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Jauja 111 mins An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA (pronounced how-ha) begins in a remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar…
Jauja Jauja
Embrace Of The Serpent - El abrazo de la serpiente 125 mins Through parallel story threads set 40 years apart, this absorbing odyssey follows two Western scientists who travel deep into the Amazon jungle looking for a…
Embrace Of The Serpent - El abrazo de la serpiente Embrace Of The Serpent - El abrazo de la serpiente
The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro 119 mins Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest (Gael Garcia Bernal) in a small Mexican town. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film…
The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro
El Norte 141 mins Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the…
El Norte El Norte
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
Ixcanul 92 mins The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel…
Ixcanul Ixcanul
Viridiana 92 mins Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Bunuel's irreverent vision of life as a beggar's banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece.…
Viridiana Viridiana
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype 2 videos Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and among the most diverse -- accounting for one-sixth of all Americans and tracing their origins…
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo 94 mins A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed…
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo Bad Hair - Pelo Malo

Hispanic American Stories

East Side Sushi 108 mins This critically acclaimed indie favorite was the winner of awards at 9 different film festivals, including Best Narrative Feature at SF Indie Fest. Single mom…
East Side Sushi East Side Sushi
I Was Born in Mexico, But… - Growing Up Undocumented in America 13 mins A poetic short featuring the voice of an undocumented young Latina woman who was brought to the U.S. as a child. The film introduces viewers…
I Was Born in Mexico, But… - Growing Up Undocumented in America I Was Born in Mexico, But… - Growing Up Undocumented in America
Over the Waves - A Story of Flamenco in the U.S. 102 mins For over a hundred years, the art of flamenco has been crossing the ocean into distant places. Many have fallen in love with the deep…
Over the Waves - A Story of Flamenco in the U.S. Over the Waves - A Story of Flamenco in the U.S.
Jackie & Nina 29 mins Best friends from San Antonio, Texas, Jackie and Nina's families have been in the United States for generations. They celebrate their Mexican heritage and a…
Jackie & Nina Jackie & Nina
Ashley 29 mins While training for her amateur debut as a boxer in East Los Angeles, Ashley must navigate the pressures her family feels due to their immigration…
Ashley Ashley
Rossi 29 mins As an American growing up in Florida with a mother from Guatemala and a father from Cuba, Rosi combines all three of her cultures for…
Rossi Rossi
15: A Quinceañeras Story - The Coming-of-Age Stories of American Latinas Preparing for their "Quinceañera" 4 videos A "quinceañera" is a coming-of-age celebration for a Latina girl’s 15th birthday, marking her transition from girl to woman. But for many American Latina teenagers,…
15: A Quinceañeras Story - The Coming-of-Age Stories of American Latinas Preparing for their "Quinceañera" 15: A Quinceañeras Story - The Coming-of-Age Stories of American Latinas Preparing for their "Quinceañera"

Latin American Politics

Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration 6 videos The Immigration Paradox takes a critical and in depth look at one of the most divisive issues in human global history-immigration. After encountering an immigrant…
The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary - The Denial of Education and Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants 54 mins Directed by a schoolteacher, this film became a lightning bolt in the immigration debate as the Rockefeller Foundation labeled it "One of the most important…
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary - The Denial of Education and Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary - The Denial of Education and Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants
When Two Worlds Collide - A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land 103 mins In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop…
When Two Worlds Collide - A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land When Two Worlds Collide - A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land
The Last Colony - Puerto Rico's Unique Relationship With The United States 93 mins In 1898, the United States invaded and colonized Puerto Rico as part of the Spanish American War. For 114 years the people of Puerto Rico…
The Last Colony - Puerto Rico's Unique Relationship With The United States The Last Colony - Puerto Rico's Unique Relationship With The United States
Made in L.A. (Hecho en Los Angeles) 6 videos An Emmy award-winning feature documentary that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a…
Made in L.A. (Hecho en Los Angeles) Made in L.A. (Hecho en Los Angeles)
Zapatista 55 mins January 1, 1994. The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico, several thousand…
Zapatista Zapatista

