Movies (fiction) by Category

Al otro lado 2007, 2004

The story of three young children in three different countries. Despite their differences and distances from each other, they all share the same dilemma of losing a parent to another country and then struggling with their loss. "Three countries, three cultures, three distinct realities introduce us to the lives of three children (one Mexican, one Cuban and one little Moroccan girl) that all share the same sentiment, having to deal with the absence of a loved one and the need to bring him back home. This is a very tender hearted way of looking at migration from the perspective of the little ones left behind."--Container. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-4134

 

The ax fight 2007, 1975

A four-part analysis of a fight that broke out between the Yanomamo Indian villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village in 1971. The fight involved clubs, axes, and machetes. This video includes an unedited record of the event; a slow-motion replay of the fight; a discussion of the kinship structure of the fight; and an edited version. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-4150

 

Before night falls  2001, 2000

Jon Kilik, Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Michael Wincott

A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. 1 videodisc (133 min.)

MEDIA 10-100

 

Besouro 2011, 2009

Joćo Daniel Tikhomiroff, Daniel Filho, Patricia Andrade, Braulio Tavares, Aķlton Carmo, Jessica Barbosa, Irandhir Santos, Marco Cavalho, Besouro Mangangį, Mixer (Firm), Globo Filmes (Firm), Tele-Image (Firm), Ikano Filem (Firm), and Banco Brasileiro de Descontos

After his failure to protect his mentor, Besouro and the others who practice the outlawed art of Capoeira continue the fight for equal rights for the Black community. 1 videodisc (94 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2946

 

Bolivia 2005

Israel Adri Ln Caetano, Freddy Flores, Rosa S©Lnchez, Oscar Bertea, Marcelo Videla, H ctor Anglada, Alberto Mercado, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina), IACAM (Firm), Cinema Tropical, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

A man must work as an illegal alien in Argentina in order to support his family in Bolivia. The film paints a portrait of struggle in the modern economy of Argentina and the mistreatment of illegal workers. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

MEDIA 10-637

 

Bread & roses 2001

Ken Loach, Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Paul Laverty, Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Tornasol Films, Alta Films, British Screen, Lion's Gate Films, and Lions Gate Home Entertainment

A group of Latino immigrants working as janitors in Los Angeles take a stand against the million dollar corporations who employ them. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-336

 

Carlos 2010

Olivier Assayas, Daniel Leconte, Edgar Ramirez, Fadi Abi Samra, Juana Acosta, Ahmad Kaabour, Studio Canal+, Egoli Tossell Film AG, Doc en Stock (Firm), and Comstar Home Entertainment

A fictionalized account of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting. 3 videodiscs (328 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2330

 

Cautiva c2007

Gastón Biraben, Bárbara Lombardo, Mercedes Funes, Susana Campos, Hugo Arana, Osvaldo Santoro, Silvia Bayle, Roxana Berco, Lidia Catalano, José Luis Castińeira de Dios, Cacerolaso Producciones (Firm), Red Envelope Entertainment (Firm), Koch Lorber Films, Koch Entertainment (Firm), and Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (Argentina)

"Cristina Quadri's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina's relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country's 'Dirty War'" -- Container. 1 videodisc (109 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2303

 

Che c2009

Steven Soderbergh, Laura Bickford, Benicio del Toro, Frederic W Brost, Gregory Jacobs, aAlvaro Augustain, Belaen Atienza, Alvaro Longoria, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval, Philip Elway, Peter Buchman, Benjamin A Van der Veen, Demiaan Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Vladimir Cruz, Alfredo de Quesada, Jsu Garcia, Kahlil Maendez, Elvira Mainguez, Andraes Manuel Munar, Julia Ormond, Jorge Perugorraia, Edgar Ramirez, Victor Rasuk, Othello Rensoli, Armando Riesco, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Roberto Luis Santana, Norman Santiago Rivera, Rodrigo Santoro, Unax Ugalde, Roberto Urbina, Yul Vazquez, Carlos Bardem, Joaquim de Almeida, Pablo Duraan, Eduard Fernaandez, Marc-Andrae Grondin, aOscar Jaenada, Cristian Mercado, Jordi Mollaa, Gastaon Pauls, Antonio Peredo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Franka Potente, Naestor Rodulfo, Mark Umbers, Antxaon Gaomez, Pablo Zumaarraga, Alberto Iglesias, Jon Lee Anderson, Bina Daigeler, Ernesto Guevara , Ernesto Guevara,  Amy Taubin, IFC Films , Wild Bunch (Firm), Telecinco (Firm), Morena Films, Guerrilla Films (Firm) , and Criterion Collection (Firm)

A portrait of  the man who overthrew a dictatorship and became a revolutionary before his life was ended. Includes both Che Part One: The Argentine and Part Two: Guerrilla and bonus features. 3 videodiscs (271 min.)

