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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

EL PAIS DE LOS PUEBLOS

September 25, 2014

Raca tackles racial inequality in Brazil, via the lives of three black Brazilians: Paulo Paim, the only black senator of the republic; Netinho Paula, singer and TV presenter, and Tiny dos Santos, Maroon activist and granddaughter of slaves. The filmmakers … Read more

RACA

March 5, 2014

Raca tackles racial inequality in Brazil, via the lives of three black Brazilians: Paulo Paim, the only black senator of the republic; Netinho Paula, singer and TV presenter, and Tiny dos Santos, Maroon activist and granddaughter of slaves. The filmmakers … 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

BOLETO AL PARAISO

February 20, 2014

Cuba, 1993. Eunice, a motherless teenager, seeks to escape her father’s sexual harassment. So, she seeks out her sister who lives in a town near the capital. Alejandro, a young rock ‘n’ roll singer, is tired of being discriminated against. … Read more

WHICH WAY HOME

January 16, 2014

Title: WHICH WAY HOME Description: A heart-wrenching exploration of a lesser-known dimension of Central American migration to the United States. Every year tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, attempt to migrate through Mexico to the United States. Some as young … 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

THOSE I LEFT BEHIND

January 16, 2014

Title: THOSE I LEFT BEHIND Description: Those I Left Behind is a documentary that explores the transnational ties that bind Cuban-Americans in the United States to their families still living on the Island. The film also speaks to the controversial … Read more

SOBADA

January 16, 2014

Title: SOBADA Description: Sobada is a documentary about the techniques used by midwives in Mexico in order to help a woman during her pregnancy. The specific technique discussed in the video is called sobada which is a type of abdominal … 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

PRESUMED GUILTY/PRESUNTO CULPABLE

January 16, 2014

Title: Presumed Guilty Description: In December, 2005, Tono Zuniga was picked up off the street of Mexico City, Mexico, and sentenced to 20 years for a murder he knew nothing about. A friend of Tono’s contacted two young lawyers, Robert … Read more

LIVING JUAREZ

January 15, 2014

Title: LIVING JUAREZ Description: After Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared war on drug cartels in December 2006, thousands of people have died in Mexico. Juarez is now considered the deadliest city in the world and where most of the casualties … Read more

LA CONJURA DE APONTE

January 15, 2014

Title: LA CONJURA DE APONTE Description: With the help of two important Cuban historians, La Conjura de Aponte describes the social context at the time of Jose Antonio Aponte’s rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba. Aponte, a free black, sought … Read more

SEIS HISTORIAS BRASILEIRAS

January 15, 2014

Title: 6 HISTORIAS BRASILEIRAS Description: ‘6 Brazilian Histories: Santa Cruz’ shows the development of an evangelical church in the Santa Cruz suburb of Rio de Janeiro Brazil and the transformations that the church has made in the lives its congregation. … Read more

HARVEST OF LONELINESS

January 15, 2014

Title: HARVEST OF LONELINESS Description: In today’s weak economy, current immigration laws in different states of the country show hostility towards undocumented immigrants. This was not the case during and after World War II where the United States was in … 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

JOGO DE CENA

January 13, 2014

Title: JOGO DE CENA (PLAYING) Description: In this film, ordinary Brazilian women who have responded to a newspaper ad tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho. In September of the same year, actresses interpret, in their own … Read more

BABAS

January 13, 2014

Title: BABAS Description: This is a documentary about the history of wet nursing among Brazilian families. The film is a reflection on how it had developed over the years in different contexts throughout the twentieth century, from black slaves nursing … Read more

WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING

January 13, 2014

Title: WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING Description: This documentary explores the music of the famous Haitian orchestra “Septentrional” along with the violent history of Haiti. Through Septentrional’s powerful musical pieces, accompanied with brutal scenes, viewers are taken on a graphic … Read more

RIGHT TO MOURN

May 25, 2012

About mothers who are fighting for justice surrounding the murders of their children by police in Rio.  The film looks at three massacres in particular, exploring these mothers’ stories and how they provide support to one another.

