Adolfo Perez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope

Movie · Documentary · Independent

Adolfo Perez Esquivel: RIVERS OF HOPE is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years, as seen through the eyes of one man - world famous artist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Perez Esquivel. From his humble birth in Argentina to an indigenous mother and immigrant father, to his work exposing the "dirty war" being waged by military dictatorships across Latin America, to his time as a "disappeared" and tortured political prisoner, Adolfo became known as the conscience of Latin America and as a powerful voice for the dispossessed. With extensive archival footage, family photos and never before seen interviews, this very personal film captures one man's journey upon the currents of hope that are now running across the Latin American continent, and it chronicles the genuine progress being made in the struggle for human rights and social justice, for all.

2015 · 1h 18m
Starring Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Director Dawn Gifford Engle

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Cast & Crew

  • A‌P
    Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
    Self
  • D‌G
    Dawn Gifford Engle
    Director
  • J‌G
    Jacque Gellein
    Producer
  • R‌G
    Rip Gellein
    Producer
  • E‌P
    Elizabeth Parmly Weber
    Producer
  • I‌S
    Ivan Suvanjieff
    Producer
  • D‌G
    Dawn Gifford Engle
    Writer

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Adolfo Perez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope

Documentary

Adolfo Perez Esquivel: RIVERS OF HOPE is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years, as seen through the eyes of one man - world famous artist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Perez Esquivel. From his humble birth in Argentina to an indigenous mother and immigrant father, to his work exposing the "dirty war" being waged by military dictatorships across Latin America, to his time as a "disappeared" and tortured political prisoner, Adolfo became known as the conscience of Latin America and as a powerful voice for the dispossessed. With extensive archival footage, family photos and never before seen interviews, this very personal film captures one man's journey upon the currents of hope that are now running across the Latin American continent, and it chronicles the genuine progress being made in the struggle for human rights and social justice, for all.

Information

Studio
GRAVITAS VENTURES
Released
2015
Run Time
1 hr 18 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 2015 Dawn Engle

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

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English (United States) (CC), French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Portuguese (Brazil)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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