MEDIA 10-1785

 

Cidade de Deus City of god c2003

Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Maurício Andrade Ramos, Fernando Meirelles, Jefechander Suplino, Alice Braga, Emerson Gomes, Edson Oliveira, Michel De Souza Gomes, Roberta Rodrigues, Luiz Otávio, Mauríc io Marques, Gustavo Engracia, Miramax Films, 02 Filmes (Firm), VideoFilmes (Firm), Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

The world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. The true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out. 1 videodisc (130 min.)

DANA 91, 10-317

 

La ciudad The city 1999

David Riker and Paul Mezey

"With ... intensive collaboration with the New York Latino immigrant community over a five-year period, The City [La Ciudad] weaves a rich narrative tapestry of present day immigrant life. The film's four unforgettable stories center on a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet in the projects and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops"--Publisher's Web site. 1 videocassette (88 min.)

MEDIA 2-5372, 10-543

 

Clandestinos / Gefeahrliches Leben c2007

Fernando Paerez Valdaes, Jesaus Daiaz, Edesio Alejandro, Luis Alberto Garcaia, Isabel Santos, Susana Paerez, Renae Losada, Amado del Pino, Miguel Gutiaerrez, Miguel Navarro, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, and First-Run Features (Firm)

1 DVD (89 min.)

MEDIA 10-1378

 

The Cuban masterworks collection: The twelve chairs; The adventures of Juan Quin Quin; A successful man; Cecilia; Amada c2006

Tomaas Gutiaerrez Alea, Julio Garcaia Espinosa, Humberto Solaas, Margarita Alexandre, Josae Ramaon Paerez, Humberto Hernaandez, Enrique Santiesteban, Caesar Evora, Raquel Revuelta, Gerardo Riveron, Eslinda Nauanez, Daisy Granados , Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematograafica, Vaideo ICAIC, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Five restored classic films from Cuba.
Dolce sillas (The twelve chairs): A rich woman decides, before dying, to hide the family jewels under a chair lining. An ex-proprietor and his ex-driver find this out and undertake a desperate search for the treasure, which gives rise to amusing situations and incredible adventures.
Aventuras de Juan Quin Quin (The adventures of Juan Quin Quin): A peasant farmer becomes a soldier in the Cuban revolution in this offbeat adventure comedy. His healthy cynicism towards the police, wealthy landlords, and the government serves him well after he joins up with a female guerilla. He rises to become a lieutenant as he waits for the signal for the rebellion to begin.
Un hombre de aexito (A successful man): Cuba's history before the Revolution is chronicled through the story of two brothers, one a revolutionary man of action, the other an unscrupulous politician trying to steer a treacherous middle path between opposing political ideas. Cecilia: In 1830 Cuba, the son of a rich colonial family falls in love with a proud, beautiful but poor mulatto girl.  His father, however, wants him to marry a woman from his own social class.
Amada:  Set in Havana in 1914, as World War I begins.  Amada, a young conservative bourgeois woman unhappily married to an ambitious politician, and tied to obsolete values, falls passionately in love with her cousin Marcial, a young nonconformist who tries unsuccessfully to shake her out of her traditionalism with tragic results. 5 videodiscs (529 min.)

MEDIA 10-1384

 

A day without a Mexican c2004

Sergio Arau, Yareli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan,  Muse Watson, Fernando Arau, and Xenon Pictures

California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 milion is their Hispanic heritage. 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 10-350

 

Dirt 2003?

"Dolores is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who works as a housemaid in New York City. Under the constant fear of likely deportation, she wonders whether she should return to her country. Her decision to leave is strengthened when her life is suddenly complicated by a series of unfortunate events"--Imdb.com. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4497

 

El gallo de oro The golden cockerel 2003

Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Roberto Gavaldón, Ignacio López Tarso, Lucha Villa , Narciso Busquets, Juan Rulfo, Clasa Films Mundiales, Cinemateca (Firm), Condor Video (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

A poor man forgets his roots in the fame, wealth and romance of the cock-fighting arena. His luck runs out and he is returned to his origins. 1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.)