GEOGRAFIAS SUAVES 2

April 17, 2012

Part 2 of a series of shorts from the 2004 Geografias Suaves regional film festival which feature Maya speaking peoples from Yucatan and Chiapas. The shorts include a video postcard documenting the lives and everyday experiences of children and their … Read more

THE SUGAR CURTAIN (EL TELON DE AZUCAR)

January 23, 2012

Description: In the 70’s and 80’s , Cuba had overcome the crises of the first decade of the revolution and had settled into realizing a new identity, creating the new man Che had envisioned.Despite the lask of many material comforts, … Read more

LOST SOULS

January 23, 2012

Description: Follow filmmaker Monika Navarro on her eight-year journey to understand the tragedy and triumph of her family history – a history of immigration and deportation, substance abuse and absent fathers, old patterns and new beginnings. In this touching account, … Read more

FOR GOODNESS SAKE: WHY AMERICA NEEDS IMMIGRATION REFORM

October 26, 2011

In February 2011, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted His Eminence Cardinal Roger Mahony. Cardinal Mahony heads the nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, the 5-million member Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which is 70% Latino. In his … Read more

AS AMÉRICAS TÊM COR / THE AMERICAS HAVE COLOR

July 27, 2011

  Description: “Different skin tones, individual and collective stories. This is the content of the documentary, ‘The Americas Have Color: Afro-Descendants in 21st-Century Censuses.’ This documentary reconstructs the African Diaspora’s ties to the Americas and reveals the censuses’ strategic role … Read more

CITY IN RED (CIUDAD EN ROJO)

July 27, 2011

  Description: This feature-length film deals with 24 hours in the life of Santiago de Cuba, one of the main supply cities of the rebels led by Fidel Castro and of underground urban action perpetrated by the rebel and clandestine … Read more

LOS QUE SE QUEDAN

July 27, 2011

Description: An award-winning and discerning depiction of the impact of migration on Mexican families and villages left behind by loved ones who have traveled north for work. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 96 Minutes

SITUAÇÃO DAS MULHERES AFRODESCEDENTES NA AMÉRICA LATINA, A

July 27, 2011

  Description: “The Situation of Afro-descendant Women in Latin America” examines the correlation between race and poverty across the Americas with particular focus on the experiences of Latin American women. This UNIFEM-produced documentary features interviews with experts and activists from … Read more

TRABALHO DOMESTICO, TRABALHO DECENTE

July 27, 2011

Description: "Domestic Work, Decent Work" portrays the reality of African descendants and indigenous women domestic workers in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Paraguay in their quest for rights, respect, and dignity. The documentary highlights opportunities and challenges for these countries in … Read more

AIDS IN THE BARRIO: ESO NO ME PASA A MI (THIS ISN’T HAPPENING TO ME)

March 16, 2011

Description: This film by Francis Negrón and Peter Biella examines the impact of AIDS within Hispanic-American communities, focusing on the specific economic, social and cultural factors which influence perception of the AIDS crisis. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 29 minutes

ALICIA EN EL PUEBLO DE LAS MARAVILLAS

March 16, 2011

Description: In this groundbreaking satirical film about the Cuban Revolution, the craziest situations are seen as normal by most of the inhabitants of Wondertown. Alicia, however, struggles to make sense of what is happening around her from the moment she … Read more

AMERICAS: PART 1

March 16, 2011

Description: “The Garden of Forking Paths” This program traces the modern-era development of the nations and national economies of the Americas, with a focus on Argentina that includes the Peron years, the dictatorship of the 1970s and the Malvinas/Falklands War. … Read more

AMERICAS: PART 4

March 16, 2011

Description: “Mirrors of the Heart” This program explores shifting ethnic and racial definitions in the region, looking at Bolivia, a nation with a rich Indian tradition, and Hispaniola, an island divided between two nations –Haiti and the Dominican Republic– with … Read more

AMERICAS: PART 8

March 16, 2011

Description: “Get Up, Stand Up” This program addresses internal and external challenges to sovereignty in the Americas and examines the ways in which the nations of the Americas cope with the dilemma of maintaining economic and cultural sovereignty in the … Read more

AMORES PERROS (LOVE’S A BITCH)

March 16, 2011

Description:This film is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, Amores Perros explores the lives of disparate characters who are … Read more

