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How taking to the stage for one ex-prostitute can reflect a new time, without violence, in Colombia's future. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Sao Paulo is a swelling, burgeoning metropolis that is likely the largest city in the Americas. It is also the centerpiece of Brazil's capitalistic juggernaut. This dynamism has created great shifts in the stability of those on the edge of economic security. One of the consequences has been pockets and neighbourhoods falling victim to surges of crime and in the case of 'Cracolandia', illegal drug use. Julio Docjar is a graffiti artist dedicated to rejuvenating his neighbourhood and helping...

The most concentrated population in the sprawling city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is found in its slums. As with so many of the marginalised shanty towns of Latin America there is a wellspring of violence and economic despair. Caught in the ever shifting instability of Argentina's economy there is little chance that these slums will be transformed or that their residents will be able to easily escape the country's cyclical poverty. Despite this for Eugenio, a 32-year-old photographer who...

Julio Docjar, a street artist from São Paulo, dreams of using his art as an instrument for social change.

Eugenio, a professional photographer, seeks to infuse his Buenos Aires slum with art, creativity and free expression.

Driving through the most remote regions of Mexico, the artists driving the "Paz Paz Bus" are working to transform the struggling rural communities in Mexico. Their vehicle is an old school bus they have turned into a mobile laboratory. It combines the artists's passion for art and their drive and desire to create sustainable solutions to growing ecological problems. With great imagination, and encouraging free expression and creativity, they are working to implement solutions to overcoming...

A bouncing bus full of inspiration and energy is taking a message of ecological awareness to rural Mexico.

For the mothers who are incarcerated in Argentina's Los Hornos Prison being separated from their children is often the most difficult part of their life behind bars. It is one reason why this facility has established a policy to allow these mothers to have their children stay with them, at least until the age of four. To help them cope with this emotional environment, theatre director Miguel has established a series of workshops so that each of the inmates has an opportunity to express their...

A cast of female inmates, mostly mothers, create a play that reflects their world behind bars and their aspirations for life on the outside.

Maria has been living on the streets of Bolivia since she was a young teen. She entered into the dark, dangerous world of sex trafficking after being raped as a 12-year-old. Now a young mother, she is determined to try and get off the streets and raise her young son.

A young, single mother’s struggle to escape the violent exploitation of living on the streets of Bolivia for the sake of her son.

When you reach that latter stage of life so many assumptions are made: you will retire, you will relax or slow down and definitely leave the fast lane of life behind. All with the idea that you will happily accept being something less. But this film looks at a small group of the senior set who get up on their feet every day and enthusiastically chase their next challenge, and in doing so challenge conventional thinking about the elderly. They dance in the traditional Mexican style, Danzon....

Across Mexico, older women are dancing to defy the heartache of loneliness and the pain of lost youth.

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As foreign troops withdraw from Afghanistan, one young Afghan photographer has finally found a way to flee the country.

A tribesman leads his village in resisting a development project that promises progress but threatens his tribe. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

As foreign troops withdraw from Afghanistan, Zekria has finally found a way to escape a threat to his life after two years of searching.

In the Philippines, a brave tribesman leads his village in resisting a development project that promises progress but threatens to destroy his land

One man in Malaysia struggles to keep his religious school open to accommodate the influx of Myanmar's refugee children.

Refugee Hashim struggles to keep his religious school in Kuala Lumpur open to accommodate the influx of Myanmar Muslim children fleeing violence.

In the world's richest casino city, Macau, 18-year-old student Chi-on is gambling with his education. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/al... Check our website http://www.aljazeera.com/

In the world's richest casino city, Macau, 18 year old student Chi-on wants to avoid repeating school for the 4th time in a gamble for his future.

Three Indian acid-attack survivors confront the violence committed against them by writing letters to their attackers.