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Bikud@As: Histórias De Cidadania E Consciência Negra
A documentary about Black citizenship and Black consciousness in Brazil. it talks about black rights, history and power. Particularly it talks about access to schooling and discrimination in higher education systems. It follows the story of the Cultural Institute Steve Bilko and its historical contribution to the people who have been involved with it.
UncategorizedChildren Stories in Spanish
The DVD contains various stories in Spanish.
UncategorizedCrucible Of Empire: The Spanish-American War
This film examines the colorful characters and historic events surrounding this 100-year-old war and its relevance through the 20th century. Using reenactments, interviews with noted authors and popular historians, and more than a dozen newly arranged popular songs from the period, CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE looks at the influence of race, economics, new technologies and the news media on America's decision to go to war.
UncategorizedDeported
For three years, filmmakers Rachèle Magloire and Chantal Regnault followed members of a unique group of outcasts in Haiti: criminal deportees from North America. Since 1996, the United States has implemented a policy of repatriation of all foreign residents who have been convicted of crimes. A new life begins for these deportees in an environment that is both completely unfamiliar and quite hostile. Most have not been on Haitian soil since they left as very young children. Many no longer have family on the island and speak little, if any, Creole. Some struggle with addiction and others are coping with mental illness. Most have very limited financial means with which to manage any sort of reintegration. And Haitians are generally less than welcoming. They know that these North Americans have committed crimes and view them with suspicion. Through a series of individual portraits, DEPORTED gives voice to the former offenders and their families. Viewers are left to ponder the multifaceted
UncategorizedDid They Buy It?: Nicaragua’s 1990 Elections
A fascinating 45-minute video documentary by Chicagoan Bob Hercules, filmed on location with a crew of four, that concentrates largely on the U.S. media coverage of the Nicaraguan elections. What emerges is not only a sharp piece of alternative news coverage that helps to explain the outcome (a matter that most mainstream coverage tended to obfuscate) and an informative account of the various powers at play, but also a revealing and multifaceted (and alternately funny and chilling) look at how the U.S. news about Nicaragua actually gets “created.” Particular attention is given to journalists from NBC Newsweek, and National Public Radio as they put together their reports, but many other observers (including many Nicaraguans) are heard from; especially lucid and eloquent are Ed Asner and a couple of Nicaraguan women speaking about their sons in the army. To be shown on a large screen; presented by the Committee for Labor Access.
UncategorizedEight Color Of The Rainbow, The / A Oitava Cor do Arco-íris
hen a poor young villager finds his sick grandmother Didinha praying to be taken away from her world of suffering, the brave boy decides to sell his only possession of value, his beloved pet goat Mocinha. Furtively stealing away to the capital to buy the medicine that will save his grandmother's life, he embarks on an odyssey that will remind viewers of classic neorealist drama in both its subject and emotional resonance.
UncategorizedEl pais de los pueblos
Brazil, Politics/Human Rights, Social Issues, UncategorizedLes Amours d’un Zombi
All the country is suddenly tuned into what seems to be a soap opera: a zombie who has just escaped tells the press about the love that he feels for a woman. A female reporter follows closely the story. We discover through her report how a group of politicians have decided to exploit the zombie's popularity. They propel him as a presidential candidate. But they do so without thinking about the ambitions of Baron Samedi, the lord of the cemeteries, with his weapons of mass seduction.
Haiti, UncategorizedLi Cham / I Died
Ana Ts'uyeb’s film tells the story of three Tsotil women: the filmmaker herself, her mother and her aunt, all of whom have lost loved ones, including young infants, to patriarchal violence. The arrival of the Zapatista movement, which fought for indigenous rights, including land reform and redistribution, in Mexico, brings new hope. With it comes the chance to dream, as the women defend what matters to them most: their land and a life built on freedom and possibility. Ts'uyeb’s striking directorial debut is a quiet, lovingly intimate testament to empowerment and the strength of a community that is full of hope for the future.
UncategorizedMazzaropi A Banda Das Velhas Virgens
A Banda das Velhas Virgens is a 1979 Brazilian film by Amácio Mazzaropi. In this movie, the character key, called 'Gostoso', is responsible for a band formed by older women and religious women. Everything goes well until the farmer is expelled, along with the family of their land. He restarts his life in the capital, collecting scrap, and becomes the main suspect of a theft.
UncategorizedO Povo Brasileiro
Anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro (1913-1997) was one of the greatest Brazilian intellectuals of the 20th century. This digistack with 02 DVDs brings the 10 episodes of the praised series based on Darcy's masterpiece: The Brazilian People, in which the author answers the question "who are the Brazilians?", Investigating the formation of Brazilian people.
UncategorizedTiga-Haiti: Reve, Possession, Creation, Folie
The life and work of Haitian painter Jean-Claude "Tiga' Garoute. TIGA. At one end of a Caribbean island dominated by madness and chaos, there is an artist philosopher. His dream is to make all the people of this island find the hidden creator within each of them and become free. For that he became one with the madness of the country. He became one with its hallucinations. He convoked Ubu, he looked at Dada, he questioned all the Gods of Voodoo. He wanted to decipher all the signs of his people.
UncategorizedVirgin Appears In La Maldita Vecindad, The
The Virgin Appears in La Maldita Vecinidad is a documentary about the Virgen of Guadalupe and the celebrations that occur on December 11th and 12th in her honor. These celebrations occur outside an apartment complex knows as “la Maldita Vecindad” in Durham, North Carolina which is composed of immigrants mainly from Mexico and Central America. This documentary also explores Latin American immigrants in the United States.
UncategorizedXcaret De Noche
With a brief overview of Mexico’s history from the start of Mayan civilization to its colonization by the Spanish, this documentary explores how Mexico’s dance and music has evolved over time through different influences. Mexico’s musical roots began in Mayan singing and dancing rituals, derived from the Mayan god of the sun, Itzamna. These roots were influenced by the Spanish along with African and Asian influences, which are still present in modern day traditional Mexican dance.
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