|
A
- Almost Brothers - Through the story of a life-long friendship across class lines, this film delves simultaneously into Brazil's painful political past and raw current events.
- Alonso's Dream - A contemplative and critical look at the impact the Zapatista uprising and paramilitary violence have had on the Mayan people.
- Alpaca Breeders of Chimboya - Depicts the lives of Indian peasants of Chimboya, a small community high in the Andes whose economy is based on the marketing of Alpaca fleece.
- Americas in Transition - A concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces at work in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1980s
- Anyone Can Be a Genius - Says Dr. Luis Alberto Machado, the world's first Minister of State for the Development of Human Intelligence - in Venezuela.
- Aristide and the Endless Revolution - The rise and fall of the first elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. An investigation featuring insiders on all sides of the story.
Top of page
B
- Banana Company
- The Battle of Chile (Part 1 & 2) - The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973. Judy Stone of the San Francisco Chronicle called it "a landmark in the presentation of living history on
- The Battle of Chile (Part 3) - Deals with the creation by ordinary workers and peasants of thousands of local groups of "popular power."
- Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow - Traveling along the cross-Andes route of an oil pipeline in Ecuador, a case study of the troubling connections between corporations, Western consumption, and the 3rd World.
- Black Water - Industrial pollution in a small Brazilian fishing village.
- Breaking the Silence
Top of page
C
- Camino Triste - The story of 125,000 Guatemalans who have fled their homeland for a precarious existence in southern Mexico.
- Can't Do It In Europe - Some people travel to Bolivia to go down the dangerous silver mines, to see the medieval work conditions. Are they crawling through the contaminated tunnels to learn about a foreign culture, or to escape boredom?
- Chile, Obstinate Memory - Patricio Guzmán's landmark film The Battle of Chile (1976) documented the "Popular Unity" period of Salvador Allende's government, the tumultuous events leading up to the 1973 coup, and Allende's death. Guzmán has returned to
- Choropampa - When a devastating mercury spill by the world's richest gold mining corporation hits a quiet peasant village in the Peruvian Andes, a courageous young mayor emerges to lead his people on a quest for healthcare and justice.
- Church of Liberation - Looks at the recent history of the Church in Brazil, the largest Catholic country in the world, in light of the drastic changes which occurred during the years of military dictatorship.
- Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures - Two young men travel the dusty wilderness roads of Northeastern Brazil in the early 1940s, stopping in towns and villages to sell the new miracle drug, aspirin.
- Coffee is the Gold of the Future - The intertwined histories of coffee and of Colombia, one of the world's largest producers of the bean.
- The Commodities Series - A seven-part look at Third World commodities and their producers' relationships to sellers and traders at major exchanges.
- Compadre - Thirty years after meeting Daniel Barrientos and his family in Lima, Peru, where they eked out survival scavenging in garbage dumps, the filmmaker returns, and re-enters their lives.
- The Comrade - The story of Luiz Carlos Prestes, legendary leader of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) for over 35 years, who died in 1990.
Top of page
D
- Dance of Hope - Examines key issues of social policy and human rights in Chile through portraits of eight women.
- Dawn of the People - The 1980 Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, an experiment in education labeled by the United Nations as "the most important of this generation."
- Death Squadrons - The previously untold story of how the French military trained Latin American death squads in the 60s and 70s (and even U.S. Special Forces in the early days of our Vietnam War).
- Denial - A long overdue investigation into the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, and the Reagan administration's cover-up of it.
- The Devil's Miner - Two young brothers work long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver mines in Bolivia. They brave deadly conditions, hoping the "mountain devil's" generosity will allow them to earn enough money to attend school.
- Devils Don't Dream! - Analysis of the CIA-sponsored 1954 coup in Guatemala.
- Don't Threaten Me
Top of page
E
- El Dia Que Me Quieras - A haunting meditation on the last picture taken of Che Guevara, as he lay dead on a table surrounded by his captors.
- El Rojo Para Los Labios (Red for the Lips) - A lament for Cuba's loss of its revolutionary fervor.
- El Salvador: Another Vietnam - examines the civil war in El Salvador in light of the Reagan administration's decision to "draw the line" against "communist interference" in Central America.
