THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CARLOS COY AND THE ASSASSINATIONS OF BENITO MARIA AND MISAEL LÓPEZ
Human rights defenders are once again at grave risk in Guatemala....
03
Sep
22
Jul
An interview with journalist Vanessa Márquez at SolidariLabs Afro-Colombia
A conversation with the Afro-Colombian journalist and entrepreneur who celebrates and highlights cultural diversity in new languages and formats....
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. ...
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 asylum. ...
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. ...
09
Apr
HOW WE ARE CONTINUING PRODUCTION ON BORDERLAND THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
It was the Friday before the weekend when New York City stopped. Our Director of Photography had just flown in from a job in Amsterdam though by the next day, flights from Europe were banned. We’d gotten everyone together and were scouting for our big...
20
Jan
The Best Human Rights Films of 2019: Physicians for Human Rights’ Picks
Our colleagues at Physicians for Human Rights rounded up the best human rights films of 2019 and a look ahead to 2020 (including BORDERLAND!)...