ANGEL DE FUEGO

March 16, 2011

 Description: A tragic urban story about the unfortunate life of a 13-year old circus girl in Mexico City. She is expelled from her job when the official of the circus finds out she is pregnant. She meets a troupe of … Read more

ARMAS DE LA VIOLENCIA, LAS (THE WEAPONS OF VIOLENCE)

March 16, 2011

Description: Two decades after the devastating region-wide political violence of the 1970s and 1980s, Central America now confronts other forms of violence that have proven to be considerably destructive in their own right. These forms include organized crime, gangs, poverty … Read more

AZUCAR AMARGA (BITTER SUGAR)

March 16, 2011

Description: This visceral, energizing look at contemporary Cuba is an impassioned love story set against the political and economic tensions of Havana. Gustavo, an idealistic young Communist with a glorified vision of the Castro regime, falls in love with Yolanda, … Read more

BANANA SPLIT

March 16, 2011

Description: A Documentary that delves into the history of the banana. The film starts by explaining the globalization of the banana and its effects on the economy of Honduras. It shows the viewer the hardships and difficulties faced by the … Read more

BARROCO

March 16, 2011

Description: An impressionistic journey through the music of Cuba, Spain and Mexico from pre-Columbian times to the present, on the occasion of the Fifth Centenary of the Conquest. Copies: 2 (DVD and VHS) Length: 111 minutes

BATALLA DE TEPOZTLAN, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary is not only a chronological description of the controversy between the town and the group KS but a much more complex and critical description. It is a contrast between modernity and backwardness, richness and poverty, and what … Read more

BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (ANTES QUE ANOCHEZCA)

March 16, 2011

Description: Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reynaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. By 1964, he is in Havana where his writing and homosexuality get him … Read more

BRAINSTORM

March 16, 2011

Description: During a track and field meet a meteor strikes a stadium in Cuba, killing roughly 93 people. A round table of journalists has a discussion on the significance of the event, debating what the most important aspects of the … Read more

BREAK OF DAWN

March 16, 2011

Description: Oscar Chavez, a great Mexican singer and actor is the leading actor of this story about the life of Pedro Gonzalez, the host of a radio show in 1930s Los Angeles. His life was filled with romance and music … Read more

CAFÉ CON LECHE: VOICES OF EXILE’S CHILDREN

March 16, 2011

Description: An introspective look at young Cuban-Americans, the now-adult children of the first wave of Cuban exiles that came to the U.S. This documentary focuses on the fusion of traditional, old world values of yesteryear and modern, American culture, as … Read more

CANOA

March 16, 2011

Description: One of the first powerful statements about the repression of the student movement in 1968 in Mexico. This documentary-style film depicts the case of five young employees of the Autonomous University of Puebla attacked in the small town of … Read more

CARACOLES: NEW PATHS OF RESISTANCE

March 16, 2011

Description: This is a celebration of the death of the “Aguascalientes” and the birth of the Caracoles and the Good Government Assemblies. Zapatista leaders discuss how changes will affect internal political and economic processes, gender relations, and their relationship to … Read more

CARANDIRU

March 16, 2011

Description: Based on the real life experiences of Doctor Drauzio Varella as a social worker inside the Carandiru state penitentiary in Sao Paulo, the largest correctional facility in Brazil. Hundreds of prisoners live in degrading conditions while an elite group … Read more

CASO DE PINOCHET, EL (THE PINOCHET CASE)

March 16, 2011

Description: This film investigates the origins and development of the international legal prosecution of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. It explores how a small group of people in Madrid laid the groundwork for his arrest. After Pinochet’s arrest by Scotland … Read more

CHIAPAS! THE FIGHT FOR LAND AND LIBERTY

March 16, 2011

Description: Produced by John Alpert and Maryann DeLio; co-produced by the Disarm Educational Fund and the Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean. Through interviews with peasants and peasant leaders, the Catholic Church, human rights workers and victims of … Read more

CHILD OF THE DARK

March 16, 2011

Description: Back in the 1960s, Carolina María de Jesus became famous in Brazil after publishing her diary Child of the Dark. In this video, the director Robert Levine introduces this book about the daily life of poor people in Brazil, … Read more

CIDADE BAIXA (THE LOWER CITY)

