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The Female Gaze: Women Directors in Latin American Cinema
This course delves into Latin American cinema through the lens of female directors and filmmakers, exploring how women have challenged power structures and representation in the film industry while addressing themes such as gender, identity, social…
Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories
Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories highlights the experience of a black Cuban American family, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more diverse, racially and ideologically, than we are often led to believe. The film explores the various…
Kuifi ül
Kuifi ül (Sonido antiguo) resalta las formas de violencia racializada que los mapuches siguen soportando bajo el estado chileno en el sur de Chile, y su praxis de resistencia, enfocándose en los ritos de agua que se practican durante el solsticio de…
Kalül trawün
Kalül Trawün was conceived and filmed during an exhibition in a room of the National Museum of Fine Arts located in a shopping mall, in Santiago de Chile. In this beautiful piece, Huichaqueo highlights the forms of violence and dispossession that the…
Los colonos
A fines del siglo XIX las estancias ovejeras cubren cada vez más territorio en la Patagonia chilena. En 1893, Segundo, un mestizo chileno; Maclenan, un militar inglés y Bill, un mercenario estadounidense, emprenden una expedición a caballo para…
La pecera
Noelia, a 40-year-old Puerto Rican visual artist, discovers her cancer has metastasized after spending several years in remission. Despite the insistence of her partner, Jorge, she refuses to continue her treatment and decides to return to Vieques,…
O dia que te conheci
Zeca empieza su mañana entregado a las pequeñas contrariedades: cada vez le cuesta más levantarse, viaja una hora y media en colectivo para llegar a la escuela donde trabaja y, a lo largo del recorrido, los imprevistos complican aún más el asunto.…
Las cosas indefinidas
Eva se dedica a editar películas. Mientras trabaja junto a su asistente Rami en un largometraje sobre personas con ceguera, parece haber perdido el entusiasmo por el cine. A esto se suma la reciente muerte de su amigo Juan, un director de cine cuyas…
Los que se quedan
Those Who Remain is a film about the families of those who have crossed the border to the United States in search of better opportunities. During eleven months the directors followed the everyday life of nine families in six different states of…
Ser grande
The daily life of Juan, Rushian and Ivianyd, three Puerto Rican teenagers, is challenged when they decide to participate in a series of workshops to discover their aspirations and overcome personal limitations. The support of new mentors provokes…
Valentina o la serenidad
Valentina anda por los nueve años, usa un trapo de la casa como capa y se convierte en una superheroína con poderes sobre el viento, la tierra y los árboles. Pero un suceso inesperado la devasta: su padre fallece en un accidente y debe lidiar con su…
Vento na Fronteira
On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a battle between agribusiness and indigenous sovereignty wages. Filmmakers Laura Faerman and Marina Weis outline the clash between lawyer Luana Ruiz, heiress to the contested land and staunch Jair…
Albertina y los muertos
San Miguel es un pueblo construido sobre tumbas indígenas y Albertina es su líder espiritual. Ella es la encargada de comunicarse con el Ño, una deidad cuya forma física es un muñeco de trapo, al que los habitantes veneran en la semana del carnaval.…
Alba
Alba, una niña de 11 años, debe ir a vivir con su padre, Igor, debido a la enfermedad de su madre. Igor es un hombre obsesivo y solitario, a quien ella apenas conoce, que después de separarse de la familia se encerró en una casa pequeña. La…
A todos nos gusta el plátano
And when he woke up, Black Lives Matter was also Spanish. Photographer Rubén H. Bermúdez, whose 2018 book “Y tú, ¿por qué eres negro?” was a pivotal moment in the visibility of the Afro-descendant community in Spain, now presents the audiovisual…
Bongó Itá
La sociedad secreta Abakuá es una hermandad religiosa Afrocubana que permaneció vedada a los no iniciados hasta hace poco tiempo. Con imágenes rara vez expuestas antes, Bongó Itá logra capturar la esencia de un fenómeno que ha sido símbolo de…
