Biblioburro: The Donkey Library - Trailer

BIBLIOBURRO: THE DONKEY LIBRARY

Director: Carlos Rendon Zipagauta
Genre: Documentary
Length: 1 Episode/60 Minutes
Broadcast Premiere: July 19, 2011 on PBS (P.O.V. Series)
(Please check local listings)

Every week-end, Luis Humberto Soriano, a teacher living in the remote hamlet of La Gloria in the north of Colombia, brings, with the help of his two donkeys « ALPHA » and « BET », the written word and knowledge to communes as secluded as Nueva Granada. With the kids - whose parents are peasants or members of FARC, paramilitaries, drug cartels - Luis gives lectures and private tutoring, organizes puppet shows and board game sessions. A human story, given the generous and positive relationship between Luis and the kids. A simple story, in a country as complex as Colombia. A comic story between Luis and his donkeys. A story of culture, among civil war. A co-presentation with P.O.V.

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• LPB
• Latino
• Public
• Broadcasting
• documentary
• Colombia
• books
• reading