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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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…