24 Jun Interview with “Birth Wars” filmmaker Janet Jarman
The well-known photojournalist makes her directorial debut documenting the tensions between medical doctors and midwives in Mexico about whose vision of childbirth should prevail. ...
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Stories and updates from our team.
19 Jun JUNETEENTH: HOW THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT INTERSECTS WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
To commemorate Juneteenth, we asked some of the protagonists in BORDERLAND to reflect on how the movement for immigrant rights intersects with the Black Lives Matter Movement....
17 Jun A YEAR LATER, I AM STILL AWAITING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES
Gaspar, a Maya-Ixil environmental defender in Guatemala whom we featured in 500 Years, wrote this update about what he’s experienced over the last 12 months and his ongoing case for...
19 May 30th ANNIVERSARY OF “TAKEOVER” HIGHLIGHTS HOUSING CRISIS OF TODAY, EXACERBATED BY COVID-19
The film follows a movement of homeless people who organized to take over government housing in eight cities across three days in May, 1990....
28 Apr ORGANIZED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CAN PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
Indigenous communities face unique challenges during the pandemic, including lack of access to health care and information in their own languages. ...
20 Apr WATCH OUR GUATEMALA FILMS AND SUPPORT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES DURING COVID-19
Indigenous people are being systematically excluded in the COVID-19 pandemic response mechanisms. That’s why we are supporting the International Mayan League. ...