- The Embassy - In one of Chris Marker's few fiction films, political dissidents seek refuge in a foreign embassy after a military coup d'état in an unidentified country.
- Energy War - A global investigation into the geopolitical dynamics of the world's oil supply. How are the governments which control most of the oil wielding their power on the world stage?
- The Eyes of the Birds
Top of page
F
- FALN - A remarkable time capsule of Venezuelan political and social history, and valuable background to the ongoing social conflicts in that country.
- Fernando is Back - Documents the workings of Chile's Forensic Identification Unit in its quest to reclaim the identities of those 'disappeared' and killed during the Pinochet dictatorship.
- Fidel - Juxtaposing the personal and anecdotal with the history of the Cuban revolution and Castro's fight to survive the post-Soviet period and the continued U.S. embargo, FIDEL tells a story that has yet to be told.
- Fire in the Andes - Tells the story of the ongoing conflict in Peru which, to date, has left over 10,000 dead or "disappeared."
- First Look - The first ever U.S. exhibit of revolutionary Cuba's art.
- Five Centuries Later - Examines the current status of Central American aboriginal civilizations, five hundred years after they were "conquered" by European invaders.
- Following One's Way - One young woman's struggle to succeed as a singer in Bogota, Colombia, in order to escape from the poor and dangerous environment in which she lives.
- For Man Must Work - A provocative look at the future of labor in the changing global economy.
- For These Eyes - The story of the daughter of Uruguayan activists "disappeared" by the Argentine military in the 1970s, and raised by an agent of the Argentine secret police.
- Free Markets for Free Men - The consequences of fluctuating prices on commodity producing nations.
- From The Other Side - With technology developed for the military, the INS has stemmed the flow of illegal immigration in San Diego. But for the desperate, there are still the dangerous deserts of Arizona, where renowned filmmaker Chantal Akerman shifts her focus
Top of page
G
- The Global Film Initiative (2005) - An exciting series of ten feature films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East that promote cross-cultural understanding through the medium of cinema.
- A Grin Without A Cat - Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left.
- Guambianos - The life of the Guambiano Indians of Colombia.
- Guardians of the Peoples Happiness - , dogs track fugitives, cops practice karate, and Toyotas perform intricate maneuvers on the streets of Managua, climaxing in a dead of night shoot-out.
- Guatemala: A Journey to the End of Memories - Guatemalan refugees comment on the "new" Guatemala of army-built "model villages" and "reeducation camps."
- Guatemalan Report - The 1991 Congress of Indigenous American Peoples held in Guatemala.
Top of page
H
- Hair Therapy - A Colombian filmmaker questions her friends - in their twenties like her, and caught between maintaining their independence and love, relationships, and the desire to start a family.
- Hamburger: Jungleburger - Examines the impact of the fast food industry on Third World countries.
- History of a Committed Cinema - A lively critique of western (Hollywood) cinema, for Nicaraguan filmmakers.
- Human Faces Behind the Rain Forest - Documents the testimonies of peasants and indigenous peoples fighting against the social chaos caused by illicit drugs in Colombia.
Top of page
I
Top of page
J
- Justice - Takes a camera where few have been, a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro, to record the social theatre, the structures of power, what is usually invisible.
- Justice and the Generals - Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals are sued in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.
Top of page
K
- Knorosov - The story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan writing system, and that of the little-known Russian linguist who, almost 500 years after the codice's discovery, figured them out.
Top of page
L
- La Esperanza Incierta (Uncertain Hope) - A look at the current socio-political climates in four South American countries: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile.
- La Sierra - Tracing a year in the life of a neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia ruled by a paramilitary gang, this is a searing exploration of three lives defined by years of overwhelming violence.
- The Last of the
New York Cigar Rollers - Three of the last of New York's cigar rollers; how they do it and the history behind their dying art.
- Lili's Apron - The love story of Ramón and his wife Lili, whose life together is dramatically impacted by Argentina's abrupt economic crisis.
- Lula's Brazil - A snapshot of Brazil at the midway point in Luis Inacio da Silva's presidential term, and an examination of his failures and successes within the context of the election promises he made during his candidacy.
Top of page
M
- Machito - The Cuban band leader Frank "Machito" Grillo.
