Teatro de Guerra, Cinema de Paz

Teatro de Guerra, Cinema de Paz, el libro de Shine a Light sobre el trabajo de hacer una película de ficción con adolescentes ex-soldados en Colombia, está disponible en http://www.shinealight.org/Texts/TeatrodeGuerra.pdf, gracias a la traducción de María Cruz Martín Saiz, Claudia Solanes Roca-Sastre, Sandra González Martínez, Magdalena Pérez, y Itxaso Domínguez.  Un agradecimiento especial a Itxaso Domínguez por su revisión cuidadosa de todo el texto.

Saberes de los educadores de calle

Educar en las calles de América Latina:

Palabras de profesionales

Agathe de Chassey Traducido por Luisa Bonilla

New Shine a Light Promotional Video (English)

Vídeo Promocional de Shine a Light

Cafe Dez Artz Brings New Flavor to Swissvale

A young girl’s gentle smile is seen through a few long-armed branches, exuding innocence and joy.

But the photograph of Jenny Paula isn’t just any depiction of a child’s walk through the woods south of Borgota in Latin America.

Paula once fought as a child soldier.

One of several pieces included in “Looking Up, Looking Out, Looking In: Photographs by Children on the Margins,” Café Dez Artz in Swissvale held an opening event Sunday showing the work of street children who have taken photographs of their own friends and environment through a program with the Shine A Light initiative.

You can read the complete article here.

New Book on Street Kids

Several years ago, Shine a Light supported the investigation of a young French researcher, Agathe de Chassey, who traveled through Mexico and Central America to document the knowledge of street educators in the region.  Her work has just been published as a book in France, "Éduquer dans la rue en Amérique latine, paroles de professionnels."

La historia atrás de En Busca de la Vida

Este documental, hecho en colaboración con los actores y educadores de Compa-Trono, cuenta la historia de la última década en Bolivia, para poder entender el contexto social de la telenovela "En Busca de la Vida."

This documentary, made in collaboration with the actors and educators at Compa-Trono, tells the story of the last decade in Bolivia and how it informs the soap opera "Looking for Life."

The making of "Looking for Life"

English subtitles are now available for the documentary which shows how 15 Aymara teenagers made the "Looking for Life" telenovela (soap opera) now showing on Bolivian television.