- Title: Travels With A Gringo
- Date: 29th June 2003
- Description:Like many people,journalist and documentary filmmaker Sean Langan had heard about globalisation. He'd seen the anti-globalisation riots and protests on television,but apart from some vague notion that Nike,mobile phones and a Big Mac were all somehow involved,he wasn't really sure what globalisation really meant. So he travelled from one end of Latin America to the other,to find out what it means for the people there,and,more importantly,to see for himself what impact it's had on their lives. Travels of a Gringo,a three-part series,follows Sean on his long journey of discovery. Written and filmed by; Sean Langan Producer; Ben Summers (Episode One) Sean arrives in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina just a few months after the country has been declared bankrupt by the international community. Buenos Aires looks like Rome on the surface,but is now a city living without credit,cash or banks. Sean tries to find out what went wrong. He tracks down officials from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) as they return from a shopping trip and asks how much they paid for their hats. He sets off in the footsteps of Che Guevara,meets children who play Russian roulette and ends up in Bolivia,where tin miners are striking against their British-owned company.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Mentorn Barraclough Carey Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:29/06/2003
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s