A mining town at 5,000 metres for decades has been a centre of exploitation of poor workers, trying to jump-start their lives. Prostitution is rife often involving underage girls. Matteo Tortone’s film “Mother Lode” investigates the myths and the exploitation through the eyes of a 13-yr old miner. Graham […]
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The silent death of the Himalayas
In Northern India, in Himachal Pradesh, the state where a part of this mountain range lies which also hugs the borders of China and Nepal, the present reality surprises pilgrims who arrive in search of the spirituality that has characterized this mountain chain, one of the most important in the […]
The consequences of the Cuban Revolution
Its geographical proximity to the USA, its alliance with the USSR, and its support to the global movements of national liberation made the Latin American country a significant contender during the Cold War. Juanjo Andres Cuervo The Cuban Revolution of 1959 led by Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and […]
The false assumptions about migration
The Mediterranean has two shores and while the EU polices it like a moat to keep out ‘undesirables’, the film-makers point to the long-lasting connections between Europe and North Africa. People risk their lives to cross for universally understandable reasons, yet their courage is not valued. Mbaye Sou’s life questions […]
Journalism, truth and counter-power
Persecuted, threatened with death and exiled in France, Daniel Mendoza, the author of the documentary series “Matarife, Un genocida innombrable” (An unspeakable genocide) talks about what millions of Colombians keep silent out of fear and what few media outlets reveal. And he talks about how there can be no democracy where […]
