Cabeça de Nêgo
Based on real events, this political drama fuses Brazilian history with international anti-racist movements. Saulo, a black introverted student and fan of the Black Panther Movement, challenges his school in the largely white city of Fortaleza. After…
Meu Amigo Fela
My Friend Fela provides a new perspective on the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, in order to counter the most often portrayed narrative of Fela "as an eccentric African pop idol of the ghetto", according to director Joel Zito Araújo. The complexity of…
Filhas do Vento
Numa pequena cidade em Minas Gerais as irmãs Maria "Cida" Aparecida (Taís Araújo) e Maria "Ju" da Ajuda (Thalma de Freitas) têm objetivos bem distintos. A primeira quer se tornar uma famosa atriz e para isto é imperativo que deixe o lugarejo, já a…
Con el toque de la chaveta
With a Stroke of the Chaveta takes viewers into the legendary cigar factories of Cuba to witness the unique practice of "la lectura de tabaquería", the collective reading of literature while tabaqueros roll habanos. From "lectores" Odalys, Aguila and…
La camarista
In her feature debut, theater director Lila Avilés turns the monotonous work day of Eve (Gabriela Cartol), a chambermaid at a high-end Mexico City hotel, into a beautifully observed film of rich detail. Set entirely in this alienating environment,…
Biopsia
Carmen accompanies a group of women who must travel from the island of Vieques to San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, in order to perform breast biopsies. The long journey is by water and road. Amid many fears and vicissitudes, Carmen confirms once…
La capa azul
Two months after Hurricane Maria landed on the shores of Puerto Rico, the power remains out and the infrastructure continues to collapse. Junior, a ten-year-old boy, is summoned by his mother to search for the medicine his grandfather so desperately…
Clara sola
In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life. (IMDB)
Herencia
Havana is still alive. Its people are in the streets, squares, churches, parks, ballrooms, and schools. And it still conveys a legacy made of old laughter, African rhythms, and strong dyes. Music becomes the channel to transgress, to transcend, to…
La hija natural
Maria, 18 year old daughter of a single mother, decides to look for the father she has never met after her mother dies in a tragic accident. She finally finds him in a nearby town, living in what appears to be a haunted old country house in the…
O Nó de Diabo
During the slavery period in Brazil, a sugar cane farm was the stage for the darkest kinds of horrors. Years later, the place's cruel past is still stained in its walls, even if unnoticed, until a series of strange events starts happening and death…
No Coração do Mundo
Contagem, Minas Gerais. Dentro da comunidade local, Marcos (Leo Pyrata) se vira diariamente com os pequenos crimes que comete. Quando reencontra Selma (Grace Passô), uma antiga amiga, ele se convence da possibilidade de executar um assalto…
Guanabacoa: Crónica de mi familia
A pioneer in the genre of autobiographical documentaries, this film made by the renowned Cuban director Sara Gómez explores her family roots to offer a family portrait through photos, popular music, and women’s tales. It is also a powerful document…
Balomania
In the heart of Brazil's favelas, filmmaker Sissel Morell Dargis gains unprecedented access to the hidden world of the “balloon mafia.” For baloeiros in Rio and Sao Paolo, hot air balloon construction, flying and chasing is a treasured and…
Home Is Somewhere Else
Home Is Somewhere Else shares the rich complexity of the emotional experiences of immigrant children and families to better understand and empathize with them. It invites discussion about the need for a new US migratory model based on respect for…
Vicenta B
Carlos Lechuga’s poignant third feature follows Vicenta Bravo, a gifted Afro-Cuban woman residing in Havana with the unique ability to see into the future and commune with spirits. Every day, people seek her out for guidance, but her world crumbles…
La suprema
Teeming with irrepressible energy, La Suprema takes us back to 2001 Colombia and to a tiny and remote village in the Caribbean region far from any beach and seemingly lost in time. Laureana is a strong-willed teenager who’s not about to conform to…
