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Crossing our Borders. Documentary coming soon!
'Crossing Our Borders: is an 86-minute documentary series that features the dramatic stories of people whose lives have been shattered by corruption, crime and impunity in some Latin-American countries. This corruption and impunity has caused massive illegal immigration, human smuggling, and drug trafficking into the U.S. The dramatic stories of these individuals and the analysis of experts about the decline of political, economic and social institutions in these regions will provide a real understanding to the public television audiences in North America, Latin-America and around the world. ‘Crossing Our Borders: is also known under the working title ‘Teatro Vacio: Complacency and Corruption in Latin-America.’ It is being produced under the fiscal sponsorship of New York Women in Film and Television, tax ID number is: 13-2983705.
'Crossing our Borders' seeks to provide a balanced and reasoned view of some of the Western Hemisphere’s worst public circumstances caused in part by 21st century dictators, with educated and enlightened analyses from experts on these issues. The documentary features the grinding poverty in Latin-America and how the breakdown of democratic government creates an insidious stew of fear and loathing in citizen of Latin America. Alberto Fujimori, (in power from 1992-1996) dismantled Peru’s government institutions and violated basic human rights. Hugo Chavez (in power from 1999-present) has dismantled the government in Venezuela and terrorized the country’s citizens while corruption, poverty and crime have severely increased.
Finally, the documentary identifies and analyzes the reform efforts in various Latin-American nations to improve democracy in their regions. Some countries have progressed toward a new accountability and recovery from chronic, long-term governmental decline.
Development of 'Crossing Our Borders' the documentary
We have shot more than 26 hours of interview footage with prominent scholars and political experts in the field of corruption and impunity from various countries in Latin-America. We have over six hours of raw b-roll footage donated from private non-profit organizations from the Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, El Salvador, Nicaragua and others. We have obtained footage from the United States Department of Defense, Department of Home Land Security, The Woodrow Wilson Center, the Organization of American States’ Anti-corruption and Impunity Commissions, and more. We are requesting funding for the post-production stage of the documentary.
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The following is a list of experts and victims already interviewed on camera:
- Michael Rowan: Journalist and expert political consultant for Latin American countries
- Ambassador Otto Reich: former Assistant Secretary of State for Latin-America
- Patricio Navia, Ph.D: Professor for Latin American Studies, New York University
- Dr. Ted Goertze: Professor of Brazilian Studies, Rutgers University
- Dr. Jaime Valencia: Director of the AID for AIDS in Latin America
- Paulo Sotero: Director of Brazilian Studies, The Woodrow Wilson International Center (Washington, D.C.)
- Manuel Espino: President of the National Action Party (PAN) of Mexico
- Gustavo Colonel: Petroleum geologist, author and Venezuelan public policy expert
- Dr. Cynthia Arnson: Director of Latin-American Studies (Colombia), The Woodrow Wilson International Center (Washington, D.C.)
- Dr. Andre Selee: Director of the Mexico Institute, The Woodrow Wilson International Center (Washington, D.C.)
- Cynthia McClintock: Professor International Affairs, George Washington University
- Maria Victoria Murrillo: Professor, International Affairs (Argentina), Columbia University
- Roberto De Michele: Senior Policy Advisor, Office of International Integrity, Inter American Bank
- Thor Halvorssen: President, Human Rights Foundation
- Anel Townsend: Inter-American commission of Women, and former Congresswoman of Peru
- Dr. Bruce Bagley: Professor, University of Miami (Expert on drug trafficking from Colombia and Mexico to the U.S.)
- Patricia Poleo: Venezuelan journalist and political refugee/victim of the Chavez regime
- Jose Colina: Lieutenant, Venezuelan Army and political refugee
- Carlos Fernandez: Former Director of FEDECAMARA (http://www.fedecamara.org/), and political refugee
- Ignacio Quinjano: Union activist, PEDEVESA (Venezuelan petroleum), and political refugee
- Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos: current Peruvian Ambassador to the U.S
- Virginia Contreras: Former Venezuelan Ambassador to the OAS(Washington, D.C.)
- Patricia Andrade: Human Rights activists: Venezuela Awareness, Miami, Florida
- Pedro Mantellini: Former Venezuelan Attorney General
- Lisa LaPlant : Trial Attorney, member of the Peruvian Truth Commission for the trial of Fujimori, for 6 years
- Andres Ramirez: NDN Vice president of Hispanic programs(Washington, D.C.)
- Humberto Campos : Former soldier of the El Salvador army during the 1980’s
- Millie Campos: Former citizen of El Salvador, victim of the 1980’s war
Please visit: www.crossingourborders.com
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