Frontline world [videorecording] : stories from a small planet. May 27, 2008 / a production of WGBH Boston ; from the producers of Frontline; executive producer, David Fanning.
Frontline World (Television program) Frontline (Television program)
Notes:
Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Frontline World on May 27, 2008.
Contents:
Mexico: crimes at the border / reported by Andrew Becker, Lowell Bergman -- Guatemala: the secret files / reported by Clark Boyd -- Mozambique: guitar hero / reported by Marjorie McAfee.
Summary:
Mexico, crimes at the border: In a joint project with the New York Times, Frontline/World correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the business of human smuggling across the busy ports of entry between Mexico and the United States. In Tijuana, masses of people attempt to cross illegally every day with the help of increasingly organized and expensive smugglers. Guatemala, the secret files: After thirty years of bloody civil war, Guatemala is still recovering and its citizens look for traces of missing people who were "disappeared." Clark Boyd reports on the discovery of the historical archive of the National Police who served under Rios Montt's government, an archive that contains masses of papers that document the human rights abuses of the secret police. Mozambique, guitar hero: Reporter Marjorie McAfee follows popular musician Feliciao Dos Santos as he travels throughout his native Mozambique with his band, Massukos, singing songs that teach villagers about good hygiene and sanitation. His work has resulted in building over 300 ecological latrines, which reduce disease and produce fertilizer at the same time. Stricken with polio as a child, Santos wants to prevent others from contracting life-threatening diseases.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.