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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) -
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) -
Chocó
Chocó es una mujer negra de 27 años, que lleva a cuestas una familia de dos hijos menores y a Everlides, su esposo músico que sólo sabe tocar marimba, beber viche y jugar dominó. Chocó es una mujer fuerte y luchadora. En la mañana ella trabaja buscando oro en el río San Juan y en las tardes lava ropa de otras familias para alimentar y educar a sus hijos. Es el cumpleaños de la pequeña Candelaria, por primera vez Chocó le promete una torta, sin embargo, las cosas se complican al tratar de cumplir esta promesa, desencadenando consecuencias inesperadas para Chocó y toda su familia. (Film's Official Website) -
La Soledad
La Soledad is a dilapidated villa located in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armand’s great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, who remained to care for the house and raise her grandson, José, now 27, Jorge’s childhood friend. José works as a handyman, dreaming of a better life for his six-year-old daughter Adrializ, amidst Venezuela’s economic crisis. Waiting in long queues for food and the medicine Rosina so desperately needs is part of José’s routine. When he learns that the legal inheritors of the house plan to sell the estate, José struggles to try to find a solution that will keep his family away from the crime-ridden slums. Yet the house holds a secret that could save them all: a treasure that is rumored to be buried in its walls. Set in the beautiful derelict eponymous mansion and played by the real inhabitants, LA SOLEDAD (THE SOLITUDE) poetically depicts Venezuela’s socio-economic crisis through José’s struggle to save his family from homelessness. (Festival Scope) -
Mujeres Unidas
Las mujeres de la región del Municipio Autónomo 17 de Noviembre hablan sobre la importancia de trabajar organizadamente en colectivo, a través de entrevistas realizadas a mujeres colectivos de maíz, hortalizas y pan. (SIC Mexico) -
Dispuesto a todo
Un actor en decadencia debe competir con la figura del momento por el papel protagónico que le devolverá la fama y el prestigio perdido. Para ello, decide investigar sobre el VIH, y así es que conocerá a una joven con VIH y también a su padre. Después de atravesar situaciones desopilantes, el protagonista entenderá que no es necesario vivir con el virus para comprometerse en la respuesta a la epidemia. (Fundación Huesped)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Utopía
Siguiendo el ritmo de varios tempos musicales (introducción, andante, patético, etc.) se entrecruzan tres situaciones que se desarrollan sucesivamente aumentando su intensidad dramática. Así, un grupo de muchachos discute acaloradamente sobre la existencia o no del barroco latinoamericano, mientras juegan una partida de dominó regada con abundante ron; una estudiante prepara intensamente con su profesor un desaforado recitado del poema 'Golem', de Jorge Luis Borges, y dos amas de casa se pelean por diversos temas operísticos mientras se hacen la manicura. El resultado: una visión irónica y desmitificadora de la cultura y de la vida cotidiana en Cuba, en las que el absurdo se evidencia. (WorldCat) -
Xulum' Chon
Xulum'chon is an indigenous Tzotzil women's collective in the Highlands of Chiapas. Through their work as weavers, they struggle to receive a just price for their work so they can provide their children a dignified life and education and continue to support their resistance. (WorldCat) -
La rebelión de las oaxaqueñas
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 Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca. Miles de mujeres se involucraron en la lucha y su activismo adoptó diversas formas, incluyendo la instalación y sostenimiento de barricadas por toda la ciudad. Este documental narra la historia de estas mujeres, quienes a partir de distintas realidades se unieron en una sola lucha. (Sistema de Información Cultural, México) -
Niñas araña
Tres adolescentes marginales sueñan con conseguir todo lo que les ofrece la televisión y las vitrinas comerciales. Para lograrlo deciden escalar en edificios del barrio alto y entrar a disfrutar de las cosas y la vida que no tienen. Su único objetivo es huir del destino que la sociedad les impuso. En este proceso se hacen famosas hasta convertirse en heroínas y villanas postmodernas de la delito-farándula. Basada en una historia real (Habanero Films).Tags Youth / La juventud -
Mãe só há uma
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. Assim, ele é obrigado a trocar de família, de nome, de casa, de escola. No meio desse processo, talvez acabe trocando também até de gênero. (Papodecinema)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Las banderas del amanecer
