General Alfredo Ovando Candia was a decisive figure in 20 th century Bolivian history. Through old home movies and institutional footage, Mauricio Ovando goes in search of the figure (and the shadow) of his grandfather, interweaving his history and History while going after an uncomfortable truth.
Documents the conflicts and tensions that arise between highland migrants and Mosetenes, members of ...
In 1879, Bolivia lost its access to the sea in a war. When I was a child I did not understand how we...
Critical investigation of The World Bank and IMF. Too hot for PBS, but prime time TV everywhere else...
Are tourists destroying the planet-or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visi...
'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection whi...
In the rich hill of Potosí in Bolivia there is a silver mine that was the largest in the world. It h...
A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's (wh...
A Bolivian by birth, who grew up with adoptive parents in the Swabian town of Mössingen, is looking ...
His buildings are garish, colorful and completely overloaded. Columns and glittering chandeliers eve...
Images of Argentinian companies and factories in the first light of day, seen from the inside of a c...
Danger, toil, and superstition pervade life in a mining town high up in the Bolivian mountains. Tin ...
2006: Evo Morales, first indigenous President is elected in Bolivia after the 2003 dramatic events f...
A day in the life of Esperanza, a Quechua girl who lives in the remote mountains of southwestern Bol...
Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the h...
The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her...