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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 justice, violence, historical memory, human rights, colonialism, and postcolonialism. Students analyze films from various regions of Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and Bolivia. The course examines both aesthetic aspects and sociocultural contexts, highlighting the unique narratives and perspectives brought forth by these filmmakers. Special emphasis is placed on independent productions and the contributions of female filmmakers traditionally marginalized or underrepresented in mainstream narratives. The course methodology integrates theoretical readings, group discussions, presentations, and multimedia projects, fostering critical dialogue on the role of women in Latin American cinema.
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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 experiences that each family member had in dealing with the realities of life as black Cuban-Americans in the Bronx. One son, stuck between his family and the code of the streets, became a drug addict before he found religion. Another became a physician assistant, but his curiosity about his roots brings him back to a Havana very different from the one where he was born, and where he discovers he cannot fit in. The experiences of this one family speak to the larger issues of race, social class, and nation that help to shape the identities of everyday people. (https://film.twn.org/products/cuban-roots-bronx-stories) -
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, the small Caribbean island east of Puerto Rico where she grew up and where her mother, Flora, lives. Once there, she keeps her cancer a secret in order to live freely and throws herself into the work she had dedicated herself to years before - denouncing pollution left by the U.S. Army after years of military exercises on the island. However, as Noelia's health worsens and she joins her neighbors to secretly enter closed testing areas to document undetonated bombs and toxic remains, her struggle to survive and the struggle of Vieques to recover from decades of bomb testing become inextricably intertwined. When an approaching hurricane threatens the island and Noelia rekindles an old romance, she faces the decision to leave and seek treatment or stay with her community. (IMDb)Tags Feminism / Feminismo -
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. Pero no sabe que ese día, que parece igual a los demás, su rutina va a quebrarse: no solo porque van a despedirlo, sino porque una inesperada conexión con Luisa, la compañera que le anuncia la noticia y que un poco por compasión se ofrece a acercarlo a su casa en auto, quizás pueda ayudarlo a alivianar el viaje, en más de un sentido. (Film Affinity ES) -
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 Mexico. They developed a personal relationship with children, grandparents, mothers, husbands, and teenagers. In the film we see them at work, at rest, and playing while they reveal their hopes, fears and dreams through the simple things that they enjoy in life. The result is a deep and intimate conversation with the Mexican soul. (IMDb) -
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 awareness, but moving forward is not so simple. Obstacles pertaining to social, emotional and sexual identity issues are part of this choral portrait on the margins of Caribbean society. (Letterboxd)Tags Youth / La juventud -
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, with extended scenes taking place in the guest rooms, hallways, and cleaning facilities, this minimalist yet sumptuous movie brings to the fore Eve’s hopes, dreams, and desires. As with Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA, set in the same city, The Chambermaid salutes the invisible women caretakers who are the hard-working backbone of society. (MOMA, New Directors/New Films Series, 2019) -
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 again the need for appropriate medical services for both women and for the rest of the Vieques population. (LetterBoxd) -
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 needs. He puts on a blue cape, made of the tarp that covers his roof, to overcome the obstacles in his journey and save his grandfather’s life. (LetterBoxd) -
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)Tags Feminism / Feminismo -
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 human rights for all. In this documentary animation, three young immigrants tell their stories. Eleven-year-old Jasmine fears being separated from her undocumented parents and sets off to become an activist to protect families like her own. Sisters Evelyn and Elizabeth. Evelyn was born in the USA but has chosen to return to Mexico, while her sister Elizabeth, an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, is struggling to realize her ambitions. Finally, Lalo shares the story of his childhood, deportation experience, finding a way back, and transforming his challenges through his work as an artist and activist. Voiced by the actual children and their families, the stories are woven together by spoken word poet José Eduardo Aguilar, also known as Lalo "El Deportee," the film’s host and MC whose vibrant "Spanglish" breaks codes, switches standards, and pushes the viewer to decipher his poems. Their painful experiences and vibrant hopes and dreams lend themselves well to animation. A powerful reminder of how the color of your passport determines your life. (https://pragda.com/film/home-is-somewhere-else/) -