Documental que reconstruye minuciosamente los hechos acaecidos en Bolivia entre 1979 y 1982, años llenos de acontecimientos dramáticos. Apelando al testimonio de los protagonistas y a escenas captadas durante los hechos mismos, hace un repaso a los tres procesos electorales registrados en 1978, 1979 y 1980, el golpe de estado encabezado por el coronel Alberto Natush y la masacre de Todos Santos; el asesinato de importantes personalidades políticas como Luis Espinal y Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz; las grandes movilizaciones obreras, campesinas, estudiantiles, el sangriento golpe del general García Meza Tejada; la lucha en la resistencia, y finalmente la reapertura del proceso democrático. (Film Affinity ES) -
Tupac Amaru
This is a dramatic retelling of the heroism of Tupac Amaru, an Incan leader who organized the people who made up the lowest rungs of society underneath the Spanish colonialists -- the workers, slaves, and the remains of the Incan nation -- and raised an armed rebellion against the Spanish. His rebellion failed, his family was killed, and he was cruelly executed, with his legs and arms tied to four horses and torn away from his body. (https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tupac-amaru-v227710) -
Aruanda
The film describes the miserable lives of the descendants of the slaves, who founded a "quilombo." The men plant cotton in the dry ground. The women work in crafts in an economic cycle that does not bring in cash. The poverty of the film-making is an expression of the miserable conditions that are not present only in the reality that is represented in the film, but contaminates the very material nature of the film (Torino Film Festival). -
Casa grande
Ambientada en el mundo de la élite social de Río de Janeiro, es la historia de Jean, un adolescente de 17 años que lucha por escapar de sus padres sobreprotectores al tiempo que su adinerada familia entra en bancarrota. (Film Affinity ES)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Marighella
Beginning with a breathless, Robin Hood-style train robbery and ending with a highly provocative—and not for the faint of heart—final sequence, the directing debut from journalist, musician, and actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad; Pablo Escobar in Narcos) is a searing and energized portrait of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures, Afro-Brazilian poet and politician Carlos Marighella (actor/singer Seu Jorge, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou). Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife, Clara (Adriana Esteves), and son, Carlinhos, to take to the streets, authoring the highly influential Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla,becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure, and being doggedly pursued by sadistic chief inspector Lucio (Bruno Gagliasso) before an untimely death in a dramatic police ambush in 1969. (Review by Hebe Tabachnik, Seattle International Film Festival, Film's Official Website) -
El vuelco del cangrejo
En La Barra, un alejado pueblo del pacífico colombiano, Cerebro, líder de los nativos afrodescendientes, mantiene fuertes enfrentamientos con El Paisa, terrateniente que planea la construcción de un hotel en la playa. Daniel, un turista extraño y silencioso, queda atrapado en el sitio, esperando una lancha que pueda sacarlo del país. (Proimágenes Colombia) -
Chocó
Chocó es una mujer negra de 27 años, que lleva a cuestas una familia de dos hijos menores y a Everlides, su esposo músico que sólo sabe tocar marimba, beber viche y jugar dominó. Chocó es una mujer fuerte y luchadora. En la mañana ella trabaja buscando oro en el río San Juan y en las tardes lava ropa de otras familias para alimentar y educar a sus hijos. Es el cumpleaños de la pequeña Candelaria, por primera vez Chocó le promete una torta, sin embargo, las cosas se complican al tratar de cumplir esta promesa, desencadenando consecuencias inesperadas para Chocó y toda su familia. (Film's Official Website) -
La familia indígena
The Chiapas Media Project documents the work of the Chiapas Media Project. The 11 minute video features interviews with community members about the effects of the militarization in Chiapas and the different ways that video technology will be used by the communities to record human rights abuses, cultural and religious events, cooperatives and women's work. The Indigenous Family takes an intimate look at the role of men and women in the community of Ejido Morelia. Men and women discuss their individual and collective work. Shot and edited by community members only six weeks after their first exposure to video equipment, this six minute work contains unique shots inside the homes and work places of proud campesinos struggling for a better life. (World Cat) -
Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro
This [...] 1982 documentary is a collaborative effort by the Colombian political filmakers Marta Rodrgiuez and Jorge Silva and the indigenous farmers of Coconuco, in the southwestern highlands [of Colombia]. Combining a Marxist cinematic visual language with an indigenous cosmogony, the film depicts the centuries-long opression and resistance of farmers and indigenous peoples. In striking black-and-white, the content ranges from interviews, rallies and meetings, to mythologised scenes with the Devil. It is a powerful advocate for unity and organisation in the face of exploitation by both colonial family landowners and international corporations, and of oppression by the government, the church and the military. Featuring a great use of montage and sound to convey meaning, from folk music to the sharpening of machetes (Film Festival website) -
Kukuli
Kukuli fue filmado en las alturas del Cuzco y en el pueblo de Paucartambo entre los meses de julio y octubre de 1960. Fue el primer largometraje peruano ambientado en su totalidad en los andes y en el que por vez primera los diálogos íntegros estaban en quechua. Además, fue el primer filme argumental peruano a colores. La mayoría de los actores principales era amateur; tan solo el sacerdote, interpretado por Emilio Galli, conocido actor de teatro de la época, tenía experiencia previa. Judith Figueroa y Víctor Chambi fueron elegidos por su conocimiento del quechua en el caso de la primera y por sus rasgos físicos en el caso del segundo. El resto de actores, en su mayoría extras, estuvo conformado por los mismos pobladores de Paucartambo, que se interpretaban a sí mismos en la celebración. [...] El tema de la película fue tomado de un cuento popular andino, el cual se combinó luego con la fiesta de Paucartambo con la finalidad de mostrar en la pantalla la cultura andina a un doble nivel: el de la mitología oral y el del folclore (Valdez Morgan, Jorge Luis. "La sociedad filmada. Apuntes sobre la historia del Perú a partir de tres películas." Histórica, vol. 29, no. 2, Dec. 2005.)Tags Quechua -
La ley de Herodes
Durante el alemanismo, un gris funcionario público es nombrado presidente municipal de un pueblo con fuertes carencias. Aunque al principio decide cumplir honradamente con su encomienda, pronto la corrupción reinante termina por convertirlo en un monstruo hambriento de poder. Remitiéndose al pasado, el director Luis Estrada y un equipo de escritores entre quienes está Vicente Leñero, orquesta una estupenda sátira sobre los vicios más deplorables del ejercicio del poder en nuestro país. (Cineteca Nacional México) -
El ombligo de Guie'dani
Guie’dani, una niña indígena zapoteca, se muda a la Ciudad de México con su madre, donde reciben trabajo como empleadas domésticas para una familia acomodada de clase media. Sin embargo, a ella le cuesta adaptarse y se niega a asumir el rol sumiso que se espera de ella. (Filmelier)Tags Zapotec / zapoteco -
El aula vacía
Bajo la dirección creativa de Gael García Bernal, once directores retratan el impacto de la deserción escolar en América Latina a través de un largometraje maravillosamente diverso y complejo. Viaja a siete países y explora las razones por las que casi la mitad de los estudiantes de secundaria nunca se gradúa. (Cine Aparte)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Zona Sur
Anunciada como una cinta que se alimenta de experiencias personales del guionista y director, pero sin llegar a lo autobiográfico, Zona Sur cuenta la cotidianidad de una familia de la clase acomodada paceña que vive en la Zona Sur de la ciudad, en días en que el Gobierno de Evo Morales comienza su mandato. La historia, narrada con cuidados planos secuencia circulares, transcurre casi en su totalidad al interior de la mansión familiar. Su afán es mostrar la convivencia entre los miembros -formales y no formales- de la familia... Esta galería de personajes le permite a Valdivia construir un fresco de una clase alta paceña que se halla sumida en una decadencia económica y moral aparentemente insalvable; una clase social a la que el «proceso de cambio» ha condenado a una clandestinidad insólita que -literalmente- es incapaz de superar. Sin embargo, el director no se queda en el descubrimiento de las cuitas de la clase jailona paceña, sino que, desde esa -con el perdón del maestro Sanjinés- (anti)nación clandestina, se atreve a hablar de las tensiones irresolubles que ha dado lugar este nuevo momento histórico. (Espinoza, Santiago. "Crítica de Zona sur." Una cuestión de fe: Historia (y) crítica del cine boliviano de los últimos 30 años (1980-2010). [Cochabamba], Editorial Nuevo Milenio, 2011. Disponible en Ibermedia Digital).Tags Aymara -
