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‘Eureka’ is a reflection on oppression and a sensorial ride into...
Lisandro Alonso's film, 'Eureka,' intricately weaves together three distinct plots set in different parts of the Americas over different eras, presenting us with challenging and thought-provoking transitions across various genres.
Migration: Where Can We Live in Peace
New film by Judy Jackson tells the story of the ABBA House migrant shelter in Celaya, Mexico.
Chile: Victims of eye trauma tell their stories
Ojos: Memoria de un estallido is a book put together as a memorial for victims of eye trauma suffered as a result of the...
Laura Citarella’s thrilling and mysterious ’Trenque Lauquen’
Trenque Lauquen, the second solo work (and third feature after Dog Lady, co-directed with Verónica Llinás in 2015) from Argentine director Laura Citarella, is a beautifully complex treatise on...
The Amazon: the Sound of the Jaguar’s Roar
The story of Miranha and Juri, two indigenous children kidnapped from their people by German scientists 200 years ago, told in novel form by award-winning Brazilian author Micheliny Berunschk
Lila Avilés’ ‘Tótem’ brims with light and life
Taking place over the course of one fraught day, Totém immerses the audience in the world of seven-year-old Sol, as her family prepares for...
Second launch event for: CLAMOR by Jan Rocha
A second launch event in London for Jan Rocha's book 'CLAMOR: The search for the disappeared of the South American dictatorships' on 14 June
Out now: The Heart of Our Earth
The Heart of Our Earth: Community resistance to mining in Latin America tells the story of the unprecedented expansion of the mining industry across Latin America since the 1990s, and the massive social and environmental upheaval this has involved.
Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America
New book Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America explores women’s inspirational strategies for tackling growing gender-based violence.
Listening to Women Resisting Violence
On International Women's Day, LAB and King’s College London release a bonus episode of our podcast, Women Resisting Violence, discussing the power of podcasting for social change with leading audio producers from Latin America and representatives from the fearless women’s organisations featured in the podcast.
Veronica Gago on feminist power
Jelke Boesten, leader of the Gender Studies Network at King’s College London and a researcher on the Women Resisting Violence project, joins Veronica Gago of Argentina's #NiUnaMenos to discuss how to bring feminist activism into the everyday.
Step Up Migrant Women
This week's episode focuses on migrant women in the UK with insecure immigration status who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Brazil: illegal mining pollutes Tapajós
The explosion of mining in the mid-section of the Tapajós River is most likely the cause of the change in water color in Alter...
K – the story of a search
Bernardo Kucinski's searing memoir 'K' tells the story of the agonised search by a father for his disappeared daughter, kidnapped and eventually murdered by...
Brazil’s Uru-eu-wau-wau document COVID-19 victory with new video
The Uru-eu-wau-wau in Rondônia state sealed off their territory in March 2020. In a new video, they narrate how they survived the pandemic for more than a year with no major cases.