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The Value of the Invisible
Basilio Gomez is a recycler in the city of Lima, one of the 100,000 Peruvians dedicated to the recycling and reselling of trash.

dance We Are Not Eternal
She was the strong woman, the one with muscular arms and nimble steps that came to visit once a year. My mother always tried to keep her with us a few more days in Lima. “I have to return to the farm,” she would say. And she hurried back to her world far away in the jungle.
buri Migrant Workers in Western New York
Each year hundreds of laborers from Mexico travel to Upstate New York to work in the fields during the May – November season.
dance The Walk
Bob Hentzen, president and co-founder of Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA), has been walking since December 2009 from his home in Guatemala. He plans to end his 8,000-mile journey in June 2011 in Chile.
dance Following the Legacy of Arguedas in Cusco
Peruvian novelist, poet and ethnologist José María Arguedas left his mark on Peruvian history with his transcultural writings, tales that depicted the contrast between the White and indigenous worlds.
The young Arguedas spent a few years in the Sicuani area of Cusco, working as a school teacher. This video follows his footsteps through Sicuani, finding traces of his presence. (In Spanish)
build Following the Legacy of Arguedas in Cusco
Peruvian novelist, poet and ethnologist José María Arguedas left his mark on Peruvian history with his transcultural writings, tales that depicted the contrast between the White and indigenous worlds.
The young Arguedas spent a few years in the Sicuani area of Cusco, working as a school teacher. This video follows his footsteps through Sicuani, finding traces of his presence. (In Spanish)
buri Little Man of God
Terry Durham delivered his first sermon at age 6, in the bathroon of his grandmother’s home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Today, five years later, he is an ordained minister who regularly preaches at True Deliverance Ministries, a non-denominational church his grandmother founded in 2000.
buri Expedition Blue Planet
Between the months of June and November in 2010, I joined Alexandra Cousteau’s Expedition Blue Planet, a National Geographic-sponsored expedition documenting water issues in North America. Here are some of my favorite images from this 138-day, 17,100-mile expedition.
build The Border Farmworker Center
It is 3 pm and things are just getting started at the Border Farmworker Center in El Paso, Texas, just meters away from the US-Mexico border. Workers start to arrive after a hard day’s work and lay their belongings on the floor where they will spend the night. It is time to relax.
dance Kingston, Tennessee: Two Years After the Spill
On Dec. 22, 2008 a dike at the Tennessee Valley Authority Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, broke, releasing over one billion gallons of coal ash slurry down the Emory River. Beyond the environmental impact, the largest industrial spill in American history changed the community forever.

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africa Petitcodiac: Restoring the Chocolate River
Contributing videographer
The Petitcodiac River was almost dead, strangled by a causeway built across its width in 1968 on the outskirts of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. After a long battle to restore the river to its former glory, it saw victory this April when, for the first time in 42 years, the gates on the causeway were opened for good, restoring free flow between this unique tidal river and the sea.