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‘Ghost Fleet’ follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for the enslaved fishermen who feed the world’s insatiable appetite for seafood. Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul, a Thai abolitionist, has committed her life to helping these “lost” men return home. Facing illness, death threats, corruption, and complacency, Patima’s fearless determination for justice inspires her nation and the world.
Vulcan Productions/Seahorse Productions
In a snowstorm in Rutland, Vermont, a young dad is torn between his kids and his struggle to score smack. He’s just one addict in an idyllic town in the foothills of the Green Mountains that has been transformed by heroin — the drug behind America’s latest, most urgent epidemic. Spurred in part by prescription-drug addicts looking for a cheaper high, the classic narcotic is making a comeback: Authorities say heroin seizures in the U.S. have nearly doubled in the past five years. But most of the drugs are never intercepted. Follow Justin Bemis’s harrowing story, over two years, from addiction to recovery. Along the way we trace American heroin from users in suburbia to the guerilla controlled mountains of Colombia, meet the poppy farmers and professional “cooks” who feed domestic appetites, as well as the anti drug cops trying to catch them.
Al Madrigal, explores the confusing reality of being half, dealing with white people who think he’s Mexican and Latinos who don’t think he’s Latino enough. Growing up, Al was the portrait—albeit the slightly brown version—of a red-blooded American. Add to that not speaking Spanish or being able to properly pronounce his own name, Al has earned a perfect 10 on the Pocho meter...but he hasn’t earned the Mexican citizenship his dad recently gifted him. In this one-hour docu-comedy, we’ll follow Al as he gets a therapy session from the “godfather of all Mexicans,” Jorge Ramos; tunes up his fútbol game with LA Galaxy star, Omar Gonzalez; goes back to school to learn Spanish...from American elementary school kids; talks about being an outsider on both sides with historian and Latino studies professor, Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz; and challenges living legend and Oscar winner Speedy Gonzales on playing up stereotypes.
Inspired after journalist Jorge Ramos was ejected from a Donald Trump press conference and told by Trump to “go back to Univision.” Mexican-born Ramos examines how hate is contagious and sits down with the white nationalists who are emboldened by the Trump campaign. An intimate portrait of the US emerges offering firsthand accounts of Americans who have been targets of hate in various parts of the country and highlights the simmering anger just beneath the surface.
Limited Rights Available Story House/Fusion Media Network
Ghost Fleet
1 x 90’, 2018, HD
Half Like Me
1 x 60’, 2015, HD
Fusion Media Network
The Heroin Trail
1 x 60’, 2015, HD
Fusion Original Production
Hate Rising with
Jorge Ramos
1 x 60’, 2016, HD
People & Culture