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202463 minPGdocumentary

Las Brigadistas

202463 minPGdocumentary

A group of medical students travels to northern Argentina to assist indigenous communities facing land dispossession and structural poverty.

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Juan Pablo Lepore

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A group of medical students travels to northern Argentina to assist indigenous communities facing land dispossession and structural poverty.

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Juan Pablo Leporedirector

Juan Pablo Leporewriter

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tells the experience of a group of medical students who travel to the north of Argentina to assist different indigenous communities that suffer the dispossession of their lands and structural poverty.

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