- Mango Yellow - The intertwined stories of people living hardscrabble lives in the favelas of Recife, Brazil - women and men, from children to the aged, of every shade of skin color.
- Margarette's Feast - In an ode to classic silent films, a working-class everyman in Brazil escapes from his desperate life through the power of imagination.
- A Massacre Foretold - Chronicles the historic events surrounding the 1997 massacre of 45 pacifist supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation who were massacred while seeking refuge in a church. (new January, 2008)
- Mayan Voices: American Lives - Contrasts the experiences of Mayan families who came to Indiantown, Florida as refugees fleeing the violence in Guatemala in the early 1980s, with the struggles of those continuing to arrive in search of better lives.
- Mecate: A New Song - This film on the peasants' cultural movement in Nicaragua shows how music, theater, and poetry are part of the peasants' everyday life and also part of their efforts to improve their lives.
- Medellin Notebooks - In one high school class in Medellin, Colombia, the students are asked to record their personal and family stories in notebooks.
- Media War in El Salvador - Analyzes the Madison Avenue style media barrage employed by rival parties during El Salvador's 1989 presidential campaign.
- Memoirs of an Everyday War - The personal stories of four people who took extraordinary risks in Pinochet's Chile.
- Metal and Melancholy - Roving the city of Lima, Peru, Heddy Honigmann meets teachers, actors, professionals, civil servants and many others who have turned to taxi driving to earn enough to get by.
- Mexico: Dead or Alive - The story of politics and human rights in modern day Mexico through the eyes and experiences of Dr. Mario Rojas Alba, who fled his native land after being brutally attacked over inquiries he launched into political murders.
- Microchip Al Chip - The devastation of Chilean forests to manufacture paper.
Top of page
N
- The Night of San Lazaro - Cuba's most important parade pays homage to San Lazaro. For some, he is the healer saint, for others an African divinity.
- Nothing - A comical portrait of Cuban bureaucracy and a serious look at themes of migration and separation that are specific to this country.
Top of page
O
- On Each Side - When construction begins on a new suspension bridge connecting two Argentine towns, the arrival of hordes of engineers and construction workers disrupts life on both sides of the river. (new February, 2008)
- 100 Children Waiting for a Train - Poetically tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality - and a different world - through the cinema.
- Onward Christian Soldiers - Analyzes the growing impact of U.S. based broadcast evangelism in Latin America, long a stronghold of the Catholic church.
Top of page
P
- Parque Central - A lilting, meandering visual homage to Venezuela's capitol city, Caracas.
- The Passion of María Elena - Following the hit-and-run death of her son, Maria Elena, a young woman from Mexico's Raramuri community, embarks upon an eye-opening journey from grief to unexpected spiritual resolution.
- Paulina - As a young girl in a small Mexican village Paulina was traded for land by her parents, and raped by the town boss. But today a vital, resilient woman, she returns for a visit ...
- People Power - The first in depth look at non-violent revolutions around the world.
- The Pinochet Case - The story of the landmark legal case against General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, before and after his arrest in London in 1998. The new film by Patricio Guzmán.
- Power and Terror - A portrait of the activist intellectual Noam Chomsky, arguably the most important voice of dissent in the United States today.
Top of page
R
- The Real Thing
- Refugees in Our Backyard - Investigates the impact of civil strife on Central America, and the enormous obstacles its people face as they attempt to escape into the United States.
- Remembering Romero - Eleven months prior to Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero's assassination, a well known photograph of the Archbishop of San Salvador standing amidst a large group of young people was taken. REMEMBERING ROMERO returns to El Salvador to find the
Top of page
S
- Sabemos Mirar (We Can See) - How rock music functions as an outlet for young Argentineans' frustrations.
- The Sacred Family - An unexpected weekend guest creates sexual tensions between a father, his son and other guests, and leads to a breakdown in family relations in this comedy-drama from Chile. (new February, 2008)
- Salvador Allende - Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile) tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973.
- Scars of Memory - An oral history of the 1932 massacre of 10,000 El Salvadorans, a trauma that has resonated through six decades of military rule, until the 1992 peace accords ended a brutal, 12-year civil war.
- Seeds of Revolution - Looks at how the Honduran banana trade - dominated by U.S. corporations - has flourished while poverty and malnutrition plague the majority of Hondurans.
