10 Dec SKYLIGHT’S 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPIONS LIST
The Skylight team has created this list that includes some of our favorite organizations, individuals, and movements that served as an inspiration to us in 2017. We were inspired by...
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14 Nov “500 YEARS” in Colombia by Andrea Ixchíu
500 YEARS in Colombia Bolivar City A crimson tide prevails in the landscape as you approach Ciudad Bolívar, a town located south of Bogota, the capital of Colombia. By the hundreds the houses...
07 Nov Get Out and Vote! A Message from Skylight’s co-founder & editor Peter Kinoy
Get Out and Vote! Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 I walked out of our neighborhood polling place into the crisp fall weather. Definitely an off election. We voted at 9:30am and Mary, my...
12 Oct Celebrating Rigoberta Menchú and her Fight for Justice
At the age of 22, with the release of When the Mountains Tremble, Rigoberta Menchú traveled the world speaking out against the violence in Guatemala. On this day, October 12th, 25...
09 Oct JOIN SKYLIGHT IN COMMEMORATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY (THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OF OCT 9 – OCT 13)
JOIN SKYLIGHT IN COMMEMORATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY (THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OF OCT 9 - OCT 13) Skylight celebrates indigenous peoples across the Americas and supports their message of resistance and their...
27 Sep In Memoriam: Ricardo Restrepo (1962 – 2017)
In Memoriam: Ricardo Restrepo (1962 - 2017) (Originally published in English on September 20, 2017 by Cinema Tropical) Colombian documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Ricardo Restrepo died yesterday at the age of 54...
