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The Diamond Life
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S009-SS002-0021 · Item · 2001
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

A brutal look at the atrocities commited by Sierra Leona rebels and the complicity of the international diamomd cartels, cut to the haunting music of Peter Gabriel.

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The Devil's Miner
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S014-SS001-0060 · Item · 2006
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

The Devil's Miner is the story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino, as they work in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico, which date back to the sixteenth century. Raised without a father, the two brothers go to school in the hope of being able to escape their destiny in the mines some day and earn enough to help their family. Through the children's eyes, we encounter the world of devout Catholic miners who sever their ties with God upon entering the mountain. It is an ancient belief that the mountain devil, as represented by hundreds of statues in the tunnels, determines the fate of all who work within the mines.

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The Detention Imperative
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0013 · Item · 2008
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Since the invasion, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been detained by the US, one and a half million Iraqis have had an immediate family-member detained, almost every Iraqi knows someone who has been through the US detention system. Few American institutions affect the lives of ordinary Iraqis more directly and profoundly than the US detention system.

The Cruise
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0126 · Item · 1998
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

There are two characters in The Cruise, director Bennett Miller's documentary debut: tour guide Timothy Levitch and New York, the city that barely contains his seemingly-boundless energy. This is not, however, a New York that can be found anywhere but on the screen of this black-and-white motion picture. It is a stylized, surreal window onto the city as Levitch sees it - a place where the past and the present collide, where lore is more important than historical accuracy, and where sexual gratification can be obtained by gazing at the ornate side of a building.

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