Are tourists destroying the planet-or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, GRINGO TRAILS traces stories over 30 years to show the dramatic long-term impact of tourism on cultures, economies, and the environment.
Before the internet. Before social media. Before breaking news. The victims of Thalidomide had to re...
A young Marshallese boy, Labro, wakes up one morning anxious for his grandmother to fulfill her prom...
When Mandie Shaw is thrust into Miss Heathwood’s School for Girls, she struggles to grasp the school...
An aspiring Hollywood actress working on her first feature--a no-budget horror flick oddly crewed by...
Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, ...
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a m...
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, hundreds of artists gathered to pay honor to the work of Puerto Rican arti...
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thou...
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...
Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps inte...
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When ...
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly att...
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta...
The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend -...
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, ...
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...