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WASTE LAND

September 25, 2014

Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de … Read more

HABANASTATION

February 20, 2014

Habanastation is a 2011 Cuban drama film directed by Ian Padron. Filmed in a slum in western Havana, the film addresses inequalities in Cuba through the relationship between two children of different social strata. The film was selected as the … Read more

WE DON’T PLAY GOLF HERE!

January 16, 2014

Title: WE DON’T PLAY GOLF HERE! Description: Mexico serves as a Third World example of how “free market” economics distorts culture and environment. The construction of a golf course is more than the military trying to replace the democratic sport, … Read more

SHOVELING WATER

January 16, 2014

Title: SHOVELING WATER Description: Journey to the heart of coca country where United States tax dollars have financed the aerial fumigation of 2.6 million acres of land in Colombia – the world’s second most biodiverse country. See crop-duster’s target coca … Read more

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT

January 15, 2014

Title: NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Description: For his new film director Patricio Guzmán, famed for his political documentaries (The Battle of Chile, The Pinochet Case), travels 10,000 feet above sea level to the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert, … Read more

NEW WORLD BORDER

January 15, 2014

Title: NEW WORLD BORDER Description: New World Border documents the rise in human rights abuses along the U.S.-Mexico border since the implementation of border blockades, which have been erected in populated areas throughout the border region during the last decade. … Read more

EN EL CAMINO DE NUESTROS ANTEPASADOS

January 15, 2014

Title: EN EL CAMINO DE NUESTRAS ANTEPASADOS Description: This film uses puppets to deliver lessons about Yucatec Maya language, culture, and history. It deals with issues of contemporary and ancient Maya heritage. The main characters travel to different sites including … Read more

BARACOA

January 23, 2012

Description: Baracoa shows the beauty of Baracoa, a municipality of Guantanamo province in Cuba. The film includes footage of the natural environment of Baracoa, the major city, Guantanamo while Cuban music is playing in the background. Copies: 1 (DVD master) … Read more

CHIGUALEROS

October 26, 2011

Description: Chigualeros is a documentary about one of the most famous orchestras in Ecuador. Chigualeros, founded almost three decades agos , fuses different sounds like son, marimba, guaracha, currulao, bolero, and the chigualo. Like many parts of Latin America, Ecuador … Read more

TERRAS

July 27, 2011

  Description: Terras (“Lands”) is a documentary about the border of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, located in the heart of the Amazon. On this triple frontier the twin towns of Leticia (Colombia) and Tabatinga (Brazil) form an urban island surrounded … Read more

MURALLA VERDE, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: A young family, determined to escape the pressures of life in Lima, struggles to exist in the exotic, overgrown Peruvian jungle. Godoy’s autobiographical story is perhaps the most honored Peruvian film of all time. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 112 … Read more

PASCUA LAMA: A CONTEMPORARY QUEST FOR EL DORADO

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary provides an in-depth look at the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Pascua Lama gold mine in the Huasco Valley of northern Chile. By examining the Canadian Barrick Gold Corporation’s management of the mine, this film … Read more

TUMACO PACIFICO

March 16, 2011

Description: This film portrays daily life in an underdeveloped and overpopulated city on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Tumaco is a city inhabited mainly by Afro-Colombians which depends on fishing as its principal economic activity, a way of life threatened … Read more