March 16, 2011

Description: Deco and Naldinho are best friends in a constant struggle to earn an honest living in the gritty world of Salvador de Bahia’s Lower City. When a beautiful prostitute named Karina asks to hitch a ride, the twosome quickly … Read more

CIDADE DE DEUS (CITY OF GOD)

March 16, 2011

Description: In the midst of the streets of the world’s most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro’s “City of God,” a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings … Read more

CINE MAMBEMBE (CINEMA DISCOVERS BRAZIL)

March 16, 2011

Description: A pair of filmmakers journey to the interior of Brazil, screening short films to audiences in town squares. From Bahía to the Amazon, they discover a vast country going to the movies, seeing themselves on the big screen for … Read more

CIUDAD DE MEXICO IMAGINADA POR LOS VIAJEROS, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: One could never admit to having seen enough of Mexico City." This innovative documentary is a collection of photographic images from Mexico City newspapers of the last ten years which people who travel through Mexico City daily identify as … Read more

CIUDAD, LA (THE CITY)

March 16, 2011

Description: Four fictional stories set in New York City, but common to many other places United States or the world. Filmed in black and white, the program depicts Latin American immigrants living in New York: day laborers paid to gather … Read more

CIVILIZADORES: ALEMANES EN GUATEMALA, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: German colonizers dominated many coffee estates in Guatemala during the early twentieth century. This documentary takes us through the old coffee baron’s plantations, and examines a new generation of entrepreneurs in key posts within the government behind anonymous company … Read more

COLECCION DE CORTOMETRAJES MEXICANOS: VOL. 1

March 16, 2011

Description: This collection of short films is part of the series “Corto metraje, más que un instante” from IMCINE and CinemaFilms. This original series showcases 51 short films by up and coming Mexican directors, cinematographers and actors. The films touch … Read more

COLECCION DE CORTOMETRAJES MEXICANOS: VOL. 2

March 16, 2011

Description: This collection of short films is part of the series “Corto metraje, más que un instante” from IMCINE and CinemaFilms. This original series showcases 51 short films by up and coming Mexican directors, cinematographers and actors. The films touch … Read more

COLECCION DE CORTOMETRAJES MEXICANOS: VOL. 3

March 16, 2011

Description: This collection of short films is part of the series “Corto metraje, más que un instante” from IMCINE and CinemaFilms. This original series showcases 51 short films by up and coming Mexican directors, cinematographers and actors. The films touch … Read more

COLECCION DE CORTOMETRAJES MEXICANOS: VOL. 4

March 16, 2011

Description: This collection of short films is part of the series “Corto metraje, más que un instante” from IMCINE and CinemaFilms. This original series showcases 51 short films by up and coming Mexican directors, cinematographers and actors. The films touch … Read more

COLECCION DE CORTOMETRAJES MEXICANOS: VOL. 5

March 16, 2011

Description: This collection of short films is part of the series “Cortometraje, más que un instante” from IMCINE and CinemaFilms. This original series showcases 51 short films by up and coming Mexican directors, cinematographers and actors. The films touch on … Read more

COLECCION DE CORTOMETRAJES MEXICANOS: VOL. 6

March 16, 2011

Description: This collection of short films is part of the series “Corto metraje, más que un instante” from IMCINE and CinemaFilms. This original series showcases 51 short films by up and coming Mexican directors, cinematographers and actors. The films touch … Read more

DE NADIE

March 16, 2011

Description: Individuals who leave their countries in hopes of a better life in the United States have a rough road ahead of them. Mexican filmmaker Tin Dirdamal follows a number of refugees in a refugee center in southern Mexico, from … Read more

DEVIL’S MINER, THE

March 16, 2011

Description: This film is a portrait of two brothers who work deep in the silver mines of Cerro Rico, Bolivia. Raised without a father and living on the slopes of the mine, 14-year-old Basilio and his 12-year-old brother must work … Read more

DIABLO NUNCA DUERME, EL

March 16, 2011

Description: When Lourdes Portillo receives a phone call informing her that her uncle was found dead she returns to Mexico. Her investigation of the circumstances of her uncle’s death takes us deep into the land of Northern Mexico, inside the … Read more