Jornaleros
El cineasta recorrió varios estados de la República para plasmar testimonios muy elocuentes sobre la grave situación del campo y de quienes lo trabajan. Muestra el difícil camino seguido por los campesinos del sur para acceder a las zonas de mayor desarrollo del noroeste, en busca de mejores posibilidades de subsistencia. Y aunque filmado en 1977, la situación sigue siendo tan grave como antes. (Filmoteca UNAM) -
Caracoles: los nuevos caminos de resistencia
En estos cortos podremos ver y escuchar al EZLN respondiendo a la traición de la clase política mexicana. En abril del 2001 el Congreso de la Unión negó el reconocimiento de los derechos de los de los pueblos indígenas de México al traicionar los Acuerdos de San Andrés, que habían sido resultado de años de diálogo entre la clase política mexicana, el EZLN y delegados de los pueblos indígenas de México organizados en el CNI (Congreso Nacional Indígena) y establecían y protegían la autodeterminación de los pueblos dentro de su territorio. El Congreso aprobó una ley distinta que no correspondía con lo acordado. El EZLN, en respuesta, rompió toda relación con el arriba y emprendió el camino por la construcción de la autonomía sin pedirle permiso a nadie. Inició entonces la creación de los Caracoles, la forma de resistencia y organización zapatista que lleva la lucha por nuevos caminos. (Revista Nomada) -
Leguas
Two Diaguita children are grazing their cows when two men on motorcycles come along and tell them it is their land. At school the two kids learn that measurements were different at the time the property was divided, and the land is actually theirs. [This short film is part of a larger media project, "The Empty Classroom" produced by Gael García Bernal, in which eleven directors portray the impact of school dropouts in Latin America through a complex and diverse feature film. We travel to seven countries and explore the reasons why almost half of secondary school children never graduate.] (NativeAmericanFilms.org) -
El fantasma del Inca
A man (Jose Maria Vais) from the Inka period is transported to a present-day rural school, where he learns alongside the children, unseen. When the local politician wants to close the school, he helps them to keep the school open. (NativeAmericanFilms.org) -
La patota
Paulina es una abogada con una carrera floreciente en Buenos Aires, que elige volver a su ciudad natal para dedicarse a la actividad social. Fernando, su padre, años atrás hizo lo mismo, y ahora es un juez progresista que se destaca en la conservadora sociedad local. Paulina empieza a trabajar en un proyecto del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, de "formación democrática y difusión de derechos," dando clases en zonas periféricas de Misiones, marcadas por la pobreza y la marginalidad. Luego de la segunda semana de trabajo, es interceptada y violada por una patota. Ante la mirada atónita de quienes la rodean, Paulina decide volver a trabajar en la escuela, en el barrio donde fue atacada. (NativeAmericanFilms.org) -
Plaza de la soledad
Documenta la vida de una comunidad de prostitutas en la Ciudad de México, mostrando cómo estas mujeres luchan por una vida mejor y la posibilidad de un amor verdadero. La directora intenta motivar al espectador a enfrentar sus propios prejuicios acerca de la prostitución, el sexo y el envejecimiento, reflexionando sobre la complejidad y las distintas formas que el amor y la soledad pueden tomar. Carmen, Lety, Raquel y Esther, que tienen entre 50 y 80 años de edad, trabajan en las calles de La Merced y su vida se desarrolla alrededor de La Plaza de Soledad. La edad no significa nada para estas mujeres que todavía bailan y seducen con la misma energía de su juventud. Pero con el tiempo viene el deseo de buscar compañía y seguridad, ya sea en sus compañeras y amigas, en hombres mayores o en su fuerza interior, cargada de autosuficiencia. (Filmoteca UNAM) -
Pisa ligeiro
É um documentário de Bruno Pacheco, produzido nos primeiros anos da década passada, com poplações indígenas de diferentes regiões do país. O filme é um resumo das movimentações políticas- e seus resultados- desde a promulgação da Constituição Federal de 1988, sob o ponto de vista de lideranças indígenas e as expectativas quanto ao futuro. Preservação da cultura, terras, respeito à sua identidade indígena, acesso à educaçāo e saúde sāo alguns dos temas mais importantes para essas proulações e guiam seus movimientos e articulações. (Povos do Brasil)Tags Amazon / Amazonas -
Que horas ela volta?
