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Watch Witness: Americas

Watch a selection of the best Witness films from Americas.

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A selection of previous Witness documentaries from the Americas can be watched here in full.

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Voices of the Heart
Witness looks at how Arapaho Native Americans in Wyoming try to reclaim their heritage.
 
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Under the Neon
An extraordinary journey below the streets of Las Vegas.

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Troop 1500
A girl scout troop in Texas brings daughters and mothers together behind prison walls.
 
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Once Upon a Time
How imprisoned parents use the power of stories to maintain contact with their kids.

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Atomic Ed 
A former nuclear scientist recycles junk generated by the nuclear industry.
 
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America’s New Frontline
Rageh Omaar investigates the US military and political strategy for Africa.

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Land of Plenty
Dumpster diver Jonathan Meuser reclaims food discarded as waste.
 
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Islam in America
Rageh Omaar travels the US exploring the history and role of the religion in the country.

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Deserter
A young US soldier decides to quit and begins a long, lonely journey to safety.
 
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Cousin’s
How a small grocer in a big US city deals with diverse thanksgiving demands.

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Losing Ground
The people of Shishmaref may become the first eco-refugees due to global warming.
 
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I Refuse to Remain Silent
An Iraqi-American steps up for freedom of speech and fights against war in Iraq.

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Path of Most Resistance
Looking at US soldiers who apply to leave the service, turning against war.
 
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Give Me Shelter
Americans get ready for the apocalypse – with home-made bomb shelters.

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Triangle of Anger
Investigating the secret US policy of ‘extraordinary rendition’.
 
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The Other Washington
A look at life in the ‘other’ Washington DC which is poor, black and disenfranchised.

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Haiti’s Stolen Children
A tradition separates children from parents while they work in other people’s homes.
 
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Family Torn Apart
A Mexican-American family is forced to split up along a fault line of US politics.

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Ghost Town
Towns in North Dakota try hard to prevent their community from becoming a ghost town.
 
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Death behind Bars
A death-row prison in Louisiana follows more humane methods – but not everyone is pleased.

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Border Crossing
American of Latino descent heads to Mexico to unravel the emotions behind immigration.
 
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99
The 99 is the world’s first superhero team based on Islamic culture and history.

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88 Keys in Cuba
An Irishman and a musical community come to the rescue of Cuba’s pianos.
 
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Soy Palestino
A Palestinian filmmaker finds much in common with a Cuban street musician.

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Red Oil
An inside look at the financial engine behind Chavez’s socialist government.
 
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Diary of a Massacre
Pacificists learn the hard way that there is no escaping the civil war in Colombia.

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Living in Fear
Women face particular hardships and horror amid Colombia’s ongoing civil war.
 
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Proof of Life
Thousands of hostages are still being held by fighters in the jungles of Colombia.

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Talking Cure
In Buenos Aires a popular radio talk show is run by asylum inmates.
 
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World and Underworld
A torture victim of the South American intelligence network reveals his story.

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Child Miners
Young children carry out back-breaking work in Bolivia’s tin mines.
 
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Child Miners-2 years on
A touching sequel follows the developments in the life of two Bolivian child miners.

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President Evo
The story of Evo Morales’ rise to power and his struggle to keep his pledge to the poor.
 
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Jungle Music
Meet the Bolivians who are making a very different kind of jungle music.

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Women Gladiators
Indigenous Bolivian women wrestle with oppression, as well as each other.
 
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Gonzaga
Many poor Brazilians seek their fortune abroad – but it often ends in tragedy.

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Mourning Daughters
One woman campaigns for Guatemala’s forgotten daughters.
 
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The War Comes Home
Investigating the mood of middle America on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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40 Acres and a Dream 
Photographer John Ficara captures the plight of black farmers in the United States.