http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/dominican 2008-10-31T15:31:18Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49094-deadly-bus-crash-in-dominican-republic 2008-10-31T15:31:18Z Reuters <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TD10Y8vDBJY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TD10Y8vDBJY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49094-deadly-bus-crash-in-dominican-republic"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59435" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Aug 15 - At least 21 people, including six Italian tourists, are dead following the collision of two buses in the Dominican Republic. According to Dominican authorities, witnesses reported seeing one of the buses plowing into the other, which was packed with foreign tourists and en route to the resort of Punta Cana.</p> <p>Jon Decker reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49094-deadly-bus-crash-in-dominican-republic">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47703-struggling-with-racism-in-the-dominican-republic-01-08-2008 2008-10-28T09:31:25Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P7WpPANS_AU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P7WpPANS_AU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47703-struggling-with-racism-in-the-dominican-republic-01-08-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57189" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>One man's battle against bureaucracy in the Dominican Republic.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47703-struggling-with-racism-in-the-dominican-republic-01-08-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46772-race-and-racism-in-latin-america-the-caribbean-24-jul-08 2008-10-30T09:20:30Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zubBxJsqdlI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zubBxJsqdlI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46772-race-and-racism-in-latin-america-the-caribbean-24-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55279" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>New laws aimed at curbing illegal migration in the Caribbean have left thousands of first generation Dominicans unable to work, study or travel.</p> <p>Authorities there in charge of issuing documents no longer recognise them as citizens ... even though the Constitution does. </p> <p>Many say it is because of the colour of their skin.</p> <p>In the first part of our series on race and racism in Latin America, Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from the Dominican Republic.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46772-race-and-racism-in-latin-america-the-caribbean-24-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42077-professor-david-brotherton-deported-to-the-d-r 2009-01-09T02:57:02Z Breakthrough <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rF5QcL5wibM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rF5QcL5wibM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42077-professor-david-brotherton-deported-to-the-d-r"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47479" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>David Brotherton, Professor of Sociology at John Jay College in New York City, has done extensive research on the effects of deportation. In his interview with Breakthrough, he reveals how his work led him to the Dominican Republic to interview men that had lived in the United States for 30 years legally, only to be detained and deported for minor crimes. These men were forced to return to a place where they had no ties, separated from their families, and subjected to the shame and ridicule of being a "deportee."</p> <p>Breakthrough</p> <p>www.breakthrough.tv</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42077-professor-david-brotherton-deported-to-the-d-r">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32631-molloy-college-this-is-who-we-are 2009-01-09T02:23:54Z DrFallon <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aE5wJSe9jLA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aE5wJSe9jLA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32631-molloy-college-this-is-who-we-are"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/35319" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>2002 final Project of the Advanced Television Production class at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32631-molloy-college-this-is-who-we-are">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30126-cgi-plenary-on-latin-america-and-globalization 2009-01-09T02:27:28Z Clinton Foundation <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MGmG_OJjlU0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MGmG_OJjlU0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30126-cgi-plenary-on-latin-america-and-globalization"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32458" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Health, education, jobs, and a robust middle class are critical for Latin America to seize the opportunities presented by a globalized world. Watch Dominican Republic President Dr. Leonel Fernandez, Argentine Republic President Nestor Carlos Kirchner, Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno, and Grupo Carso Chairman Carlos Slim Helu discuss tangible solutions to some of the region's most pressing challenges.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30126-cgi-plenary-on-latin-america-and-globalization">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29357-human-rights-defenders-dominican-republic 2008-10-19T21:29:21Z mangowaffles <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i81n-IZGev0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i81n-IZGev0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29357-human-rights-defenders-dominican-republic"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31560" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/29357-human-rights-defenders-dominican-republic">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16167-sugarcane-workers-in-the-dominican-republic-16-october-07 2008-10-23T09:33:30Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dhmgPmHubxU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dhmgPmHubxU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16167-sugarcane-workers-in-the-dominican-republic-16-october-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15935" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Rob Reynold's our Washington Correspondent looks into the exploitation of the migrant sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16167-sugarcane-workers-in-the-dominican-republic-16-october-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16156-sugar-pain-in-the-dominican-republic-13-oct-07 2008-10-23T09:33:30Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kz1FoON7ayg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kz1FoON7ayg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16156-sugar-pain-in-the-dominican-republic-13-oct-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15929" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sugar cane is one of the most important exports for the Dominican Republic. It's a vital resource of this impoverished Caribbean nation.</p> <p>But for the hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrant workers in the sugarcane fields, life is anything but sweet.</p> <p>From Santa Domingo, correspondent Rob Reynolds explains.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16156-sugar-pain-in-the-dominican-republic-13-oct-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15167-sailing-the-caribbean-the-bahamas-to-british-virgin-island 2008-10-20T03:30:01Z captainscotty <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UiYpwwiIQuw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UiYpwwiIQuw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15167-sailing-the-caribbean-the-bahamas-to-british-virgin-island"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15038" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/15167-sailing-the-caribbean-the-bahamas-to-british-virgin-island">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6704-youths-dream-of-baseball-s-big-leagues-in-dominican-republic 2008-10-14T21:29:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ds09-kyZ8mU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ds09-kyZ8mU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6704-youths-dream-of-baseball-s-big-leagues-in-dominican-republic"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/5984" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In the Island nation of the Dominican Republic, the sport of baseball is a national obsession - and a potential ticket to vast wealth for those lucky enough to make it to the professional leagues in the US. But some critics say those big leagues are part of a system that exploits Dominican youths hungry for a better way of life. Rob Reynolds spent some time with the Boys of Summer in San Pedro de Macoris.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6704-youths-dream-of-baseball-s-big-leagues-in-dominican-republic">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6680-toxic-waste-playground-for-dominican-children-21-june-07 2008-10-14T21:30:47Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2YmbyBtri4c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2YmbyBtri4c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6680-toxic-waste-playground-for-dominican-children-21-june-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/5960" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More than 91 per cent of children in Haina, Dominican Republic, have elevated blood lead levels. The average is 23 times the maximum recommended concentration. The source of the poison is a dismantled lead battery recycling plant, shut down more than a decade ago, but never cleaned up.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6680-toxic-waste-playground-for-dominican-children-21-june-07">Watch the video</a>