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Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua. The Backpackers Arrive.

WASHINGTON, DC, 18 July 2011 — This is the second in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, which are unedited but mostly chronological clips that I was able to produce while conducting my “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” of 24 June through 3 July 2011. These snapshots are quick peeks into an extraordinary journey by […]

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Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua. The Land

WASHINGTON, DC, 17 July 2011 — This is the first in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, which are unedited but mostly chronological clips that I was able to produce while conducting my “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” of 24 June through 3 July 2011. These snapshots are quick peeks into an extraordinary journey by […]

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“Backpack Documentary Expedition” Ends Under Sandino’s Gaze

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 2 July 2011 — The group of volunteers associated with Bridges to Community gathers at Managua’s international airport as they prepare to return to the U.S. after having completed their mission to build four houses in four days for the materially poor in the town of Ticuantepe. Behind them is a portrait of […]

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“Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua” Takes a Production Break

TICUANTEPE, Nicaragua, 2 July 2011 — Martha Dodge and Paloma Jackson take a break from the production stage of the “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua” in the town of Ticuantepe. Dodge and Jackson documented a work visit by some 30 U.S. volunteers associated with Bridges to Community, a New York-based NGO that assists the materially poor […]

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“Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua” Winds Down

TICUANTEPE, Nicaragua, 30 June 2011 — Paloma Jackson interviews Steve McCurdy at the Enramadas community center in Ticuantepe, Nicaragua, as she winds down the production component of our “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua.” Paloma was one of two participants in the Expedition. McCurdy and some 30 other U.S.-based volunteers associated with Bridges to Community helped build […]

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Backpack Documentarians Record Humanitarian Effort

TICUANTEPE, Nicaragua, 29 June 2011 — Paloma Jackson (left) and Martha Dodge take a working breakfast during the “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua.” They are recording the work of some 30 U.S.-based volunteers associated with the New York-based Bridges to Community who are helping build four houses in four days for the materially poor in this […]

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