Procycling Magazine - 930 days ago
The adventures of Dominic Gill, who cycled a tandem from Alaska to Argentina, inviting 270 strangers to jump on the back as his stoker, have been made into a TV documentary.. Dominic, who spoke about his experiences at BikeRadar Live in May, ...

Peruvian Food Documentary

About.com - 1079 days ago
Don't miss this excellent documentary about Peruvian food from Al Jazeera English. The sights of Lima and its citizens are even more interesting than the food, although while I was watching I felt as if I could actually smell and taste the ...