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 when her beloved son decides to emigrate, leaving her adrift in a crisis that blinds her to the unfolding events around her. Struggling with her anxieties and the loss of faith permeating her surroundings, Vicenta embarks on a soul-searching journey across Cuba’s heartland. As she confronts her existential turmoil head-on, she discovers unexpected solidarity and empathy, rediscovering her connection to her ancestors and the island itself. Anchored by Linnett Hernández Valdés’s compelling performance, Vicenta B is a quietly touching exploration of life’s uncertainties and the transformative power of acceptance. (https://pragda.com/film/vicenta-b/) -
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 what society or her abuela have in store for her. When she finds out via the newspaper that her estranged uncle is days away from fighting in a boxing world championship in Venezuela, she ignites a spark that will quickly get the whole town on board with watching the match live on national television. The problem? It may be the 21st century, but the village has no electricity and no one has a TV set. Laureana enlists the help of Efraín, the local trainer who discovered her uncle years ago. After much hesitation, he agrees to follow her lead and set sail for the big city. All odds are against them, but they know this history-making moment might put their town on the map and it is worth giving it their all. (https://pragda.com/film/la-suprema/) -
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 Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Elena has lost her citizenship due to this ruling, and her family stands to lose their rightful access to legal residency in the Dominican Republic if they don’t manage to get their documents on time. Negotiating a mountain of opaque bureaucratic processes and a racist, hostile society, Elena becomes the face of the struggle to stay in a country built on the labor of her father and forefathers. (https://pragda.com/film/elena/) -
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 established for her by a hostile and perennial patriarchy. Genesis is forced to enter into an arranged marriage with a mysterious white man called El Blanco to "improve the race" of the family and attain a better social status. But when Genesis fails to become pregnant and her sister arrives for an unannounced visit, a feverish love triangle begins to take shape in their isolated cabin. (https://pragda.com/film/el-blanco/) -
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. MiradaNativa surge de la iniciativa de organizaciones y productoras con larga trayectoria en abrir espacios de cine y comunicación desde las narrativas propias de los Pueblos Indígenas que confluimos en un espacio común. Como miembros de CLACPI (Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas), se impulsa y se gestiona la plataforma como un medio de difundir, exhibir y promover 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 escasas por su edad, su forma de vida y por el estigma social con el que carga. Karina pudo existir desde otro espacio, redefinió su lugar en el mundo. (AH! Cine)Tags Feminism / Feminismo -
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 escasas por su edad, su forma de vida y por el estigma social con el que carga. Karina pudo existir desde otro espacio, redefinió su lugar en el mundo. (AH! Cine) -
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 Unidos. Es, pues, un documental que está llamado a convertirse en material elemental para comprender y transformar la conciencia general sobre la negritud en países de habla hispana, donde lo afro ha sido silenciado por siglos, incluso, para los mismos afrodescendientes. En una industria cultural inundada de proyectos sobre afro-descendencia políticamente tibios, con enfoques completamente subordinados a las hegemonías culturales y que solo apuestan por la exortización del cuerpo del oprimido y no por su empoderamiento, “Nana Dijo” emerge como un esfuerzo sólido por afirmar las narrativas de la experiencia Negra en primera persona (afrofeminas.com) -
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 modernities are linked to different understandings of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality. The course will cover the following major cinematic periods:
- silent cinema (1890s-1930s)
- studio cinema (1930s-1950s)
- Neorealism/Art Cinema (1950s)
- the New Latin American Cinema (1960s -1980s)
- contemporary cinema (1990s to today)
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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 Mayan-Ixil people is overturned, and protesters surround his compound in response, day and night, chanting, drumming, making music, or simply staring back at the general and his family. [Excerpt from: O’Donoghue, Darragh. "La Llorona." Cineaste, vol. 48, no. 2, March 2023, p. 66.]Tags Maya -
