"The School at Rincon Santo" (1963) was written, directed, and narrated by James Blue as part of his "Colombia Trilogy." Stevan Larner is the film's cinematographer. Its subject concerns the people of the mountain village of Rincon Santo, Colombia, in which the townspeople came together to build a community school with the support of Alliance for Progress funding. The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) for audiences outside of the United States.
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