central america

Lake Atitlan which thousands of Guatamalans depend on for food and transport is under threat. A dangerous algae has contaminated the waters, threatening to destroy not only the lake, but also the livelihoods of the people who rely on it. (2:44 min)

The ancient Maya left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script undecipherable until now. (52:48 min)

In less than 200 years the Aztec’s transformed themselves from a band of wandering nomads to the greatest civilization the New World had ever known. (44 min, 5 segments)

In 1979, the Sandinistas won a popular revolution in Nicaragua, putting an end to decades of the corrupt and brutal US-backed Somoza dictatorship. In this 1983 film, John Pilger describes the achievements of the Sandinistas and their “threat of a good example”.