Que horas ela volta? tells the story of Val, a woman from the Northeastern region of Brazil who works as a live-in maid for a well-to-do São Paulo family. At first, as a very brief scene in the beginning of the film indicates, she worked as a nanny for the family's only child, Fabinho (Michel Joelsas), now a late teen, and for that reason she still has very strong quasi-maternal ties with him. She and her employer, Barbara (Karina Teles), appear to have a warm, friendly, relationship until the arrival of Jéssica (Camila Márdila), Val's daughter, who comes to São Paulo in order to prepare for a university entrance examination ("vestibular") at the School of Architecture. Having been raised unaware of her mother's actual situation, and not having seen her mother for over 10 years, Jéssica finds herself, unexpectedly, living temporarily at the house of Val's employers. She is a self-assured young woman who does not understand her mother's social resignation. With time, her presence at the house creates all kinds of problems: Barbara is driven to distraction and Carlos (Lourenço Mutarelli), Barbara's husband (who is responsible for the family's fortune), becomes so infatuated with Jéssica that he ends up proposing to her. The film has a happy, light-comedy ending: Jessica obtains much better results than Fabinho in the university examination, and Val quits her job and rents a house with her daughter in order to help the latter look after her own son, whose existence is revealed only towards the end of the film. (Source: Sá, Lúcia. “Intimacy at Work: Servant and Employer Relations in Que Horas Ela Volta? (The Second Mother).” Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, Dec. 2018, pp. 311–327.)Tags Feminism / Feminismo -
Domésticas
Domésticas is not a film about maid-servants but a film by maid-servants. Domésticas wants to give them a voice. Or rather: voices. No less than 3 million women in Brazil work as 'domestics' and they all have stories to tell. Domésticas is however not a film about the life of the maidservant in the city, not a critical look at harsh reality: this film is about the characters as storytellers. Domésticas is the film version of one of the most popular and widely praised modern Brazilian stage plays. As preparation for the play, hundreds of maid-servants were interviewed and the five most important characters were compiled from the conversations. What makes the film special is not just the subject, but also the form. The film starts as a documentary. The five women talk to the camera about themselves, about their desires, frustrations, problems and pleasures. As the film progresses, more and more space is given to pictures to illustrate their stories. They are universal stories about women wrestling with loneliness, ambitions, conflicts with partners and children, loss and pain. But it is not all bad times. New, exciting encounters, music and mutual solidarity provide sparkling interludes in their heavy existence. (International Film Festival Rotterdam) -
Martírio
Filmed over the course of 40 years, indigenous expert and filmmaker Vincent Carelli seeks out the origins of the Guaraní Kaiowá genocide. A conflict of disproportionate forces: the peaceful and obstinate insurgency of the dispossessed Guaraní Kaiowá against the powerful apparatus of agribusiness. While fighting against the Brazilian Congress in order not to be evicted from their homes, the 50.000 indigenous people demand the demarcation of the space that belongs to them. With rigorous investigative work, this Brazilian director recorded the birthplace of the resistance movement in the 1980s and tells, with his own voice and those of the indigenous people, of the social and political injustices suffered. The stunning archival historical images, new footage, both color and black and white, hearings in Brazilian Congress, and even interviews with those opposed to the Guaraní Kaiowá’s rights, reveal the crudeness with which they coexist every day: among the violation of their civil rights and the fortitude with which they confront the usurpers. This epic documentary has become a sensation in Brazil and the ultimate testimony that unifies these unheard voices by “ethnocide actions,” the cruel synthesis of a conflict without a foreseen solution in the near future. (Pragda) -
500 Years
The third film in a trilogy about Guatemala, this installment explores the sweeping historical significance of the war crimes trial of General Ríos Montt and the toppling of corrupt president Otto Pérez Molina. Sundance Film Festival veteran Pamela Yates gracefully engages the indigenous Mayan population who experienced genocide at the hands of a long-standing repressive government. Silenced family members and eyewitnesses come forward to share their individual stories with the desire that their underreported, horrific treatment receive the attention it deserves.
