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.

His buildings are garish, colorful and completely overloaded. Columns and glittering chandeliers eve...

Danger, toil, and superstition pervade life in a mining town high up in the Bolivian mountains. Tin ...

An Indian immigrant mother helps her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother ...

Images of Argentinian companies and factories in the first light of day, seen from the inside of a c...

A documentary on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences.

'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection whi...

A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's (wh...
Are tourists destroying the planet-or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visi...

2006: Evo Morales, first indigenous President is elected in Bolivia after the 2003 dramatic events f...

Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Saman...
From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now app...

Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the h...

Following in the footsteps of two women in search of their origins, this documentary lifts the veil ...

The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her...

Kati Pohler was abandoned in a market in China when she was three days old. Her parents left a note ...

Mioka, a Korean-American adoptee, has attempted to find her birth family multiple times but failed. ...

They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, deprivi...