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A Long Way from Home

Aug. 07, 2015 Arts
Fascinating documentary production and storytelling that covers the ground between the sophisticated and the profane. A half-hour of captivating stories of real life, created by the most talented producers from around the country, as well as stories from writers and performers based in Los Angeles.

Fascinating documentary production and storytelling that covers the ground between the sophisticated and the profane. A half-hour of captivating stories of real life, created by the most talented producers from around the country, as well as stories from writers and performers based in Los Angeles.

From this Episode:

A Long Way from Home

First... When Simon Adler was 20 and Elliott Adler was 16, the two brothers went down to Peru together for six weeks. The goal: to have a grand adventure. Two weeks into...

12 min

A Matter of Choice

Then... There's group of American women who are raising their families in the city that some people call "the murder capital of the world," Ciudad Juarez just over the Rio...

17 min

Credits

Producers:

Ann Heppermann, Bob Carlson, Simon Adler

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