South America Documentaries

South America documentaries will take you on a journey across the continent from Argentina to Colombia. You can meet female FARC guerrillas in the Colombian jungle or Brazilian children from Rio de Janeiro’s slum favelas. Learn about the tragic legacy of the military dictatorship in Argentina or the world’s tallest slum in Venezuela.

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25:40

13 August 2021 17:00

Health

Afghan Kidney Sales. Selling vital organs to survive
27:30

05 February 2018 00:00

Lifestyle

Art at the Stake. Afghan artists risk lives to return style, music, and culture to their country
26:07

21 December 2020 20:00

Human Rights

Lady Cops of Afghanistan. Afghan policewomen risk being terrorised, rejected by family, killed but still struggle for an independent career
25:53

07 September 2015 00:00

Traditions

The Invisible Women. Shunned from their families, widows in India driven to the streets to die
50:43

19 April 2023 12:00

Investigation

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rise of the Caliphate. How jihadists exploited the collapse of Yugoslavia
27:30

02 August 2023 12:00

Politics

Mali: Au Revoir, France. Mali fights to shake off the burden of French colonisation
26:51

20 March 2023 12:00

Crime and Terrorism

US INVADERS: Iraq 20 years on. How America's Unsolicited Democracy Failed Iraq
26:08

28 October 2015 00:00

Personalities

The Afghan Lady Cab. What it takes to be the only female taxi driver in Afghanistan
26:49

23 September 2016 00:00

Traditions

She is My Son. Afghanistan’s Bacha Posh, when girls become boys
24:28

16 June 2021 17:00

Human Rights

The Afghan Woman King. How a devout Muslim woman found a way to express herself
27:34

31 January 2022 12:00

Human Rights

Don't Sell Me, Mama! Selling children to buy food
27:30

02 February 2022 12:00

Crime and Terrorism

Afghan Déjà Vu. Afghan creative class under the Taliban
77:03

26 November 2023 12:00

Health

I Want Peace & Quiet. Donbass Residents battle with PTSD
50:17

10 September 2021 17:00

Military and War

Afghanistan After the US. Picking up the pieces
27:13

05 September 2022 12:00

Society

Afghanistan’s Loud, Mute Voices. Afghan youth with hearing loss speak through art
12:29

16 March 2020 02:26

Professions

Grave Games. Hungarian gravediggers’ ‘best grave’ contest defies death taboo
25:11

13 March 2019 00:21

Society

Dying Alone . Kodokushi, Japan's epidemic of isolation through the eyes of a 'lonely death' cleaner
26:23

30 March 2016 00:00

Professions

Angels Of Death. They bear the worst news a family can hear
25:39

01 April 2022 12:00

Crime and Terrorism

Honduran Femicide. Honduras, the deadliest place to be a woman
27:16

21 September 2022 12:00

Environment

The Seal Empire under Threat. Northern sea lions choke on plastic garbage

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