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Karin Muller (born June 8, 1965) is a Swiss-born author, filmmaker, photographer, and adventurer. Muller set out in the 1990s to travel the world's historic highways. She is an expert lecturer on Japan for the National Geographic Society, has been featured on National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio's Marketplace, and her writing appears in National Geographic and Traveler magazines. Her first expedition took her to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Vietnam, which enabled her to produce a PBS television special, Hitchhiking Vietnam, and a companion book by Globe Pequot Press of the same name. Her second expedition took her to the Inca Road, a four-thousand-mile trek from Quito, Ecuador to Santiago, Chile resulting in a television series, ''Along the Inca Road'' for National Geographic and a book published by the Adventure Press. Muller's third adventure took her to Japan, where she lived with a pre-Buddhist mountain ascetic cult, joined a samurai-mounted archery team, and completed a 1,300-kilometer pilgrimage around Shikoku. This journey was published in ''Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa'', as both a documentary series and book. She took no camera crew or companions, or even much money, and went on foot and emerged profoundly changed and understanding more, but also realized as a "typical" American she could not really become Japanese.〔(Karin Muller ) Rolf Potts July 2006 retrieved 23 October 2008〕 In February 2013 PBS released Muller's next documentary, Cuba's Secret Side.〔() The Official Website For Cuba's Secret Side retrieved 13 September 2014〕 Part one, titled ''Under The Radar'',〔() WGBH PBS program details retrieved 13 September 2014〕 looks at the results of the 1959 Communist Cuban revolution by examining the day-to-day life of a variety of Cuban citizens. Part two of ''Cuba's Secret Side'' is titled ''The Truth Revealed''. It delves into Cuba's unique religious combination of Catholicism and Santería. This part of the documentary also looks at spear fisherman and their home-made fishing tackle. The second part of the series ends with the examination of a large festival in the town of [?}. Light displays, fireworks and a float parade inspire both competition and cooperation in the local citizens. Filmed over the course of three months, and without the supervision or permission of the Cuban government, Muller was detained by Cuban authorities over 12 times.〔[http://wlrn.org/post/cubas-secret-side-how-order-pizza-havana] WLRN PBS program blog post by Daniel Rivero retrieved 13 September 2014〕 The resulting documentary strives to be even-handed, documenting both the successes and failures of the Cuban government. Most remarkably, it details a Cuban humanitarian crisis that happened in the early 1990s only 90 miles from the shores of the United States. Muller lives in Ventura, California. Filmography Sudan's Secret Side (TV Mini-Series documentary) 2013 Cuba's Secret Side (TV Mini-Series documentary) 2006 Japanland (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes) - The Final Test (2006) ... (writer) - Suburban Samurai (2006) ... (writer) - Spiritland (2006) ... (writer) - Mountain Gods and Businessmen (2006) ... (writer) 2000 Along the Inca Road (TV Mini-Series documentary) 1997 Hitchhiking Vietnam: Letters from the Trail (TV Movie documentary) ==Non-profit activities== Muller has founded an educational organization named ''Take 2: The Student's Point of View'' whose mission is to help students develop global citizenship and leadership skills so that they can better understand the challenges faced by people in conflict regions around the world.〔(Take 2: The Student's Point of View ) homepage〕 Muller spends two to three months filming in various locales, then provides the raw footage to North American schools free of charge. Students are encouraged to use the footage and supporting documentation to create documentaries or short films reflecting the issues that they learn about while going through the footage. The first projects have involved footage from Darfur; 37 hours of footage were provided to schools, and a number of documentary programs have been completed.〔(Darfur atrocities move Nature Coast Technical High students to produce documentary ), Participating schools map )〕 Footage to be supplied in 2009 will come from Sudan and Cuba. " TITLE="St. Petersburg Times, May 12, 2009. Accessed May 30, 2009〕 Approximately 40 schools have joined the project thus far.〔(Participating schools map )〕 Footage to be supplied in 2009 will come from Sudan and Cuba. ">St. Petersburg Times, May 12, 2009. Accessed May 30, 2009〕 Approximately 40 schools have joined the project thus far.〔(Participating schools map )〕 Footage to be supplied in 2009 will come from Sudan and Cuba. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karin Muller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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