DUKE GLOBAL HEALTH FILM FESTIVAL

MIGRANTES BITACORA DE VIAJE (2013) Director: Mauricio Andrada 57 min. México. 2013 This documentary chronicles the journey of Central American (Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran) migrants through Mexico from the eyes of a team of public health researchers. The film underlines the multiple health implications the dangerous journey implies for the people in movement. From skin conditions, trauma, bodily injures, malnutrition to...

Global Health Student Film Festival. Richard White Auditorium. 4pm to 6pm. Come a watch the best of the Duke and UNC-CH Student film production on issues related to Global Health, Science, Research, Human Rights, etc.   6:00 pm. Reception. Richard White Atrium Crossing Over | Identidad Sin Fronteras (2015) Director: Isabel Castro Richard White Auditorium. 7pm. Each year, thousands of...

Gestación (2009) Director: Esteban Ramirez 91 min. Costa Rica. 2009 Introduced by Bethazaida Férnandez, Duke Romance Studies Department and Filmmaker Esteban Ramírez. High School students Jessie and Teo were both raised by single mothers in Costa Rica. Jessie comes from a humble background and enjoys a scholarship in a conservative Catholic high school. Teo is the only child of a...