DRUG WARS: FRONTLINE DOCUMENTARY (PART I)

March 16, 2011

Description: Despite America’s 30-year war on drugs, the use of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana remains essentially unchanged. This two-part documentary presents a television history of America’s war on drugs from both sides of the battlefield. The first episode examines the … Read more

DRUG WARS: FRONTLINE DOCUMENTARY (PART II)

March 16, 2011

Description: Despite America’s 30-year war on drugs, the use of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana remains essentially unchanged. This two-part documentary presents a television history of America’s war on drugs from both sides of the battlefield. The first episode examines the … Read more

EN EL HOYO (IN THE PIT)

March 16, 2011

Description: In Mexico City, a second layer is being built atop the Periférico freeway, which inscribes a massive circle on the metropolis. Despite the project’s enormity, the workers who are building the freeway are barely noticed by drivers who roll … Read more

FRONTERA, LA (THE EXILE)

March 16, 2011

Description: During the Pinchet Regime, opposition politicians were often sent into internal exile to small rural towns. This film tells the story of such a relegado in a remote southern fishing village (Puerto Saavedra) where he finds mystery, love, and … Read more

GUANTANAMERA

March 16, 2011

Description: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s last film before his death, Guantanamera is a romantic, fluid road-trip movie set in contemporary Cuba amid economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure. In a tribute to the resilient spirit of Cubans in trying circumstances, and a … Read more

GUERRA DEL CERDO

March 16, 2011

Description: The generation gap is taken to the extreme by a group of young people. They have decided to exterminate all senior citizens. Isidro Vidal, the protagonist, is a middle-age man thrown in the midst of this absurd and merciless … Read more

GYPSIES WITHOUT TENTS (GITANOS SIN CARPAS)

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary portrays the lives of Chile’s estimated 15 – 20,000 Romanies (Gypsies) by documenting the stories of three families and their everyday struggles to reconcile their traditional culture with the advantages offered by cultural assimilation. The film brings … Read more

HISTORIAS DE GENTE GRANDE

March 16, 2011

Description: Based on the research of Felipe Vázquez Palacios and his team in the state of Veracruz. This documentary depicts the daily life of those whom society considers to be “old.” The testimonies of these men and women teach us … Read more

HOMBRE MIRANDO AL SURESTE (MAN FACING SOUTHEAST)

March 16, 2011

Description: Argentine director Eliseo Subiela’s stunning and powerful masterpiece. A man named Rantes suddenly appears in a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital expertly playing the organ. But who is he –this man with no recorded identity? Beatriz, his only visitor, sees … Read more

ILHA DAS FLORES

March 16, 2011

Description: This is a hilarious but devastating film about values, the food chain, and the human condition. Ultimately, a Brazilian island where pigs eat first, and the people are fed what the pigs leave over provides an example of how … Read more

INTERMEZZO

March 16, 2011

Description: In a men’s bathroom a discussion takes place. One member of a committee votes against a presidential proposal, and suddenly becomes the hero of the democratic process. What seems to him to be a perfectly reasonable and ordinary act … Read more

JOVENES REBELDES

March 16, 2011

Description: This film examines the now vibrant hip-hop community that has emerged in Cuba since the onset of the special period, interviewing numerous artists and getting their perspectives on a number of issues, including racism, issues of censorship, economic conditions, … Read more

JULIO Y SU ANGEL

March 16, 2011

Description: An eight-year-old boy tired of living in an orphanage and working in a tortilla factory decides to search for the guardian angel his mother promised to send. The angel appears to him as a grumpy old Mexican man who … Read more

JUSTICIA ESTA CON ELLA, LA

March 16, 2011

Type: Documentary, Director: Dinamu-SNV, Country: Ecuador, Format: DVD-R, Language: Spanish, Subtitles: None

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (BESO DE LA MUJER ARAÑA )

March 16, 2011

Description: Political prisoner Valentín Arregui and homosexual pederast Luis Molina share a Brazilian prison cell in this fantastical drama from Manuel Puig’s book by the same title. Molina helps pass time by recounting memories from one of his favorite films, … Read more

LEJANIA

March 16, 2011

Description: A dramatic and sensitive analysis of the lejanía, the distance or separation among members of the same family, created by the Cuban revolution. A Cuban mother, now living in Miami, returns to visit her son whom she abandoned 10 … Read more