MEDIA  10-988

 

El norte The north c2008

Anna H Thomas, Gregory Nava, Zaide Silvia Gutiaerrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gaomez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Haector Tobar, Roger Ebert, James Glennon, Melecio Martinez, David Wasco, Independent Productions, Ltd, American Playhouse Theatrical Films, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films, and Folkloristas

El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople.  Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants. The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: depicts the life of a fictional poet caught in a civil war and jailed, but then set free on the condition he leaves his country and never returns. 2 videodiscs (140 min.)

MEDIA 10-2024

 

El violín c2008

Francisco Vargas Quevedo, Ángel Tavira, Dagoberto Ga`ma, Gerardo Taracena, Mario Garibaldi, Fermín Martínez, Silverio Palacios, Justo Martínez, Cyril Paris, Cámara Carnal Films, Fidecine (Firm), Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Film Movement (Firm), and RB Media

In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio lead double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an inoffensive violinist, Plutarco has a plan: to recover the munitions hidden in his cornfield. His music enraptures the captain, but he still has to get his hands on the ammunition. 1 videodisc (98 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2744

 

Extreme prejudice c2001, 1987

A rum tale of friendship gone wrong, "Extreme Prejudice" presents the age-old story of two friends: one on the side of law and order, one not. El Paso based Texas Ranger Jack Benteen is intent on trying to control the drug trade, and the means breaking up the drug cartel run by his old friend Cash Bailey across the border in Mexico. His girl Sarita has tired of life with him, and returned to her former lover--Cash. Cash's cohorts have killed a local sheriff, and an unofficial, top-secret cadre of American combat veterans (apparently working for the CIA) has arrived to muddy the waters. Are they after Cash, too, or just his cash? A shootout at Cash's Mexican fortress seems inevitable, but who will be there, and on which side? 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-4252

 

Fresa y chocolate 2010, 1993

A naļve, cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man falls in love with a young heterosexual full of prejudices and communists ideals. The film is the story of a great friendship, which overcomes ignorance and intolerance to produce a fun-filled celebration of life. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-4304

 

Frida 1985, 1989

Paul Leduc, Ofelia Medina, Juan Jose Gurrola, and Max Kerlow

On her deathbed artist Frida Kahlo conjures up images and memories of her life as a painter, revolutionary and woman of the world. 1 videocassette (108 min.)

MEDIA  DANA 10-2997      2-810        392

 

The furies 2008, 1950

Hal B Wallis, Charles Schnee, Victor Milner, Anthony Mann, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, Beulah Bondi, Albert Dekker, John Bromfield, Wallace Ford, Blanche Yurka, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Ferguson, Charles Evans, Movita, Craig G Kelly, Myrna Dell, Archie Marshek, Edith Head, Franz Waxman, Jim Kitses, Robin Wood, Niven Busch, Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T.C. Jeffords butts heads with his daughter, Vance, a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and finally, ownership of the land itself. 1 videodisc (109 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2561

 

Hello, Hemingway 2006

Ricardo Guila, Maydo Royero, Fernando Paerez, Laura de la Uz, Raaul Paz, Herminia Saanchez, Caridad Hernaandez, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Havana 1950s. Larita loves Elvis, Ernest Hemingway and her rebellious friend Victor. But Victor is more concerned with the turbulent political situation in Cuba than Larita's likes and dreams. Hoping to study in the United States, she quickly discovers that her origins and poverty work against her. In spite of her obstacles she is inspired by her own rich fantasy world. A story written by Hemingway becomes her own story of striving for a better future. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-1380

 

La historia oficial 2004, 1985

Marcelo Pińeyro, Aķda Bortnik, Luis Puenzo, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafańe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruķz, Patricio Contreras, Jorge Petraglia, Atilio Stampone, Marķa Elena Walsh, Historias Cinematograficas (Firm), and Koch Lorber Films

An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered. 1 videodisc (114 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2994

 

I, the worst of all 1990

Maria Luisa Bemberg,  Antonio Larreta, Octavio Paz, and First-Run Features (Firm)

This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inaes de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent in Mexico.  There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry.  But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to. 1 videodisc (107 min.)

