Video Excerpts
Rising from the Ashes (2009)
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Peru’s civil war killed more than 70,000 people. The brutality of the armed conflict shocked Peruvians when the truth was revealed in 2003.
Rising from the Ashes is an inspiring story of these women taking on new roles in Peru and who are seeking a more just and peaceful society.
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It’s Time (2008)
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It’s Time: African Women Join Hands Against Domestic Violence gives an inside glimpse of the lives of African women and girls forced to flee abuse. It tells how a unique partnership between a Canadian agency and two African organizations is working to combat an epidemic of domestic violence.
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Duel with the Devil (2006)
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Duel with the Devil is a provocative story that follows homicide detectives through the streets of Guatemala City in an attempt to improve that nation’s dismal rate of convictions – less than 15 out of 5,000 murders.
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Seeds in the City
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Seeds in the City tells the remarkable story of how the people of Havana, Cuba have pulled themselves back from the brink of disaster.
Faced with food shortages and widespread hunger, city dwellers began growing food on rooftops, in schoolyards, and in front of office buildings.
Now there are thousands of urban farms in a city better known for its music, dance and nightlife.
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Costa Rica has five percent of the world’s total bio-diversity. But it is being depleted as forest are being converted to farm land and other uses.
It is affecting the productivity of the land as watersheds are destroyed and fragile soil eroded.
Searching for Balance is a story of Canadian and Costa Rican cooperation on finding a balance between the differing demands for the land where wildlife and humans can co-exist.