- Short Circuit - A chilling account of El Salvador's death squads, told by a former director of its intelligence agency, implicating CIA operatives and revealing cover-ups.
- Solo, The Law of the Favela - A young Brazilian favela dweller must choose between professional soccer, or friends.
- Somos + (We Are More)
- Split Decision - The inspirational story of Jesus 'El Matador' Chavez, a talented young boxer whose promising career was cut short when the U.S. enacted new stricter immigration policies.
- Stories From Cuscatlan - El Salvadorans reflect on how the civil war there has changed their lives.
- The Sugar Curtain - An intimate portrait by Camila Guzmán Urzúa about growing up in Cuba during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution.
- Sweet Country (Dulce Patria)
Top of page
T
- The Take - Unemployed Argentinian workers take over their closed factories! A compelling political film, a vision of working people forging genuine alternatives to a failed economic model - a story with universal implications.
- Tambogrande - Follows the efforts of a small Peruvian town over five years as they fight government efforts to sell the mineral rights under their homes to a multi-national mining company.
- Thank God and the Revolution - Long a major social force in Nicaragua, the Catholic church spoke out against the injustices of the Somoza regime. It is now helping people realize their full potential since the Sandinista revolution.
- There's No Room For So Many People - If Edgar doesn't find work by the end of the week, he and his wife will leave Bogota, Colombia and move to the coast, leaving their daughter behind. But, only after selling everything they have...
- This Is Not Your Life - Award winning Brazilian director Jorge Furtado chooses an ordinary woman, Noeli Cavalheiro, to tell the world her story.
- Today and Tomorrow - The seemingly unavoidable downward spiral of Argentina's middle class during the current economic crisis is vividly brought to life in the character of young, street-smart Paula.
- Todos Santos Cuchumatan: Report from a Guatemalan Village - This film provides an intimate look at everyday life in Todos Santos, a village in Guatemala's highlands, before the violence of the 1980s.
- The Todos Santos Films
- Todos Santos: The Survivors - Demonstrates how the political turmoil of the 1980s affected this once quiet Guatemalan village.
- The Trials of Henry Kissinger - Focusing on his role in events in Vietnam, Indonesia and Chile, this film examines charges that the former Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner is also a war criminal.
- Trinkets and Beads - The oil company MAXUS and Huaroni Indians of the Amazon.
- Tupamaros - 62-year-old Pepe Mujica, a founding member of Uruguay's Tupamaros organization and member of parliament, reflects on the groups development over the last 30 years from urban guerillas to legal political force.
- The Two Worlds of Angelita - Follows a young Puerto Rican family's journey from a small town on the island to New York City's Lower East Side.
Top of page
U
- Under Construction - In Santiago, Chile, a neighbor lives through the demolition of the house next door and the construction of a large building in the same place, over a two-year period.
Top of page
V
- Varan Workshop in Colombia - A series of three documentaries made by young people in Bogota, Colombia, about everyday life in this city of over seven million people.
Top of page
W
- Welcome to Colombia - Millions of displaced persons, 35,000 murders per year, a kidnapping every ten minutes ... but as Colombian filmmaker Catalina Villar traverses her country, she finds hope in people working for peaceful change.
- Whisky - An inspired and beautifully assured tragic-comedy about Jacobo, a sixty-year-old owner of a small, outdated sock factory in Uruguay.
- White Gold - Early production of sugar in the Americas, particularly Brazil.
- Wholes - A humorous and scathing satire that considers the social ills plaguing Sao Paulo, Brazil, the "sixth or maybe seventh" largest city in the world, through the metaphor of potholes.
- Winds of Memory - Filmed over three years, WINDS OF MEMORY reveals Mayan life and culture in Guatemala today, five centuries after the "discovery" of America.
- The World Is Watching - In the context of Nicaragua's Arias Peace Plan negotiations, this film demonstrates just how truly we should not believe all that we are told.
- The World Stopped Watching - What happens to a country when the media spotlight is turned off? 15 years after the Sandinista/Contra war in Nicaragua often led our nightly news, journalists who covered that war return to find out.
Top of page
Y
- Ya Basta! - The Indians of Chiapas speak about their situation.
Top of page
|
