The Open Veins of Potosí

Silver, Lithium, and Mining in Bolivia

By Samuel George
13min2026
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Potosí’s natural wealth has long powered the world—at a devastating cost to its people. Will this time be any different?

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Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival

2026
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DocUtah International Film Festival

2026
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Festival Internacional de Cine, San Luis Potosí

2025

An Unfinished Project: EU Enlargement in the Balkans

It's been over a decade since the EU almost doubled in size, adding 10 Central and Eastern European countries between 2004 and 2007. And it's been six years since Croatia became the newest member state, but another wave of EU enlargement seems like a longshot. At the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019, we traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia to learn how these countries view the EU. What are people in these countries saying about EU accession? And how does it affect how they view issues like unemployment, migration, corruption, and political division? Watch as we bring you first-hand accounts of how these countries see their prospects for a future inside the EU.

An Unfinished Project