Elena
In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with…
El Blanco
In this tale of racism and gender violence, the woman is the center of the story. As a wife, daughter, or sister, Genesis must respond to a way of being and a way of life attentive to what the men in her life dictate. She must fulfill the role…
La Llorona
Alma, a Maya Kaqchikel woman, is victimized by military commander Enrique during the war in Guatemala. Thirty years later, he is tried and condemned for crimes against humanity, but then absolved by a higher court. Alma comes back to the world of the…
Igualada
Shot in a cinéma verité style, Mejía Botero's film follows Márquez's rise from a local leader in La Toma, a small rural town in Colombia's Pacific Southwest and home to over a quarter-million descendants of enslaved Africans. Rich in natural…
Mirada Nativa
MiradaNativa es un punto de encuentro para la difusión y promoción del Cine Indígena que abre un canal especifico de exhibición, produce y acoge festivales, ofrece recursos audiovisuales de formación e investigación y promueve el Cine Indígena.…
Mala reputación
Karina Nuñez se gana la vida como trabajadora sexual desde hace 30 años y desde hace 10 es activista feminista y lidera el movimiento por los derechos laborales de su colectivo. A sus 45 años, está buscando cambiar de trabajo, pero las opciones son…
Bad Reputation
Karina Nuñez se gana la vida como trabajadora sexual desde hace 30 años y desde hace 10 es activista feminista y lidera el movimiento por los derechos laborales de su colectivo. A sus 45 años, está buscando cambiar de trabajo, pero las opciones son…
Nana dijo
“Nana Dijo. Radiografía irresoluta de la conciencia negra”, es un trabajo que expone las condiciones de segregación, discriminación, censura y violencia cultural contra las poblaciones afrodescendientes en Latinoamérica y negros latinos en Estados…
Latin American Cinema
This course is a survey of Latin American cinema. We will watch approximately one film per week and discuss them in Spanish in a small classroom setting. Throughout the course we will pay special attention to how cinematic constructions of multiple…
La Llorona
Features a former junta leader, based on Efraín Ríos Montt, murderous "chief executive" of Guatemala between 1982 and 1983. This general, Enrique Monteverde (Julio Díaz), is confined to effective house arrest when his conviction for genocide of the…
Raíces de mi corazón
A present day AfroCuban woman [Mercedes] seeks her roots through her family history. Old photos, newspaper clippings jealously guarded by her grandmother, and her mother's stories reveal her great-grandparents' history. The historical truth raises…
Ilwen: La tierra tiene olor a padre
A través de un retrato autoreferencial entre el realizador y su padre, el artista visual Francisco Huichaqueo reflexiona en torno a la naturaleza en la cosmovisión mapuche, como elemento central que la articula, cerrando el círculo entre él y su…
Nana dijo
Nana Dijo is a cartography of the Black experience through a collection of narratives in first person. Nana Dijo is an urgent historical registry filmed in Mexico, Honduras, Uruguay, Argentina and the United States, which opens a crucial platform of…
Mala junta
Cuando Tano (16 años) vuelve a cometer un delito es enviado a vivir con su padre al campo, donde se hace amigo de un tímido joven mapuche llamado Cheo (15 años). Un conflicto político en el sector y las malas relaciones con sus padres, los desafían a…
Argentina, 1985
Un drama inspirado por la historia verdadera del fiscal Julio Strassera, el joven abogado Luis Moreno Ocampo, y su equipo legal inexperto quienes, durante la década de los ochenta, se atrevieron a procesar a los líderes de la dictadura militar por…
La vida es silbar
Bebé, una joven de 18 años relatará la vida de personas en La Habana: Mariana, una joven bailarina ninfómana; Julita, una mujer madura que oculta un secreto de su pasado y Elpidio, un joven mulato inadaptado que fue abandonado por su madre. (Premios…
La ciénaga
Mecha y Gregorio están en su casa de campo deteriorada cerca de La Ciénaga con sus hijos adolescentes. Hace calor. Los adultos beben seguido. Mecha se corta, ocasionando un viaje al hospital y una visita de su hijo, José. Su prima, Tali, trae a sus…