http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/presumed-guilty/ http://documentaryheaven.com/presumed-guilty/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:08:22 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5503 This is an extraordinary documentary about a case in Mexico about an innocent guy who was put in jail for "presumed murder". The documentary shows how the Mexico's legal justice system is corrupted from the top posts to the bottom, besides, it shows a determined group of attorneys who fought until the end for the justice of this guy.... 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About 14,000 barrels of crude oil seeped into the Napo and Coca Rivers, both of which are tributaries of the Amazon River.Through the eyes of the local residents, both indigenous and non-indigenous, the film explores not only the specific case of the Santa Rosa spill, but also the legacy of contamination of water from the exploitation of petroleum in the northern Amazon region of Ecuador and the struggle for survival by the inhabitants of the region within the framework of the new environmental protection that are part of the Constitutional reform of 2008.The film also examines another controversial topic in the border area with Colombia; the impact of the 150,000 refugees and displaced people from the Colombian conflict, and the relationship between contamination of water in the border areas and the human impact of the coca eradication programs that w... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-fight-for-water/feed/ 3 http://documentaryheaven.com/seria-buenos-aires/ http://documentaryheaven.com/seria-buenos-aires/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 15:35:21 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=3349 (Spanish with English subtitles) A universal story that touches upon many of the themes that cross the modern world we live in: dislocation of people, destruction of their dreams overnight by crises they are not responsible for and their efforts to survive.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/seria-buenos-aires/feed/ 11 http://documentaryheaven.com/rico-the-legacy/ http://documentaryheaven.com/rico-the-legacy/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:14:20 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=1633 English"This documentary (made by Jep Jorba, Miquel Àngel Arnáiz and Ester Casals) is a very humble documentary, in terms of money and material resources. We know that it has its limitations and could be much better.In spite of that fact, the national TV in Catalunya wanted to show it and everything was OK for the broadcasting. We thought that should be no problem with the rights of the songs, as we didn't get almost any money for that broadcasting.The surprise was when the companies that owns the rights of the songs asked me an ashaming quantity of money that it was impossible for us to pay. We explained that we were students, that we didn't had that kind of money. We got no reply. Those are the so called "defenders of the rights of the culture-makers". Pure rasclaat lies!So, after two years, I've decided leaving apart the top-down strategy to an horizontal one, creating this blog, in order to show the entire documentary to everyone." - From Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/rico-the-legacy/feed/ 7 http://documentaryheaven.com/spanish-eng-subs-radio-qman-txun-chronicle-of-a-mayan-village/ http://documentaryheaven.com/spanish-eng-subs-radio-qman-txun-chronicle-of-a-mayan-village/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:00:08 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=1630 documental en versión original castellano/mam con subtítulos en inglés. Rodado en Todos Santos Cuchumatán, los diez primeros días de noviembre de 2003. Los mames-mayas celebran la fiesta de la vida desafiando a la muerte; galopan sobre los caballos y bailan en el cementerio para honrar a sus ancestros, manifestando orgullosamente su tradición. Pero la alegría no oculta que el sistemático abuso por parte de los sucesivos poderes siempre les ha negado su condición de ciudadanos de Guatemala. En Radio Qman Txun, tres todosanteros (Fortunato, Cristalina y Rosendo) reclaman que la voz de los pueblos indígenas sea escuchada, y lo hacen a través del compromiso político y social, el activismo y los medios de comunicación alternativos. El documental nos descubre, con proximidad, quienes son los mayas del siglo XXI, gentes que luchan por conservar su cultura sin renunciar a incorporarse al siglo XXI. Como afirma Rosendo, lo que se cuenta desde esta radio es sano, es puro, es la v... 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More to the point, the narration comes from Tupac himself, smoothly edited from countless interviews, so we're constantly getting his take on events.He's more thoughtful and articulate than his detractors might expect (despite the profanity), but the contradictions remain, making this essential viewing for even the most casual of fans. There is a language warning on this documentary.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/spanish-version-of-tupac-resurrection/feed/ 2