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A Crushing Love
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, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera - and considers how these single mothers managed to be parents and effect broad-based social change at the same time. (https://www.wmm.com/)Tags Feminism / Feminismo -
La Sirga
Alicia está desamparada. Escapando de la violencia armada en la que perdió a sus seres queridos llega hasta La Sirga, el hostal de Óscar, el único familiar que le queda. En la Sirga a orillas de una gran laguna intentará reconstruir su vida. Pero este lugar en el que se siente a salvo no será ajeno a los conflictos. El regreso de Freddy, el hijo que Óscar esperó durante años, sus enigmáticas intenciones y su posible vínculo con uno de los actores de la guerra, traen hasta La Sirga lo que Alicia más teme. (Film's Official Website)Tags War Films -
Raza
This documentary attempts to tackle the racial problems in Cuba today, through the voices of researchers, officials, musicians, artists and the general public. (DVD container) -
Un lugar en el mundo
Convertido ya en un hombre, Ernesto regresa a Valle Bermejo. Recuerda su niñez, los que fundaron una cooperativa que agrupaba a los pequeños ganaderos del valle, los tiempos de lucha contra el cacique Andrada, en defensa de la lana de sus ovejas. (Cine Nacional Argentino) -
Buscándote Havana
El documental intenta abordar el fenómeno migratorio interno en Cuba, donde, a pesar de las estrictas regulaciones que lo limitan, cientos de personas se encuentran en precarias condiciones de vida; fuera de los programas de subsidios del gobierno y viviendo en el margen del delito. Una mirada a una Cuba no muy conocida, pero no menos conmovedora, una mirada a las necesidades, sueños y aspiraciones de su gente.
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Dólares de arena
Noelí, una joven dominicana, viaja todas las tardes a las playas de las Terrenas. Allí, junto con su pareja, busca la manera de sacar ventaja y ganar algunos dólares a costa de alguno de los centenares de turistas que rondan el lugar. Entre sus clientes ocasionales, Noelí mantiene uno fijo: Anne, una francesa de edad madura que con el paso del tiempo ha encontrado en la isla un refugio ideal donde pasar sus últimos años. El novio de Noelí se hace pasar por su hermano y elabora un plan en el que Noelí viaje a París con la francesa y le envíe dinero todos los meses. Para Noelí, la relación con Anne se basa primordialmente en la conveniencia, aunque los sentimientos se tornan ambiguos a medida que el tiempo de partir se avecina. Adaptado de la novela “Dólares de Arena” de Jean-Noël Pancrazi. http://cinelatinoamericano.org/ -
Soy Cuba
Cuatro episodios que muestran diferentes aspectos de la vida en Cuba antes del triunfo revolucionario. I: María, una joven mestiza, se prostituye obligada por una extrema pobreza; II: Un campesino, enfrentado a la pérdida de sus tierras, se inmola junto a sus cosechas; III: En los días posteriores al desembarco del Granma un grupo de estudiantes se proponen un atentado al jefe de la policía; IV: El acoso del ejército de la tiranía hace que un campesino de la Sierra Maestra se incorpore a la lucha armada. http://www.cubatesoro.com -
Ixcanul
In director Jayro Bustamante’s feature debut, Ixcanul (2015), a Kaqchiquel-speaking family negotiates their survival as farmers on a landowner’s plot in Guatemala. Looming in the distance is the Pacaya volcano from which the film takes its name. (Ixcanul means “volcano” in Kaqchiquel.) At stake is the future of María, beautifully portrayed by first-time Mayan actress María Mercedes Coroy, who is to be wed to the landowner, Ignacio (Justo Lorenzo), in the interest of securing her family’s access to the land they work. In the distance, said volcano separates their world from Mexico and the United States, to which María’s lover, Pepe, soon migrates in search of an imagined better future, leaving her to grapple with his loss. What at first seems to be a community and family-driven drama, drawn in long shots across pristine highlands, takes a turn toward social realism once María’s actions catch up with her, putting her family’s future at risk. María’s quiet existence will suddenly implode as her acts of surrender—to her lover and to her fate—bring on both community and broader social interventions. María embodies the tense relationships between Mayan communities and the state, between labor and profit, and against the confines of both tradition and modernity. Source: Córdova, Amalia. "Review of Jayro Bustamante’s Ixcanul." NACLA Report on the Americas, vol. 49, no. 1, 2017, pp. 114-115.Tags Maya -
1912, Voces para un silencio
1912, VOCES PARA UN SILENCIO es el titulo general para el proyecto de tres capitulos dedicado a la historia del Partido de los Independientes de Color (PIC). Una aproximacion necesaria a esta pagina tan poco conocida de la historia de CUBA. Se trata de un material documental , didactico, cuyos recursos principales son las voces de los historiadores y figuras de la cultura cubana que de alguna manera se han ocupado del tema y expresan sus valoraciones. Pero este capitulo es una especie de introduccion al tema que pretende cubrir algunos antecedentes en la historia de lucha de resistencia de los afrocubanos. Un recorrido necesario para ir paso a paso en la trayectoria del movimiento negro en cuba desde la epoca colonial, las luchas por la independencia y la situacion de los negros cubanos una vez que la Isla de Cuba logro su independencia en 1902. Aparece la referencia de lideres negros muy importantes desde el siglo XIX como son los casos de Juan Gualberto Gomez, Martin Morua Delgado. Se habla de la importancia de la figura de Antonio Maceo, de Quintin Banderas. -
El viaje
Martín es un adolescente que escapa de Ushuaia, ciudad más austral del mundo, en busca de su padre. Este viaje es el hilo conductor, donde el protagonista confronta el peligro, el amor, la amistad y los desafíos de la naturaleza. Viaje inicial en el cual la épica, el barroco, lo grotesco y lo fantástico se confunden. Viaje interior y periplo al corazón del continente latinoamericano, pasando por pueblos antiguos y conquistadores hasta el presente, donde se conjugan corrupción y nuevos genocidios. (Portal del cine y audiovisual Latinoamericano y caribeño) -
