A Bolivian by birth, who grew up with adoptive parents in the Swabian town of Mössingen, is looking for his family in the mountains of Potosí. Out of poverty, his mother gave the little boy away when he was just a few months old. The search carries a story that goes far beyond personal fate. Because Manuel was born in a region known for the ruthless exploitation of silver. It's a film about identity, homeland and equal opportunities.
In the rich hill of Potosí in Bolivia there is a silver mine that was the largest in the world. It h...
Documentary covering the current state of both the theoretical and practical development of the vari...
Are tourists destroying the planet-or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visi...
Mioka, a Korean-American adoptee, has attempted to find her birth family multiple times but failed. ...
A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's (wh...
A documentary examines the claims the Tuohy family have made about adopting Oher for over a decade, ...
Images of Argentinian companies and factories in the first light of day, seen from the inside of a c...
His buildings are garish, colorful and completely overloaded. Columns and glittering chandeliers eve...
'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection whi...
Danger, toil, and superstition pervade life in a mining town high up in the Bolivian mountains. Tin ...
From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now app...
Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Saman...
2006: Evo Morales, first indigenous President is elected in Bolivia after the 2003 dramatic events f...
They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, deprivi...
Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women grow...
In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in...
This is the history of a young farmer of the Bolivian plateau that becomes the first indigenous pres...
The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her...