Homelands Productions

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Homelands Productions is an independent non-profit journalism cooperative specializing in radio features and documentaries. Its mission is to illuminate complex issues through compelling broadcasts, articles, books and educational forums, and to foster freedom of expression and creative risk through the media arts. Since its founding in 1990, Homelands has reported from 56 countries, produced seven major series for public radio, and won 22 national and international awards.

Series

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Border Stories 
3 Pieces

Documentaries and feature reports on social, economic, legal, and environmental issues from the US-Mexico border.

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Vanishing Homelands 
2 Pieces

Groundbreaking series of documentaries chronicling the loss of land and culture among indigenous people and others across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Caption: Metal worker, Peru, Credit: Santiago Bustamante Mujica
WORKING 
29 Pieces

WORKING is a series of intimate, sound-rich profiles of workers in the global economy. It was broadcast as a special monthly feature on Marketplace Radio between 2007 and 2009. WORKING won the 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Radio Feature Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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World Views 
4 Pieces

International first-person documentaries reflecting perspectives of ordinary citizens, revealing human truths beneath the surface of daily events.

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Worlds of Difference 
31 Pieces

Worlds of Difference is a six-hour limited series that uses sound-rich features to explore the impact of global change on local cultures worldwide.

Pieces

The Lemon Tree: One Hour Special, plus promos
From: Homelands Productions
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Updated documentary to mark 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the 1948 War, and the Palestinian "Nakba"

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRPI and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Eco-Pilot
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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Profile of Sandy Lanham, an "eco-pilot" who helps Mexican environmentalists track endangered wildlife. Winner of the 2002 Gracie Allen Award.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, KXOT Public Radio, KPFA, and KVNF


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 5
Amuesha Map
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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In the jungle of Peru, an American anthropologist and an indigenous tribesman work against time to create a high-tech "cultural map" of the tribe's...

Bought by WBEZ, PRX Remix, and Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 3
Luis and Negra
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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A successful Mexican-American writer travels to a garbage dump in Tijuana to meet a woman he knew as a girl there.

Bought by PRX Remix and KPFA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 2
Operation Pedro Pan
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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The story of a little-known US-sponsored program that removed 14,000 children from Cuba just after the Cuban revolution, as told by a woman who was...

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, and WRPI


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 16:59
  • Purchases: 3
Me and Hank
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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The story of a boy and his hero, baseball home run champion Hank Aaron, and an exploration of the hatred Aaron endured in chasing a white man's rec...

Bought by WXDU, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU, WNPR Connecticut, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 8
Roma Love Story
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Roma couple who married as teenagers campaign against child marriage.

Bought by WBEZ, PRX Remix, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
  • Purchases: 4
Sarvodaya: An Alternate Path?
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An enormous grassroots network in Sri Lanka seeks to provide an alternative to conventional economic development.

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 3
Maasai Education
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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After generations of resistance, the Maasai of Kenya are looking to education as a way to keep their culture from dying.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Ho'omau Ke Ola
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A drug-treatment program on Oahu's depressed west coast uses traditional teachings to combat methamphetamine addiction among native Hawaiians.

Bought by WGDR and Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2

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People who work with Homelands Productions

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Alan Weisman (Admin)
Senior Producer
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Cecilia Vaisman
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Sandy Tolan (Admin)
Senior Producer
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Jon Miller (Admin)
Executive Director