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This work explores the feelings of Kichwa Otavalo women in the face of Western thought, which marks their lives from birth, and how this in turn affects the construction of their identity. (Hemispheric Institute)

El conflicto actual en Oaxaca comenzó el 14 de junio de 2006 cuando el gobernador del estado ordenó a la policía desalojar el plantón magisterial instalado en el zócalo de la ciudad. Las acciones de ese día desataron la rebelión, conformando la…

Despite official jargon to the contrary, Brazilians live in a racially segregated class system. This upbeat, sensitive and elegantly composed documentary, produced by Lilith Video Collective, looks at the ways Black women have coped with racism while…

A vida do adolescente Pierre vira de cabeça pra baixo quando ele recebe uma denúncia e é obrigado a fazer um teste de DNA. Após o resultado, descobre que a mulher que o criou não é sua mãe biológica, e sim uma estranha que o roubou na maternidade.…

Chief Pedro Mãmãindê, who conducted both the proceedings and the shoot itself, describes the necessity of strengthening the girls of his village by secluding them after their first menses. After several months, the village throws a party, with…

Es un documental sobre el Primer Taller de Cine Indígena en México, que se impartió a mujeres artesanas de la comunidad de San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca. El filme nos muestra los resultados de esta experiencia, en donde el director, además de darnos una…

El lugar sin límites (1978), directed by Arturo Ripstein, is a film about a male transvestite who owns a brothel in a sleepy town in rural Mexico. The protagonist, La Manuela, refuses to sell it to the local cacique (strongman) much to the…

Tino desea lograr su sueño: ser Reina Muxe. Siendo niño homosexual asume el rol de niña para desarrollar su feminidad adolescente, busca solucionar su pasado y su economía pese a las carencias sociales. Esta película es un retrato de San Blas Atempa,…

A documentary that follows Ms Linn da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo. Her electrifying performances (with plenty of nudity) brazenly take on Brazil's hetero-normative machismo. (IMDB)

Coraje is about the last few months in the life of María Elena Moyano, who was killed at the age of 33 by the Peruvian revolutionary movement Sendero Luminoso. María Elena was the founder and leader of the so-called Women's Federation of Villa El…

Cinco mujeres de Ecuador (Quito) deciden reencontrarse tras 14 años sin verse desde el instituto. Sus vidas han cambiado: Marina convive con la infidelidad, Helena tiene un hijo y está esperando otro, Tamara sigue viviendo una vida de clubs y drogas,…

A CRUSHING LOVE, Sylvia Morales’ sequel to her groundbreaking history of Chicana women, CHICANA (1979), honors the achievements of five activist Latinas—labor organizer/farm worker leader Dolores Huerta, author/educator Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez,…

Junior tiene nueve años y el "PELO MALO". Se lo quiere alisar para la foto de la escuela y así verse como un cantante de moda. Esta situación generará un enfrentamiento con su madre Marta. Mientras Junior busca verse bello para que su mamá lo quiera,…

Fausta padece una muy conocida enfermedad, llamada “teta asustada”, que se transmite por la leche materna de las mujeres que fueron violadas o maltratadas durante la guerra del terrorismo de Sendero Luminoso en Perú. La guerra se terminó hace tiempo,…

Alex, a 15-year old intersex person from Buenos Aires lives secluded with her parents in a fishing village in Uruguay. At birth, her parents decided not to have her operated on, in order for her to choose her gender. Therefore she still has both her…

Julio y Tenoch, two young best friends, set out on a road trip with Luisa, a gorgeous older woman who does not have much longer to live. The things they experience during this trip opens their eyes to an unknown and traumatic reality. (Translation by…

Lala, una adolescente que vive en el barrio más exclusivo de Buenos Aires, está enamorada de la Guayi, la criada paraguaya que trabaja en su casa. Sueñan con irse a vivir juntas a Paraguay, a orillas del lago Ypoá. El asesinato del padre de Lala…

Esta tragicomedia holandesa y argentina trata de una joven ingenua, Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), que aprende acerca de su sexualidad. Marcia es secuestrada por dos mujeres punky, Mao (Carla Crespo) y Lenin (Veronica Hassan). Ellas la llevan a una costa,…

Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story,…

An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. (IMDB)

Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story,…

An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. (IMDB)

La cinta narra la historia de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quien nacida en el S.XVIII y con una intensa pasión por la música, la poesía y la filosofía, entra en un convento para no contraer matrimonio y así poder seguir escribiendo. Mientras la…

La cinta narra la historia de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quien nacida en el S.XVIII y con una intensa pasión por la música, la poesía y la filosofía, entra en un convento para no contraer matrimonio y así poder seguir escribiendo. Mientras la…