LEY DE HERODES, LA (HERODS LAW)

March 16, 2011

Description: La Ley de Herodes is a hilarious, outrageous satire set in a tiny Mexican town in 1949. Damián Alcázar stars as Juan Vargas, a junkyard operator is recruited as a temporary mayor following the demise of the latest corrupt … Read more

LIFE AND DEBT

March 16, 2011

Description: A real world look at how the policies of globalization and free trade devastate places. Director Stephanie Black focuses on Jamaica, which has been virtually destroyed from twenty-five years of ‘help’ from the World Bank and the International Monetary … Read more

LISTA DE ESPERA

March 16, 2011

Description: A diverse group of Cubans finds itself stuck at a remote bus station. Their shared situation brings them together such that they transform the bus station into a kind of socialist utopia, and when they can finally leave, they … Read more

MAQUILA: A TALE OF TWO MEXICOS

March 16, 2011

Description: This film examines the impact of corporate globalization on Mexico, focusing on the maquiladoras, U.S.-owned factories employing cheap Mexican labor. Archival footage and interviews provide historical background to the present crisis. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 55 minutes

MARIA LLENA DE GRACIA (MARIA FULL OF GRACE)

March 16, 2011

Description: Maria Alvarez, a bright, spirited 17-year-old Colombian is desperate to leave her job stripping thorns from flowers. Maria accepts a lucrative offer to transport packets of heroin – which she must swallow – to the United States. The ruthless … Read more

MARIACHI, EL

March 16, 2011

Description: The critically-acclaimed film debut from Robert Rodríguez, shot with no second takes using borrowed equipment and a talented cast of unknowns. A case of deadly mistaken identity leads the protagonist, who aspires only to be a mariachi, to trade … Read more

MEMORIAS DEL SUBDESAROLLO

March 16, 2011

Description: Set in the early 1960s, the film centers on the Europeanized Cuban intellectual, too idealistic (or lazy) to leave Miami, but too decadent to fit into the new Cuban society. This is both a critique of Revolutionary society and … Read more

MIAMI-HAVANA

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary depicts the story of the two Cuban worlds of Miami and Havana, and the social, cultural, and political processes that have created this divide since 1959. It provides many touching moments that portray the difficulties of this … Read more

MIEL PARA OCHUN

March 16, 2011

Description: Taken from Cuba as a child by his father, Roberto returns to the island 32 years later in search of his mother. He soon finds his American customs in conflict with those of his birthplace. Also, he discovers new … Read more

MIL NUBES DE PAZ (A THOUSAND CLOUDS OF PEACE)

March 16, 2011

Description: Gerardo, a gay teenager, roams the streets of Mexico City in search of someone able to reveal the secret, hidden between the lines of a goodbye letter from his ex-lover. In his journey through barren alleys and roadways, he … Read more

MISS MARY

March 16, 2011

Description: Between pre-war Buenos Aires and the turbulence of Peron’s Argentina are remembrances of things past. This is the story of Miss Mary (Julie Christie) the compassionate English governess and the wealthy family that lives and dies by their inflated … Read more

MUERTE DE UN BUROCRATA

March 16, 2011

Description: The story of a young man’s attempt to fight the system is an entertaining, hilarious account of galloping bureaucracy and the tyranny of red tape. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 87 minutes

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

NADIES, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary deals with the development of the life of a group of children living in the street. It reflects diverse individual and group stories revealing the codes that exist between them. The film was shot with two cameras, … Read more

NINE QUEENS

March 16, 2011

Description: A polished, vastly entertaining and elaborate caper film, as well as a sharp character study that examines the question of honor among thieves. Juan is a small-time crook who gets caught conning a convenience store clerk, and Marcos is … Read more

NUESTRA COMUNIDAD

March 16, 2011

Description: This film documents the personal experiences and work environments of migrant workers living in North Carolina and examines the impact of their arrival on their newly adopted communities. The debate about whether illegal immigrants should be living and working … Read more

OLVIDADOS, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: This 1950 masterpiece, directed by Luis Buñuel, portrays the misery of poverty with an astounding starkness. Poor children of Mexican slums are the primary subjects of this unconstrained vision of poverty. In many big cities, behind the large buildings … Read more

