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In the Americas with David Yetman Season 6 Episodes

  • 2012-2025
  • 11 Seasons
  • American Public Television
  • Documentary
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Take a fresh look at the lands that make up much of the Western Hemisphere. Each country contains landscapes, peoples, and history that have not received the attention they deserve on the world stage. In the Americas with David Yetman undertakes a new approach to travel and adventure. From Japanese immigrants in the Amazon to descendants of poor Italians in Chile, from Mayan temples in Guatemala to ancient fortresses in Mexico, from the glacier-carved frigid barrens of northern Canada to the timeless villages of the Altiplano in Perú. The series takes viewers to parts of Brazil mostly unknown to the outside world, to the wild mountains of western Argentina, to festivals in Colombia and the often ignored Great Lakes of the United States. We approach volcanoes in Hawaii, Chile, and Alaska, ride rafts, boats, ferries, horses, and motorcycles. We visit peoples who can replace conversation with whistling, islanders who have cooked the same meals for ten thousand years, and pastoralists who live at an altitude too high for any activity except herding llamas. We meet people from all walks of life and let them tell their stories, show us their homes, take us about their work, and tell us how they came to be who they are. We show the histories of natives and immigrants, islanders and mainlanders, rural folk and city-dwellers. In the Americas with David Yetman undertakes a new approach to travel and adventure-with a decided bias in favor of our western continents and islands.

Season 6 Episode Guide

Season 6

10 Episodes 2016 - 2016

Episode 1

Havana: Inside the City

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

A look at Havana, where -- hidden among its fine old buildings -- there is a village created by artists; an African-Cuban cultural center; a school for women boxers; a women's bicycling cooperative; and a street dedicated to live African-Cuban music.

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Episode 2

Ecuador: Native Peoples Meet the Oilmen

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

Revenues from Amazon oil means prosperity to many Ecuadorans, but the benefits for native peoples of the Amazon are less clear.

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Episode 3

Mexico City: 600 years of Urban Glory

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

Mexico City's past and present glories make it Latin America's most vibrant city.

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Episode 4

Our Warming Oceans: Biosphere to Bahamas

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

In the Bahamas, researchers are making startling findings about changes in climate.

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Episode 5

Mexico's Sierra Pinacate

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

The Pinacate volcanic range along the US and Mexico border has a violent history of fire and brimstone.

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Episode 6

Costa Rica: Laboratory of the Biosphere

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

Researchers at Biosphere II in Arizona are studying the effects of climate change.

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Episode 7

Dominican Republic: Of Baseball, Whales, and Limping Devils

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

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Episode 8

Oregon: Violent Past and Verdant Present

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

More than any other of the contiguous United States, Oregon has been shaped by volcanoes. The east and west sides of the Cascade Range are two completely different landscapes.

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Episode 9

Cuba's Far East

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

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Episode 10

Chiapas Highlands: Mexico's Indian Empire

Fri, Feb 27, 202626 mins

A look at the highlands of Chiapas, where the towns and villages retain traditional pre-Colombian governments.

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