Spoken in Spanish and native Mayan languages, 500 YEARS delicately weaves archival footage with new interviews and emotional courtroom scenes to shine light on a growing movement to fend off the systematic aggression toward an underrepresented people. Focusing on the recent events of a country that has suffered for generations at the hands of a ruling elite, the film hails the nation’s citizens banding together on a quest for justice—and emerging as a beacon of hope. (Sundance) -
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 thedawn 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) -
El valle de los negros
En el Valle de Azapa, un grupo de afrodescendientes se organiza para realizar el primer censo afro de la historia de Chile, buscando el reconocimiento del Estado, el cual ha invisibilizado su cultura y rasgos africanos durante más de 200 años. (Cine Chile) -
Nana
El largometraje Nana retrata a la nana o la niñera, esa que sin que los padres lo adviertan y reconozcan, pasa a convertirse en la persona más importante en la vida de sus hijos. Crudamente se presenta el trabajo doméstico, por lo general feminizado, desde una realidad que se suele invizibilizar. Mujeres mal pagadas, mal comidas, que dejan a sus hijos para irse a cuidar y dar amor a los hijos de otros, sin saber si los suyos comen o no. (Diario Digital RD) -
La Soledad
La Soledad is a dilapidated villa located in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armand’s great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, who remained to care for the house and raise her grandson, José, now 27, Jorge’s childhood friend. José works as a handyman, dreaming of a better life for his six-year-old daughter Adrializ, amidst Venezuela’s economic crisis. Waiting in long queues for food and the medicine Rosina so desperately needs is part of José’s routine. When he learns that the legal inheritors of the house plan to sell the estate, José struggles to try to find a solution that will keep his family away from the crime-ridden slums. Yet the house holds a secret that could save them all: a treasure that is rumored to be buried in its walls. Set in the beautiful derelict eponymous mansion and played by the real inhabitants, LA SOLEDAD (THE SOLITUDE) poetically depicts Venezuela’s socio-economic crisis through José’s struggle to save his family from homelessness. (Festival Scope) -
Ôrí
While giving an overall look at the documented history of BLACK MOVEMENTS in Brazil (during the 70s and 80s), ORI tells the story of a woman, Beatriz Nascimento, activist and historian, who searches for her identity through research into the history of the "QUILOMBOS" as warrior establishments and focuses of cultural resistance, from 15th-century Africa to Brazil in the 20th century. (Culture Unplugged - watch complete film here) -
Coraje
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 Salvador, a slum district that had been built in the desert on the outskirts of Lima and was run by the inhabitants themselves. This community won several prizes abroad, such as the Spanish 'Principe de Asturias' and the 'Messenger City of Peace'. Two months before the brutal attack, María has spoken out against the campaign of hatred and violence of Sendero Luminoso and even though she was called 'Mama Coraje' by the local press, that condemned her to death.The film is narrated by a female Spanish doctor who remembers María's last months. We see the difficult conditions in which the vital and charismatic María did her work: the economic crisis, the hunger in the Villa, the bureaucratic opposition and increasing terror of the Senderos. But Coraje is above all a lively and intimate portrait of a fascinating woman who is not portrayed as a inviolable heroine, but as an ordinary woman with two children and a husband who is characterised by doubts and despair as well as courage. (International Film Festival Rotterdam) -
Roma
Relata un año en la vida de una familia de clase media en la capital mexicana a comienzos de los años 70. Roma es un retrato íntimo sobre los esfuerzos de una familia para mantener su equilibrio en momentos de conflicto personal, social y político. (Filmoteca UNAM)Tags Youth / La juventud -