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 the curtains through a love story. Reality and fantasy get mixed in, but all the elements integrated into the narration point towards the central figure, the woman, and to a moving chapter of turn of the century Cuba, when there occurred a violent repression of the AfroCubans who protested out of the frustration that fell over Cubans after the War of Independence. Thousands of descendants of Africans dedicated their lives to the struggle against Spanish colonialism in Cuba. They also fought against the slave system which kidnapped men, women, and children from the African continent and converted them into anonymous cogs of the sugar and coffee plantations. In the War of Independence (1868-78 and 1895-98), AfroCubans joined the Liberation Army (the Mambises) following the ideas of important leaders such as Jose Marti, but also inspired by the example of the Black generals of the War, such as Antonio Maceo, Quintin Banderas, and many others. Unfortunately, at the turn of the century, AfroCuban veterans felt the contempt of a Republic born distorted and completely alienated from the principles raised up by Jose Marti: "One Republic with everyone and for the good of everyone." Racism was part of official injustice. The process of cultural, economic, and political marginalization of Blacks in Cuba at the dawn of the present century is connected at a deep level with the fate of other African Americans up and down the continent. Peruvian, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Columbian, North American, Argentinian, Brazilian, and other Blacks saw themselves deprived of their place of honor in the official history of their own countries. The protest organized by AfroCubans in 1912 was beaten back by the National Army itself and ended in a real human massacre which had its main scene in Oriente Province. This is the synopsis of the story our central figure is going to discover through her family. (AfroCubaWeb) -
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 padre y su padre y la tierra. A partir de esta relación se evoca no solamente a la tranquilidad de la naturaleza, sino también su potencial destructivo y su regir cíclico. (Cineteca Nacional Chile) -
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 analysis about race relations/politics by transgressing beyond the parameters of "safe discourses" imposed by culturalist agendas. The narrative sewed into Nana Dijo grows out of the body of the oppressed trespassing geo-political borders. Nana Dijo pursues processes of empowerment while being critical towards exoticization within hegemonic cultural industries. Nana Dijo is the complexity in the colonized psyche; Our elders vernacular manifestation. Nana Dijo; Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness is the first documentary collaborative project directed by Bocafloja in collaboration with Cambiowashere. (UCLA Latin American Institute) -
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 enfrentar juntos los prejuicios con que cargan en su ya complicada adolescencia. (Cine Chile) -
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 crímenes contra la humanidad. A pesar de la carrera contra el reloj y varias amenazas contra ellos, trabajaron duro para lograr la justicia por las víctimas de la dictadura y sus seres queridos. (Sinopsis de Éowyn Bailey) -
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 Goya) -
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 hijos. Los niños estan solos, tomando el sol al lado de la piscina sucia, bailando en el pueblo, corriendo por las montañas con escopetas, manejando sin licencia. Una de las jóvenes ama a Isabel, una de las sirvientas a la que constantemente acusan de robo. Madre e hijo, hijo y hermana, adolescente e Isabel, se encuentran juntos en las camas y los baños con una intimidad extraña. Sin ningún adulto que preste atención, ¿quién está en riesgo? (Translation by Jeimy Hernandez) -
El espinazo del diablo
Esta historia, ambientada durante los últimos días de la Guerra Civil, tiene lugar en el orfanato Santa Lucía, un impresionante edificio de piedra situado en una meseta desolada. Carlos, un niño de 12 años, se enfrenta al escalofriante lugar ya que su tutor no puede hacerse cargo de él. Nada más llegar, el niño notará la presencia de un ser extraño. Poco a poco, Carlos descubre que esa misteriosa presencia corresponde a un niño asesinado brutalmente en el pasado, cuyo fantasma vaga sin rumbo por el orfanato... (Sensa Cine)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Reflections of Colonialism in The Devil's Backbone
Video Essay created by James DeLisio comparing Guillermo del Toro's depictions of fascist systems of power in The Devil's Backbone (2001) with the colonial systems articulated within Anibal Quijano's "Coloniality of Power" (Quijano, A. 2000). The project was part of the course "Reading North by South: Latin American Studies and US Liberation Movements" (LATI 10) taught by Professor Amy Kennemore, University of California, San Diego. -
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 Goya) -
Amor maldito
Duas jovens mulheres, Fernanda, uma executiva, e Sueli, uma ex-miss, se apaixonam e decidem morar juntas. Porém, Sueli se cansa do relacionamento amoroso que leva com Fernanda e envolve-se com um jornalista. A moça engravida do amante e ele a abandona. Em desespero, Sueli se atira da janela do apartamento de Fernanda, que passa a ser acusada de homicídio. (Adoro Cinema Brasil)
Nota editorial: Amor maldito es el primer largometraje de ficción dirigida por una mujer afro-brasileña, un reconocimiento que Adélia Sampaio no recibió hasta el siglo veintiuno. Ver también: Dennison, Stephanie. "Practising Inclusive Citation in Modern Languages Research: The View from Brazilian Film Studies." Modern Languages Open, vol. 0, no. 1, 2023, p. 4. DOI: 10.3828/mlo.v0i0.448. -
Que horas ela volta?