Nosotros los pobres
The carpenter "Pepe de Toro" lives with his mom and his daughter in a neighborhood in Mexico City during the 1940s. After being accused of a murder that he didn't commit, he starts a battle against injustice. (Translation by Angel Carrillo) -
De cierta manera
Conflicts between old habits that perpetuate marginalization and a new moral era, in the context of the social tranformation that took place in Cuba beginning with the victory of the 1959 Revolution. The construction of the Miraflores neighborhood in 1962 by its residents: the conflicts, contradictions and changes seen from a personal, individual perspective. The film is based on true events and combines documentary wth fiction. (Translation by Jeimy Hernandez) -
El Norte
When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) manage to escape the massacre and decide to start a new life in El Norte -- the USA. The two trek through Mexico, meeting a variety of characters and facing trials and tribulations on their journey toward lives as illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. (IMDB)Tags Maya -
Principio y Fin
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. (www.imdb.com) -
La Nación Clandestina
The Secret Nation is a political drama in which Sebastián Mamani, a farmer who rejects his class status, returns home to be punished for his repressive actions during the dictatorship. Dancing the Danzanti until his death, Sebastián hopes to erase his past and be reborn. (Translation by Angel Carrillo) -
Tiempo de Revancha
Pedro Bengoa is a former union worker activist who, after wiping clean his past, finds work in the Tulasco company's mines. There, Bengoa reconnects with an old friend who proposes that they simulate an accident and then fake that he is deaf to earn a higher salary. Unfortunately, his friend dies due to the explosion, but Pedro takes his fight to the multinationals until its last consequences. (Translation by Angel Carrillo) -
Rio Zona Norte
Spirit of Light (Great Othello), a talented composer of sambas, tries to sell his music and succeed in Brazil, but gets tricked by opportunists and finds himself trapped in the schemes of the music industry. Left unconscious after a train accident, he recalls moments from his life and career, based in a neighborhood in the north of Rio. (Translation by Jessica Batista)Tags Cinema Nôvo -
Rio, 40 graus
Num domingo carioca, a vida é retratada através de cinco pequenos vendedores de amendoim. Em Copacabana, Pão de Açucar, Corcovado, Quinta da Boa Vista e Estádio do Maracanã, pontos turísticos da cidade, eles procuram compradores para seus produtos. O calor escaldante de 40 graus acaba por unir as aflições dos moradores humildes, que buscam algo de melhor para suas vidas. Depois de um dia atribulado, a alegria de viver toma conta de suas vidas, quando participam do ensaio geral das Escolas de Samba. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
Tire dié
Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. (IMDB) -
También la lluvia
Costa y Sebastián trabajan juntos en un proyecto ambicioso que van a rodar en Bolivia. La cinta que van a filmar tratará sobre la llegada de los españoles a América poniendo el acento en la brutalidad de su empresa y en el coraje de varios miembros de la iglesia que se enfrentaron con palabras a las espadas y las cadenas. Pero Costa y Sebastián no pueden imaginar, que en Bolivia, donde han decidido instalar su Santo Domingo Cinematográfico, les espera un desafío que les hará tambalearse hasta lo más profundo. Tan pronto como estalla la Guerra del Agua (abril 2000) las convicciones de uno y el desapego del otro comienzan a resquebrajarse, obligándoles a hacer un viaje emocional en sentidos opuestos. (Filmoteca UNAM) -
¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca?
"In the snowy mountains of Bolivia, in the highest city in the world, an infamous Indian crime duo known as "Los Tortolitos" agrees to transport 50 kilograms of cocaine to the Brazilian Amazon for a shadowy figure named 'El Negro'. The couple's journey takes them through deserts, valleys, and cities and into the heart of Bolivia, a world rich in color, music, and joy on the one hand and poverty, corruption, and racial marginalization on the other....Equal parts road movie, crime drama, and social critique." (Josh Rosenblatt, The Austin Chronicle) -
Diarios de motocicleta
Narrates the story of the trip undertaken by a young Ernesto Guevara y Alberto Granado. Before becoming one of the most famous relevationaries of Latin America, Che Guevara decided to travel throughout various Latino countries on his motorcycyle. With his friend by his side, he set out to get to know the people of the countries he visited, their lives, their costumes, and their social standing. Based on the books Notas de viaje, diarios de motocicletas, by Ernesto Guevara, and Con el Che por Ameríca Latina, by Alberto Granado. (Translation by Jessica Batista). -
Las aguas bajan turbias
Los hermanos Santos y Rufino Peralta (del Carril y Laxalt) se emplean como trabajadores en los yerbatales del Alto Paraná. Allí se encontrarán con condiciones infrahumanas de trabajo y la codicia de los patrones. Además, Santos se enfrentará con un capataz por el amor de Amelia (Adriana Benetti). La rebelión va madurando, al tiempo que se va gestando la formación de un sindicato de trabajadores. Finalmente, los obreros se alzan y castigan duramente a sus explotadores. (Cine Argentino Online) -
Vidas secas
A andança de Fabiano e sua família de propriedade em propriedade, a dificuldade em ser gente e os sonhos de conforto material. A oscilação entre o servilismo e a revolta do cangaço, o retorno à andança pelas caatingas. (Cinemateca Brasileira) --- A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes. (IMDB)Tags Cinema Nôvo -
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Viva Cuba
Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother doesn't want her to play with Jorgito, who she looks down on because of his lower-class background. Jorgito's mother, a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malú's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to run away and travel to the other side of the island to find Malú's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it. (DVD container)