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El Mundo de las Drogas is the story of two young brothers growing up in the town of Limay, Nicaragua. Struggling with the low wages and long hours of working in the fields, lack of support from their family, and lack of alternative opportunities to improve themselves, they turn to selling drugs as a means of making quick and easy money. They quickly fall into a cycle of addiction and crime that leads to a tragic ending. This project was a collaboration…
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Esculpiendo nuestra Historia es una historia oral de Limay, un pequeño pueblo ubicado en las montañas de la región norte de Nicaragua. A lo largo de su historia, la gente de Limay ha tratado continuamente de aprovechar e innovar sus limitados recursos para preservar su cultura y proveer oportunidades económicas. Desde los misteriosos Petroglifos, dejados como un legado por parte de los habitantes Precolombinos, hasta sus artistas-escultores, mundialmente…
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El documental sobre Las Madres de Héroes y Mártires narra de primera mano la historia de las madres que perdieron a sus hijos en el Revolución nicaragüense de los años 1970 y en la guerra contrarrevolucionaria de los años 1980. Fueron estos jóvenes, algunos de tan sólo doce años de edad, que dirigieron el movimiento que derrocó la brutal dictadura de los Somoza, en 1979 y que preservó la revolución de la guerrilla “Contra” (Contrainsurgencia), apoyada…
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Con las manos: la industria tabacalera de Esteli, Nicaragua (With the Hands: The Tobacco Industry in Esteli, Nicaragua) illustrates the impact of the tobacco industry in the department of Esteli, Nicaragua. Con las manos features interviews with a variety of workers from several factories, many who began working in the industry at a young age. Their stories reveal the impact of the tobacco industry on their personal lives and that of the surrounding…
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The Process is an overview of the origins, partnerships and process of the Art of Solidarity, a cultural exchange program between North American and Nicaraguan artists, students, and community groups. The project was a collaboration between North American artists and VIMAU Productions of Esteli, Nicaragua through the Art of Solidarity- a cultural exchange study abroad program of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Art of Solidarity-MICA
Video documentaries from the Art of Solidarity summer study abroad intensive of the Continuing Studies Department at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
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