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All posts by Jean Guerrero
Border Documentary ‘Of Kites & Borders’ Highlights Mexican Children’s Dreams Amid Squalor
Of Kites and Borders is one of those rare documentaries made in the developing world that manages to uplift, in spite of a dismal context. The hopes of children form the backbone of the film, and as a result, it feels universal and miraculously optimistic, sug...
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‘Gold Fever’: Unbalanced Documentary Falls Short In Exposing Harm From Mining
Diodora Hernandez is an indigenous Guatemalan woman who survived being shot in the eye the summer of 2010. She is an outspoken anti-mining activist and believes she was attacked as a result. The bullet entered her right eye and exited behind her right ear.
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