A pernambucana Val (Regina Casé) se mudou para São Paulo a fim de dar melhores condições de vida para sua filha Jéssica. Com muito receio, ela deixou a menina no interior de Pernambuco para ser babá de Fabinho, morando integralmente na casa de seus patrões. Treze anos depois, quando o menino (Michel Joelsas) vai prestar vestibular, Jéssica (Camila Márdila) lhe telefona, pedindo ajuda para ir à São Paulo, no intuito de prestar a mesma prova. Os chefes de Val recebem a menina de braços abertos, só que quando ela deixa de seguir certo protocolo, circulando livremente, como não deveria, a situação se complica. (Adoro Cinema Brasil) -
O que é isso companheiro
O jornalista Fernando (Pedro Cardoso) e seu amigo César (Selton Mello) abraçam a luta armada contra a ditadura militar no final da década de 60. Os dois alistam num grupo guerrilheiro de esquerda. Em uma das ações do grupo militante, César é ferido e capturado pelos militares. Fernando então planeja o sequestro do embaixador dos Estados Unidos no Brasil, Charles Burke Elbrick (Alan Arkin), para negociar a liberdade de César e de outros companheiros presos. (Adoro Cinema Brasil) -
El Libertador
Starring Édgar Ramírez, The Liberator narrates the story of Simón Bolívar, who fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered - it liberated. (Pragda)Tags War Films -
O contador de histórias
Anos 70. Aos 6 anos Roberto Carlos Ramos (Marco Ribeiro) foi escolhido por sua mãe (Jú Colombo) para ser interno em uma instituição oficial que, segundo apregoava a propaganda, visava a formação de crianças em médicos, advogados e engenheiros. Entretanto a realidade era bem diferente, o que fez com que Roberto aprendesse as regras de sobrevivência no local. Pouco depois de completar 7 anos ele é transferido, passando a conviver com crianças até 14 anos. Aos 13 anos, ainda analfabeto, Roberto tem contato com as drogas e já acumula mais de 100 tentativas de fuga. Considerado irrecuperável por muitos, Roberto recebe a visita da psicóloga francesa Margherit Duvas (Maria de Medeiros). Tratando-o com respeito, ela inicia o processo de recuperação e aprendizagem de Roberto. (Adoro Cinema Brasil) -
Rio 2096: Uma História de Amor e Fúria
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury is an animated film about Abeguar, an immortal Tupinambá hero, who has been in love with Janaína for 600 hundred years. While narrating their love story, he recounts Brazil’s history of colonization, slavery and the Brazilian military regime, before describing the future, in 2096, when a war for water occurs. (Film synopsis by Éowyn Bailey)Tags Tupinambá / Tupi -
Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba
What does "Está Rico" by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with "Made For Now" by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both high-jacked AfroBeats and did not give the genre's origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to find inspiration from the new sounds. He finds Afrobeats has helped create a new genre called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the Transatlantic slave trade. Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion. (WORLD Channel) -
Silvestre Pantaleón
Silvestre Pantaleón es la historia de la lucha cotidiana de un anciano del pueblo Nahua de San Agustín Oapan, Guerrero, por conseguir el dinero necesario para que le hagan una ceremonia de curación: "Levantamiento de sombra". Para conseguirlo, Don Silvestre hace lo único que sabe hacer y que quizá sólo él hace hoy en día: producir objetos tanto de uso cotidiano como religioso con la fibra de maguey y la palma. (Ojo de Agua Comunicación) -
José
José lives with his mother in Guatemala City, where, dominated by conservative Catholic and Evangelical Christian religion, living one’s life as an openly gay man is hard for José to imagine. His mother has never had a husband and is determined to hold on to him. José fills his free time with dating apps, but when he meets attractive and gentle Luis, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than José has ever felt. He is thrust into new passion and pain, and self-reflection, that push him to rethink his life. (Strand Releasing)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Empoderadas
