Saturday, January 19, 2013

Meet Mario Kreutzberger, aka Don Francisco

Mario Kreutzberger is better known as Don Francisco, the charismatic host of the longest running tv show in history, "Sabado Gigante". He's also a very interesting man and a child of a concentration camp survivor. I had the chance to spend a morning with him for this story.
I shot, produced and edited.

Jorge Ramos: Why I Think You Should Vote

Right before the decisive 2012 presidential elections, we shot this video as a tool to get people pumped up about voting. Kris Rios shot this using two 5D's. I edited.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

CNN Heroes profile on Luis Soriano and his Biblioburro

Luis Soriano is a school teacher in a remote area of Colombia. He has made it his mission to distribute books to kids that otherwise don't have access to them. He packs them on his donkeys, that's why everybody knows him as Biblioburro.

Field Production: Ingrid Rojas
Camera by Cristian Laverde.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

CNN Heroes profile on Luis Soriano and his Biblioburro part 2

Field Production: Ingrid Rojas
Camera: Cristian Laverde

Thursday, January 28, 2010

The March for Life – 1/25/10 : Currents

The March for Life – 1/25/10 : Currents

Emma, a 17 year-old from Brooklyn, marches for the first time at The March for Life in Washington DC. I shot and edited this piece for Currents, a daily faith based news magazine.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Colombian Paramilitary Targets Youth from Slum- Explanation


Human rights activists, social workers and Cazuca residents explain the context in which the paramilitary targets youth through what is known in Colombia as social cleansing.
Producer, writer, camera and editor: Ingrid Rojas
Reported with Nadja Drost in Colombia July 2009.
Special thanks to Ahmsa, Milton Garzon, Corporacion Infancia y Desarrollo, ACNUR, Lilia Solano, Proyecto Justicia y Vida, Fernando Escobar, Personeria de Soacha, and Ernesto Rojas.

Colombian Paramilitary Targets Youth from Slum


Through the stories of two teenagers in Cazuca, a slum near Bogota, this video explores the life of youth living under the control of the paramilitary.
Producer, writer, editor and camera: Ingrid Rojas
Reported with Nadja Drost in Colombia July 2009.