Watch Witness: Americas
Watch a selection of the best Witness films from Americas.
A selection of previous Witness documentaries from the Americas can be watched here in full.
| 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 |
| Troop 1500 A girl scout troop in Texas brings daughters and mothers together behind prison walls. |
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Once Upon a Time |
| Atomic Ed A former nuclear scientist recycles junk generated by the nuclear industry. |
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America’s New Frontline |
| Land of Plenty Dumpster diver Jonathan Meuser reclaims food discarded as waste. |
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Islam in America |
| Deserter A young US soldier decides to quit and begins a long, lonely journey to safety. |
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Cousin’s |
| 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 |
| Path of Most Resistance Looking at US soldiers who apply to leave the service, turning against war. |
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Give Me Shelter |
| Triangle of Anger Investigating the secret US policy of ‘extraordinary rendition’. |
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The Other Washington |
| 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 |
| Ghost Town Towns in North Dakota try hard to prevent their community from becoming a ghost town. |
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Death behind Bars |
| Border Crossing American of Latino descent heads to Mexico to unravel the emotions behind immigration. |
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99 |
| 88 Keys in Cuba An Irishman and a musical community come to the rescue of Cuba’s pianos. |
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Soy Palestino |
| Red Oil An inside look at the financial engine behind Chavez’s socialist government. |
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Diary of a Massacre |
| Living in Fear Women face particular hardships and horror amid Colombia’s ongoing civil war. |
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Proof of Life |
| Talking Cure In Buenos Aires a popular radio talk show is run by asylum inmates. |
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World and Underworld |
| Child Miners Young children carry out back-breaking work in Bolivia’s tin mines. |
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Child Miners-2 years on |
| 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 |
| Women Gladiators Indigenous Bolivian women wrestle with oppression, as well as each other. |
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Gonzaga |
| Mourning Daughters One woman campaigns for Guatemala’s forgotten daughters. |
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The War Comes Home |
| 40 Acres and a Dream Photographer John Ficara captures the plight of black farmers in the United States. |