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New York Fight Clubs

Last week my first edited documentary aired on WNET/Channel 13! It’s about New York’s Fight Clubs, the old neighborhood boxing arenas that flourished throughout the city during the twentieth century. Check it out: old-school immigrant NYC, lots of fighting, and really tight boxing … Continue reading

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L’Oreal moves into Brazilian cosmetics market

L’Oreal Cosmetics is making an aggressive push into the Brazilian cosmetics market, which has long been dominated by door-to-door sales. I filmed this video for the Wall Street Journal.

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São Paulo’s street vendors profit from World Cup

Every four years, São Paulo’s thousands of street vendors – who usually weave through traffic selling anything from water to cell phone chargers to fly swatters – invest in much more lucrative merchandise: World Cup paraphernalia. During this month, Brazil’s … Continue reading

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Snapshots from Brazil flooding destruction

Al Jazeera spent several days in Brazil’s flood-ravaged northern state of Alagoas, documenting the destruction caused by raging rivers that overflowed their banks. Check out Al Jazeera’s Americas Blog for some photographs I took of the destruction. In a town … Continue reading

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Flooding in Alagoas, Brazil

Al Jazeera English visited Santana do Mundaú on Thursday, June 24, six days after massive flooding destroyed most of the town of 12,000 residents.

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CEAGESP market in São Paulo

The CEAGESP agricultural market in São Paulo supplies the city, whose metro area houses nearly 20 million people, with products from all over the continent. Restaurant and supermarket shoppers alike, as well as brave individual food enthusiasts, come to make … Continue reading

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São Luis do Paraitinga Aftermath

On January 1, 2010, the flooding that affected much of São Paulo state destroyed much of São Luis do Paraitinga, a historic mountain town. I passed by there a few days later, on January 6, and spoke to some residents … Continue reading

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