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El Poeta

Season 2015 Episode 3 | 54m 40sVideo has Closed Captions

Follow poet Javier Sicilia as he campaigns for peace after losing his son to the drug war.

Both heartbreaking and inspiring, “El Poeta” tells the story of Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who ignited mass protests and an ongoing international movement for peace after the murder of his 24-year-old son Juan Francisco — collateral damage in a drug war that has left more than 100,000 dead or missing since 2006.

05/01/2015 | Expired 08/01/2015 | Rating TV-PG

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El Poeta

Season 2015 Episode 3 | 54m 40sVideo has Closed Captions

Both heartbreaking and inspiring, “El Poeta” tells the story of Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who ignited mass protests and an ongoing international movement for peace after the murder of his 24-year-old son Juan Francisco — collateral damage in a drug war that has left more than 100,000 dead or missing since 2006.

05/01/2015 | Expired 08/01/2015 | Rating TV-PG

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