ORO MALDITO

March 16, 2011

Description: Themes of greed and redemption weave through this story of a young man’s obsessive search for gold. His quest takes him deep into the jungle and into fateful encounters with other “beings” in Bolivia’s tropical region of Cochabamba. Copies: … Read more

OUR BRAND IS CRISIS

March 16, 2011

Description: For decades, U.S. strategists-for-hire have been quietly molding the opinions of voters and the messages of candidates in elections around the world. This documentary is an astounding look at one of their campaigns and its earth-shattering aftermath. With flabbergasting … Read more

PAJAROS TIRANDOLE LA ESCOPETA, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: A humorous portrayal of romance, this light comedy presents a typical young Cuban couple, sexually liberated, who nonetheless cannot cope with the affair between his mother and her father. A commentary of the generation gap and machismo. Copies:  2 … Read more

PERFUME DE VIOLETAS

March 16, 2011

Description: This film portrays the true story of Yessica and Miriam, two teens from Mexico city that start a profound friendship in middle school. The friends share notebooks, games, likes, make-up, and perfume… until Jorge and El Topi, two violent … Read more

POTO MITAN: HAITIAN WOMEN, PILLARS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

March 16, 2011

Description: An exploration of the effects of globalization and neo-liberal policies in Haiti as reflected in the lives and daily struggles of five Haitian women living in Port-Au-Prince. These women tell compelling stories about their experiences working in factories producing … Read more

QATI QATI

March 16, 2011

Description: This is a fiction film based on a short-story from Bolivian Andean region. Fulo, a man from a small village in Bolivia not believe old traditions regarding the existence of souls and spirits. He has to face his wife’s … Read more

¿QUIEN DIABLOS ES JULIETTE? (WHO IN THE HELL IS JULIETTE?)

March 16, 2011

Description: Shot in Cuba and the US over a period of three years, this film features remarkable cinematography by first time director Carlos Marcovich. Winner of the Latin American Cinema Prize. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 91 minutes

QUILOMBO , COUNTRY: AFROBRAZILIAN VILLAGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

March 16, 2011

Description: Quilombo Country examines the communities established by runaway slaves in 19th century Brazil as they navigate the hazards of the modern world, observing the daily activities that allow the quilombolas to survive in relative isolation. This film also offers … Read more

RAZA

March 16, 2011

Description: A documentary exploring what Cubans think and believe about race today. The film intersperses opinions expressed by everyday citizens with interviews of prominent Cuban intellectuals and artists to explore the issue of racial discrimination and inequality, a subject that … Read more

RODRIGO D: NO FUTURO

March 16, 2011

Description: The brutal tale of a teenager making a go of it in one of the world’s toughest town’s: Medellin, Colombia. Rodrigo dreams of playing rock and roll. He rallies his friends into a punk band. From a web of … Read more

SUPER AMIGOS

March 16, 2011

Description: In this mix of live action and comic book style animation, five masked activists fight against corruption, homophobia, animal rights, pollution and poverty in Mexico City. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 70 minutes

TREN BLANCO, EL (THE WHITE TRAIN)

March 16, 2011

Description: Every night a special white train makes its way from the Tucumán province to Buenos Aires. Its passengers are an alternative army of workers who make ends meet by collecting paper and cardboard. The directors observe their engaging protagonists … 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

VENEZUELA: REVOLUTION FROM THE INSIDE OUT

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary seeks to get beyond the cult of personality of Hugo Chavez to gain a deeper understanding of what the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela has meant for many citizens at the local level. Through interviews with government officials, … Read more

VIDA NO ES FACIL, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary examines the issue of the ineligibility of undocumented immigrants for in-state tuition at North Carolina’s public universities and how this situation affects the lives of college-aged Latino students. Director Maurice M. Martinez examines this controversial topic through … Read more

Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN

March 16, 2011

Description: Released in 2001 in Mexico, where it broke box-office records, director Alfonso Cuarón’s sexy comedy follows two teenage boys who go out on the road with an older Spanish woman they both lust after. Sumptuous cinematography, wonderful performances by … Read more