Peter Getzels — Director (3)

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Summerhill at 70 (1992)
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An immersive look at the free-range children who take charge of their lives at the highly influential experimental school. An insight into the unorthodox Suffolk boarding school where lessons are optional, swearing is common, and it's the pupils who decide the rules. Summerhill, the first and last bastion of totally permissive, anti-authoritarian, free education, has been going strong for over seven decades. This program from 1992 shows how Summerhill children, left entirely to their own devices, behave; it looks at whether they spurn or take advantage of the academic education offered; whether a tribunal can be effective when the vote of a five-year-old carries as much weight as that of the headmistress.

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Voices from the Frontline: China's War on Poverty (2019)
Voices from the Frontline: China's War on Poverty Douban
other title: 中国脱贫攻坚
《中国脱贫攻坚》是国内第一部以外国人视角解读中国扶贫的纪录片,由中国国际电视台《走近中国》栏目主持人罗伯特·劳伦斯·库恩博士主持并撰稿,由中美团队历时两年联合拍摄制作。

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Harvest of Empire (2012)
Harvest of Empire Douban
other title: 收获的帝国
A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial expansionist policies that decimated the young economies of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, to the covert operations that imposed oppressive military regimes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Harvest of Empire provides an unflinching look at the origins of the growing Latino presence in the United States. Adapted from the landmark book written by journalist Juan Gonzalez, the film tells the story of an epic human saga that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S., but must become part of our national conversation about immigration.