Cocote
Alberto is returning home from Santo Domingo for the funeral of his father, killed by a local loan shark who is untouchable thanks to his police-force position. The son arrives to find that his old man has already been put in the ground. He is expected to stay on, however, for the nine nights of novena, or rezos de los nueve dias, a prospect that disturbs him, though it’s not immediately clear why. In time we gather that there is a gulf between Alberto’s faith and his family’s – while both evoke the name of Jesus, the similarities don’t go much further. With his pressed white shirts, humble comportment and Bible tucked at his side, Alberto is the very picture of the clean-living evangelical, dismissing talk of a curse on his father as so much “nonsense”. But back home they practise their own indigenous strain of Christianity, one heavily streaked with Catholic pomp and influences from West Africa, known as Los Misterios. At the centre of Cocote is this push-pull between Alberto’s Christianity, of the pacific and turn-the-other-cheek variety, and the more fervid, half-pagan beliefs of his extended family, particularly his adoptive sister Karina (Judith Rodríguez), in whose minds the crime that has been committed demands repayment in blood. Source: Pinkerton, Nick. "Cocote." Sight and Sound, vol. 28, no. 8, 2018, p. 54-55. -
Tú y yo
The Mrs., an old widow, and Aridia, a young maid, live together in a house filled with orchids in the center of Santo Domingo. Aridia cleans, the Mrs. gardens, and when work is slow, they can share some gossip. But sometimes, the atmosphere gets too tense: the Mrs. wakes up grumpy, she blames Aridia and when Aridia tries to defend herself, the Mrs. has to remind her "where her place is"; in time, they end up not talking to each other. But the hours pass by, the soap appears on TV, something happens in the neighborhood, and, out of nowhere, the Mrs. and Aridia come close again, ending the day sharing some laughs. The film is an excuse to watch their relationship closely, to perceive what happens when the border seems to diffuse itself in a place where difference of social class and race remain deep in the culture. (Cinema Tropical) -
Sirionó
A fictional account of the Sirionó community of Ibiato, just before the historic 1990 March for Land and Dignity to the nation's capital. A revolutionary guerilla fleeing from the dictatorship's military forces is mistakenly accepted as the teacher the community has been expecting. (Native American Film + Video Festival) -
La isla rota
Guy, un niño haitiano que huye de la pobreza, presenció el asesinato de sus padres mientras cruzaba la frontera dominicana. Años más tarde, se enfrenta a los asesinos, enredados en una vorágine de venganza, amor, odio racial y un futuro incierto. (Parada RD) -
El último malón
Cuatro años antes de que Robert Flaherty estrenara "Nanook of the North", autor Alcides Greca hizo esta experiencia en Sante Fe. El filme no solo se anticipó a antropología visual, pero también borró los límites entre ficción y documental. La primera parte describe la situación de miseria de los Mocoví que viven en el norte de Santa Fe. La segunda parte reconstruye (en parte con las mismas protagonistas) el ataque de los Mocoví al pueblo de San Javier en 1904. (Cinemargentino.com)Tags Mocovi / Mocoví -
A tus espaldas
El monumento de la Virgen en El Panecillo divide a la ciudad entre las personas ricas del norte y las pobres del sur. Jorge Chicaiza vive una humilde infancia en el sur, pero cuando ya es un adulto y su situación económica mejora se mude al norte y hace todo lo posible para encajar y ser aceptado en ese ambiente. Mientras trabaja en un banco de la capital conoce a Greta, la amante de su jefe, y se enamora de ella. Ambos buscarán juntos la forma de dejar la pobreza. Source: Balastro Jiménez, A. Análisis de contenido del cine ecuatoriano entre los años 2006 y 2012 a partir del estudio de tres casos: Qué tan lejos, A tus espaldas y Prometeo deportado. Tesis, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, 2013.