MEDIA 10-1892

 

Iluminados por el fuego c2006

Tristán Bauer, Gastón Pauls, Virginia Innocenti, Pablo Ribba, César Albarracín, Víctor Hugo Carrizo, Edgardo Esteban, Gustavo Romero Borri, Universidad Nacional de General San Martín, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina), MediaPro, Studio Canal+, and AVH (Firm)

A friend's attempted suicide triggers the memories of a 40-year-old man who was sent to fight in the Malvinas Islands in 1982 at the age of 18. He returns to the islands 20 years later to come to terms with his past. 1 videodisc (100 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2767

 

Innocent voices c2007

Luis Mandoki, Oscar Orlando Torres, Lawrence Bender, Alejandro Soberón, Francisco González Compeán, Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Gustavo Muńoz, José María Yazpik, Ofelia Medina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa, Slowhand Cinema Releasing (Firm), BB Entertainment Marketing (Firm) , Lawrence Bender Productions, Altavista Films, Santo Domingo Films, Muvi Films , and Warner Home Video (Firm)

In war torn 1980's El Salvador, Chava, an eleven-year-old boy, suddenly becomes the 'man of the house' in a time when the government's army is forcibly recruiting children for civil war. As his single mother fights to protect her children, their village becomes both playground and battlefield. This is about life, love, the hope of peace, and the ennobling power of the human spirit. Based on a true story. 1 videodisc (111 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2743

 

L'Homme sur les quais The man by the shore 1993

Set in Haiti in the 1960's, 8-year-old Sarah and her two sisters are victims of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier's reign of terror. 1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-3555

 

Lost embrace 2006

Daniel S Burman, Diego Dubcovsky, Marcelo Birmajer, Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge d' Elia, Sergio Boris, New Yorker Video (Firm), New Yorker Films, Bavaria Film International (Firm), and Burman-Dubcovsky-Cine

Ariel is a young man who lives in a Jewish working-class section of Buenos Aires. Since his father went missing in the war, his mother Sonia and brother Joseph work in the shopping and business district. With no interest in school or work, Ariel just ends up hangin out. He finally gets motivated by the idea of moving to Poland, so asks his grandmother, an ex-girlfriend, and Rabbi Benderson for help. 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.)

MEDIA 10-1015

 

Love in the time of cholera c2008

Mike Newell, Ronald Harwood, Scott Steindorff, Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Hector Elizondo, Liev Schreiber, Ana Claudia Talancaon, Fernanda Montenegro, Unax Ugalde, Laura Harring, John Leguizamo, Affonso Beato, Mick Audsley, Antonio Pinto, Shakira, Gabriel Garcaia Maarquez, New Line Cinema Corporation, Stone Village Pictures (Firm), Grosvenor Park Media, and New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)

Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years. 1 videodisc (138 min.)

MEDIA 10-1911

 

Lucia 2010, 1968

Set during three periods in Cuban history, the film portrays three different Lucias, emphasizing each Lucia's role as a woman in the social milieu of the period. Each story is hung on a love drama. The first story focuses on the upper class, the second on the middle class, and the third on the working class. Each have different ranges of potential action and responses. 1 videodisc (160 min.)

MEDIA 10-4305

 

María Cano 2005?

Camila Loboguerrero,  Luis González, Felipe Aljure, María Eugenia Dávila, Frank Ramírez,  Compańía de Fomento Cinematográfico (Colombia), Video Factory (Firm), and Corporación Fondo Mixto de Promoción Cinematográfica--Proimágenes en Movimiento (Colombia)

A biographical docudrama about María Cano, Colombian poet and labor leader of the 1920s. 1 videodisc (106 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2456

 

My family Mi familia 2004, 1995

Presents the three-generation saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the beginnings of his father's journey from Mexico to California in the 1920s, to his brother Chucho's tragic rebellion of the 1950s, to the stark realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished for Paco Sanchez and his family. 1 videodisc (127 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3802

 

La nińa santa 2005

Lucrecia Martel, Lita Stantic, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar, Marķa Alché, Mercedes Morįn, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Zylberberg, Mķa Maestro, Félix Monti, Santiago Ricci, Andrés Gerszenzon, Fine Line Features, Lita Stantic Producciones, Home Box Office (Firm), and HBO Films