Empoderadas é uma websérie que apresenta entrevistas com mulheres negras das mais diversas áreas, profissionais bem sucedidas que falam sobre suas trajetórias, sobre o mercado de trabalho e o racismo e o machismo que o envolvem. Cada capítulo nos apresenta uma personagem real e uma história única. Foram entrevistadas atrizes, artesãs, cantoras, professoras, dentre várias outras profissionais que conversam com a câmera e falam sobre negritude, gênero, suas vidas e suas lutas. (Arte Aberta) -
Afrolatinos
El cortometraje Afrolatinos es un reportaje que cuenta la historia de los africanos y sus descendientes en América Latina, recalcando la importancia de su influencia en la cultura e historia de varias regiones. Inspirado por la vida del director afropanameño Edwin Pitti, el documental explora lo que significa ser afrodescendiente, apoyándose en la investigación y entrevistas. Pitti muestra cómo los afrodescendientes enfrentan la desigualdad social, luchando contra el racismo y abogando por la representación y mejor acceso a los sistemas de educación, salud, y política. (Resumen de Éowyn Bailey) -
Cores pretas
Cores Pretas es un documental corto que, a través de varias entrevistas, cuenta las historias de cinco afrobrasileñas y sus experiencias enfrentando el racismo y la discriminación de género diariamente desde su niñez. (Sinopsis de Éowyn Bailey) -
Pixote: A Lei Do Mais Fraco
Pixote, a child from the streets of São Paulo, is arrested by the police and sent to a juvenile detention center where he and the other adolescents endure abuse and sexual violation by police officers. When two runaways are murdered and the police frame Lilica, a transgender woman, Pixote escapes with her and their friends to begin living a life of crime. (Film synopsis by Éowyn Bailey) -
A orillas del mar
Es la historia de Pedro, un niño que vive en Samaná y que emprende la búsqueda de su padre, un pescador que se fue hacia Santo Domingo. Allí se encontrará con el más triste panorama de desolación y peligro que un adolescente puede enfrentarse cuando no tiene nada. (Dominican Cinema) -
Todo lo demás
Doña Flor is a bureaucrat. It is in everything that comprises her, her non-descript beige blouse, practical heels and knee-length skirts. For over three decades she has attended frustrated and indignant citizens to whom she is nothing but an invisible, lifeless bureaucrat, and has returned each evening to her cat and solitary apartment where she makes obsessive lists of the people she attended to during the day. Inspired by Hannah Arendt’s idea that bureaucracy is one of the worst forms of violence, Todo lo demás explores the interior life of Doña Flor as she attempts to resurface. A kind of "observational narrative" the film is a mesmerizing contemplation on solitude. (Altamura Films) -
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 crímenes contra la humanidad. A pesar de la carrera contra el reloj y varias amenazas contra ellos, trabajaron duro para lograr la justicia por las víctimas de la dictadura y sus seres queridos. (Sinopsis de Éowyn Bailey) -
El agente topo
Rómulo es un detective que tiene una empresa de investigaciones privadas. Allí una clienta le encarga investigar la casa de reposo donde vive su madre. Rómulo decide entrenar a Sergio (83), que jamás ha trabajado como detective, para vivir una temporada como agente encubierto en el hogar. Ya infiltrado, le cuesta asumir su rol de topo y se transforma en un anciano más al interior de la casa de reposo. (Micromundo.cl) -
Ônibus 174
Uma investigação cuidadosa, baseada em imagens de arquivo, entrevistas e documentos oficiais, sobre o seqüestro de um ônibus em plena zona sul do Rio de Janeiro. O incidente, que aconteceu em 12 de junho de 2000, foi filmado e transmitido ao vivo por quatro horas, paralisando o país. No filme a história do seqüestro é contada paralelamente à história de vida do seqüestrador, intercalando imagens da ocorrência policial feitas pela televisão. É revelado como um típico menino de rua carioca transforma-se em bandido e as duas narrativas dialogam, formando um discurso que transcende a ambas e mostrando ao espectador porque o Brasil é um país é tão violento. (Adoro Cinema Brasil) -
1976
1976, Chile. Carmen se va a la playa para supervisar la remodelación de su casa. Su marido, sus hijos y sus nietos van y vienen en las vacaciones de invierno. Cuando el sacerdote de su familia le pide que cuide a un joven que está alojando en secreto, Carmen se adentra en territorios inexplorados, lejos de la vida tranquila a la que está acostumbrada. (Cine Chile)