Two teenage girls adjust to their maturing sexuality and religious upbringing. 1 videodisc (104 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2862

 

No habrį mįs penas ni olvido 2001, 1983

"A savage black comedy about a small revolution that breaks out in a quiet Argentine village, when a local Peronist politician claims a municipal is a Communist. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message. While its political content is especially relevant to understanding the social and psychological sources of dictatorships, its harsh comic truth about human folly has universal significance."--Container. 1 videodisc (78 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3806

 

Pantaleón y las visitadoras 2003, 2000

A dedicated Peruvian army captain (and devoted husband) is put in charge of a top secret military operation--setting up a brothel in the Amazon jungle to satisfy the needs of his fellow soldiers. 1 videodisc (119 min.)

MEDIA 10-4185

 

Paraiso travel 2009 2003

Simon Brand, Santiago Diaz, Juan Rendon, Jorge Franco Ramos,  Aldemar Correa, Angelica Blandon, Ana de la Reguera, John Leguizamo, Margarita D'Francisco, Angelo Milli, Jorge Franco Ramos, Paraiso Pictures, Grand Illusions Entertainment (Firm), and Phase 4 Films (Firm)

This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend Reina leaves his life in Colombia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately takes him to a place he could have never predicted. 1 videodisc (116 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2825

 

Pińero 2002

León Ichaso, John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Tim Williams, Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Michael Wright, Michael Irby, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Klein, Rita Moreno, Claudio Chea, David Tedeschi, Kip Hanrahan, Sandra Hernandez, Sharon Lomofsky, Miramax Films, GreeneStreet Films, Lower East Side Films, Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

A biographical look at a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pińero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in Sing-Sing Prison for petty thefts and drug dealing, Pińero adapted his prison experiences into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short eyes. 1 videodisc (94 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2480

 

La primera noche 2006 2003

Luis Alberto Restrepo, Alberto Quiroga, Alberto Amaya, Carolina Lizarazo, John Alex Toro, Hernan Mendez, and Agua Verde Audio Visual (Firm)

Two brothers are torn apart fighting on opposite sides of the Colombian civil war. The woman they share is forced to abandon the uncertainty of life in the village and flees to the big city with her baby, where they are at the mercy of the city at night. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2742

 

Quase dois irmaaos Almost two brothers 2004

Laucia Murat, Paulo Lins, Caco Ciocler, Flaavio Bauraqui, Werner Scheunemann, Antonio Pompeo, Maria Flor, Taiga (Firm), First-Run Features (Firm), and Global Film Initiative

A look at the class struggle of Brazil over four decades, through the eyes of Miguel, a white middle-class rebel, and Jorge, his black childhood friend. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-1971

 

Ramona 2009, 1910

Mary Pickford, Henry B Walthall, Kate Bruce, J. B Warner, Elinor Fair, D. W Griffith, Clifford S Elfelt, Timeline Films, and Milestone Film & Video

Two significant early silent films featuring Latino characters. Ramona: In this 1910 short a young girl growing up on her adoptive mother's ranch in California falls in love with the Indian, Alessandro. When she is denied permission to marry him, the two lovers elope, only to find a life of great hardship and unhappiness amidst the bigotry and greed of the white landowners. Big stakes: An American cowboy and a Mexican lawman clash over a beautiful woman. A fun ride across the plains of western cinema, which, for 1922, presents a complex look at Mexican and American stereotypes. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-1581

 

Real women have curves c2005

The summer after Ana's high school graduation is a turning point in her life. She has to decide whether to go to college and experience life, or stay home, get married and work at her sister's struggling garment factory. 1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 795 10-5431

 

Rodrigo D no futuro 1991

Víctor Gaviria, Ramiro Meneses, Carlos Mario Restrepo, Jackson Idrian Gallego , Vilma Díaz, Oscar Hernández, and Elsa Vásquez

A shockingly accurate and timely portrayal of the reckless existence of youths in one of the most exciting and dangerous cities in Latin America--Medellín, Colombia, in 1988. Backed with a frenetic punk rock soundtrack, the film centers around Rodrigo, a would-be drummer, and his friends who are trapped in the violence and drugs which define their turbulent lifestyle. 1 videocassette (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-2314           2-2825

 

Secuestro express 2006

Jonathan Jakubowicz,  Sandra Condito, Salomón Jakubowicz, Mía Maestro, Carlos Julio Molina, Carlos Madera, Jean Paul Leroux, Rubén Blades, Tres Malandros Films (Firm), Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

Two wealthy young Venezuelans are kidnapped by small-time criminals from Caracas. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2791

 

Seńora de Nadia Nobody's wife c2003

Lita Stantic, Maria Luisa Bemberg, Luisina Brando, Rodolfo Ranni, Julio Chávez, Gabriela Acher, Susú Pecoraro, China Zorrilla, GEA Cinematografica S.A, Cinemateca (Firm), Condor Media (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

Leonor is living the good life: a husband, two kids, a comfortable home. But when she discovers her husband is cheating on her, that life collapses. Leonor flees the world she knows, finds a new job and begins to meet new men. From a distance, she cautiously observes her children. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

MEDIA 10-937

 

Sin nombre 2009

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejķa, Marcelo Zarvos, Canana Films (Firm), Primary Productions (Firm), Focus Features, Alliance Films, and Alliance vivafilm (Firm)

Sayra is a beautiful young Honduran woman who joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with El Casper, a teenage Mexican gang member, who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3087

 

Sleep dealer 2009?

Alex Rivera, David Riker, Anthony Bregman, Luis Fernando Peńa, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Lisa Rinzler, Tomandandy (Musical group), Starlight Video (Firm), Likely Story (Firm), This is That (Firm), and Maya Entertainment (Firm)

Set in the future, a young man looks for a better life outside his small rural village in Mexico-- but finds himself facing a technological dystopia when he attempts to cross the border. Memo Cruz siempre has always dreamed of leaving his tiny village and heading north to the big cities on the border. But when a bizarre tragedy strikes, and he's forced to go on the run, Memo discovers a brave new world far beyond his wildest dreams. The near future of Sleep Dealer is a world filled with killer drones, hi-tech factories, memory-sellers, and a wild war against 'aqua-terrorists' broadcast on reality TV."--Container. 1 videodisc (90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2827

 

Soy andina I am Andean c2008, 2007

Two New Yorkers journey to Peru to reconnect with roots and dance. Folk dancer Nélida Silva returns to her Andean birthplace to host the patron saint festival. Modern dancer Cynthia Paniagua embarks on her own journey after meeting Neli - determined to "quench a burning desire to know the real Peru, and unearth the mystery of the dances." Soy Andina is a story about crossing cultures and affirming identity in a globalized world. 1 videodisc (70 min.)

MEDIA 10-4063

 

Soy Cuba 2010, 1964

A dramatization of the decadence of Batista's Havana and the poverty that fueled the Cuban Revolution. In four stories showing the rise of the revolution, the films takes the viewer on a sweeping ride encompassing bathing beauties, landless peasants and student revolutions. 1 videodisc (135 min.)

MEDIA 10-4302

 

También la lluvia c2012

"Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries) and his cynical producer Costa (Luis Tosa, The Limits of Control) arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about Christopher Columbus' conquest of the Americas. But as filming commences, the local citizens begin to riot in protest against a multi-national corporation that is taking control of their water supply. With the film shoot in jeopardy, both men find their convictions shaken. Inspired by the real-life Water Wars in Bolivia in the year 2000, Even the Rain explores the lasting effects of Spanish imperialism, still resonating some 500 years later in the continued struggle of indigenous people against oppression and exploration." -- Container. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-3934

 

La teta asustada The milk of sorrow 2010

Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solís, Marino Ballón, Claudia Llosa, Antonio Chavarrías, José María Morales, Natasha Braier, Frank Gutiérrez, Oberon Cinematográfica (Firm), Wanda Vision (Firm), Vela Producciones, and Olive Films

Fausta suffers from 'The Milk of Sorrow, ' an illness transmitted through mother's milk by women who've been raped during Peru's civil wars. Stricken with the fear that she's contracted the illness from her mother's breast milk, Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother's sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom, and wholeness. 1 videodisc (94 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2462

 

Traffic c2002

Steven Soderbergh, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford, Don Cheadle, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzmaan, Dennis Quaid, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Simon Moore, USA Films (Firm), Bedford Falls Company, Initial Entertainment Group, Criterion Collection (Firm), Channel Four (Great Britain), and Carnival Films (Great Britain)

Traffic is a mural of a war being fought and lost.  In a culture devoted to instant gratification and the quick fix, it poses unanswerable questions about greed, corruption, economic inequity, pleasure, self-medication, dependency, and addiction.  The stories of a well-meaning politician with a wayward daughter, a rich suburban homemaker who sees her comfortable life hijacked by two earnest DEA agents, and a conscientious and honorable Mexican police officer illustrate the difficulties of waging this war against people who are essentially members of the family.  How do you combat human frailty, human nature, and the basic human desire to take the edge off?  Are we all not just doomed to repeat our mistakes, but--perversely--willing?  2 videodiscs (147 min.)

MEDIA 10-1632

 

Vamonos con Pancho Villa! Let's go with Pancho Villa 2005

Xavier Villaurrutia, Alberto R Pani, Fernando de Fuentes, Domingo Soler, Antonio R Frausto, Ram ðn Vallarino, Manuel T©Lmez, Cinematogr©Lfica Latino Americana, S.A, Cinemateca (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

This classic of Mexican cinema follows the adventures of six young men who leave their rural homes to join Pancho Villa's army. Together the men endure hardship, tragedy, and disillusionment for the cause of the Mexican Revolution. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-624

 

Vidas secas 199-?

Graciliano A family and their dog struggle to survive in drought-stricken Northeast BrazilRamos and Nelson Pereira dos Santos

A family and their dog struggle to survive in drought-stricken Northeast Brazil.   1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA          MEDIA 2-1771             10-625

 

Viva Zapata! 2006, 1952

John Steinbeck, Darryl Francis Zanuck, Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Emiliano Zapata, an ally of Pancho Villa, leads the Mexican peasants in a bloody revolt against an oppressive government and overthrows President Dķaz. 1 videodisc (113 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3467

 

Vámonos con Pancho Villa a. 1990/1936

Fernando de Fuentes,  Alberto R Pani, and Rafael Felipe Muńoz

A semi-historical picture covering incidents in the Mexican civil war. Six ranchers, nicknamed the lions of San Pablo, join Villa in order to avenge the murder of Francisco Madero and overthrow the reactionary forces. 1 videocassette (88 min.)

MEDIA        MEDIA 2-3795             10-624

 

Walkout c2006

In 1968, a multi-school walkout to protest unfair treatment of Mexican Americans by the East Los Angeles public school system is organized by Paula Crisostomo, an idealistic honor student, with the support of her teacher Sal Castro and her friend Bobby Verdugo. Based on a true story.  Concluding montage features talking heads of the major characters, juxtaposed with the actors portraying them:  ?Sal Castro, educator; Paula Crisostomo, college administrator; Victoria Castro, L.A. School Board; Carlos Montes, community activist; Harry Gamboa, artist; ?Mita? Cuaron, artist/registered nurse; Bobby Verdugo, social worker; Moctesuma Esparza, activist/producer.? 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.)

SMLR. MEDIA 64 10-1368

 

The Wild bunch 1969, 1997

Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah, William Holden , Ernest Borgnine,  Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Jerry Fielding, Roy Sickner, Paul Seydor, and Nick Redman

The brutal story of violent men who lived during the Mexican revolution in the year 1913. It portrays a band of magnificent losers in a dying lawless West. 1 videodisc (145 min.)

MEDIA 10-200

 

XXY c2008

Lucía Puenzo, José María Morales, Luis Puenzo, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti, Martín Piroyansky, Inés Efron, Sergio Bizzio, Holger Haase, Steffen Weinert, Steffen Groth, Chantal Hourticolon, Nina Weniger, Pyramide Productions (Firm), Historias Cinematograficas (Firm), Wanda Vision (Firm), H2 Medienproduktion (Firm), Südwestrundfunk (Germany), Arte (Firm), Cine Argentino (Firm), Pyramide distribution (Firm), and Film Movement (Firm)

"Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a dark secret. Soon after her birth, her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to settle in an isolated wooden house tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit with their 16-year-old son Álvaro. Álvaro's father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between the teenagers forces both families to face their worst fears. As rumors begin to spread, the town's fascination with Alex becomes dangerous." -- Container.  1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.)

MEDIA 10-2196

 

Y tu mamá también c2002

Jorge Vergara, Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Maribel Verdú, Gael García, Diego Luna, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jorge Vergara Producciones, Producciones Anhelo, IFC Films, Good Machine (Firm), and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Luisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever? 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-354