Latin American Artists

El Norte 141 mins Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the…
El Norte El Norte
Viridiana 92 mins Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Bunuel's irreverent vision of life as a beggar's banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece.…
Viridiana Viridiana
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype 2 videos Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and among the most diverse -- accounting for one-sixth of all Americans and tracing their origins…
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype
The Exterminating Angel 94 mins A group of high-society friends are invited to a mansion for dinner and inexplicably find themselves unable to leave in Luis Bunuel's daring masterpiece THE…
The Exterminating Angel The Exterminating Angel
Tropicália - Tropicalism and Brazilian Culture 88 mins In this colorful documentary, director Marcelo Machado takes the audience on a sensory tour into the history of one of Brazil's most iconic cultural movements,…
Tropicália - Tropicalism and Brazilian Culture Tropicália - Tropicalism and Brazilian Culture
Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle - Can a Ritual Born Out of Slavery Become a Modern Day Movement? 71 mins Capoeira, comprised of stylized dance and ritual combat takes its cue from the sacred music of the berimbau. Born from slavery and reborn on the…
Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle - Can a Ritual Born Out of Slavery Become a Modern Day Movement? Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle - Can a Ritual Born Out of Slavery Become a Modern Day Movement?
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo - Oscar Zeta Acosta: From Latino Activist to Dr. Gonzo 56 mins This genre-defying film introduces the radical Chicano lawyer, author and counter-cultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta. Acosta was the basis for Dr. Gonzo in "Fear and…
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo - Oscar Zeta Acosta: From Latino Activist to Dr. Gonzo The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo - Oscar Zeta Acosta: From Latino Activist to Dr. Gonzo

Mexican Stories

Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
Who Is Dayani Cristal? 90 mins The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. In an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story, director Marc…
Who Is Dayani Cristal? Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Maquilapolis: City of Factories - Activism for Low-Wage Workers in Mexico 69 mins Carmen Duran works the graveyard shift in one of Tijuana's 800 maquiladoras; she is one of six million women around the world who labor for…
Maquilapolis: City of Factories - Activism for Low-Wage Workers in Mexico Maquilapolis: City of Factories - Activism for Low-Wage Workers in Mexico
I Am Happiness on Earth 123 mins Julian Hernandez, one of Mexico's premier queer filmmakers (Raging Sun, Raging Sky), returns with this tale of a film director struggling with the line between…
I Am Happiness on Earth I Am Happiness on Earth
Forbidden - Gay and Undocumented, Moises Serrano Fights for Justice 84 mins This film is about an inspiring young man whose story is exceptional, although not unique. When Moises Serrano was just a baby, his parents risked…
Forbidden - Gay and Undocumented, Moises Serrano Fights for Justice Forbidden - Gay and Undocumented, Moises Serrano Fights for Justice
Senorita Extraviada - Crimes Against Women in Juarez Mexico 77 mins This award winning documentary tells the haunting story of more than 350 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women from Juarez, Mexico. Visually poetic, yet unflinching…
Senorita Extraviada - Crimes Against Women in Juarez Mexico Senorita Extraviada - Crimes Against Women in Juarez Mexico
Mexico & Peru - The Black Grandma in the Closet 54 mins Travel to Mexico and Peru with Professor Gates as he explores the almost unknown history of the numbers of black people brought to these countries…
Mexico & Peru - The Black Grandma in the Closet Mexico & Peru - The Black Grandma in the Closet

Mexican Cinema

The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro 119 mins Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest (Gael Garcia Bernal) in a small Mexican town. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film…
The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro
Viridiana 92 mins Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Bunuel's irreverent vision of life as a beggar's banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece.…
Viridiana Viridiana
I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma 102 mins Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for World Cinema/Dramatic, and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema, I DREAM IN ANOTHER…
I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma
Cronos 93 mins Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with this highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques…
Cronos Cronos
Gueros 113 mins Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the…
Gueros Gueros
The Exterminating Angel 94 mins A group of high-society friends are invited to a mansion for dinner and inexplicably find themselves unable to leave in Luis Bunuel's daring masterpiece THE…
The Exterminating Angel The Exterminating Angel
Here and There - Aqui y Alla 112 mins Winner at the Cannes Film Festival and AFI Fest, AQUI Y ALLA is a story about hope, and the memories and loss of what we…
Here and There - Aqui y Alla Here and There - Aqui y Alla

South American Stories

The Grammar of Happiness - Discovering the Unique Communication Style of an Amazonian Tribe 53 mins Daniel Everett is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon Basin's Piraha people and their language. THE GRAMMAR OF…
The Grammar of Happiness - Discovering the Unique Communication Style of an Amazonian Tribe The Grammar of Happiness - Discovering the Unique Communication Style of an Amazonian Tribe
When Two Worlds Collide - A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land 103 mins In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop…
When Two Worlds Collide - A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land When Two Worlds Collide - A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land
Brazil - An Inconvenient History 47 mins At first glance Brazil appears to be an alluring playground of exciting carnivals, sultry samba, divine football and a vibrantly diverse people. But behind this…
Brazil - An Inconvenient History Brazil - An Inconvenient History
Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle - Can a Ritual Born Out of Slavery Become a Modern Day Movement? 71 mins Capoeira, comprised of stylized dance and ritual combat takes its cue from the sacred music of the berimbau. Born from slavery and reborn on the…
Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle - Can a Ritual Born Out of Slavery Become a Modern Day Movement? Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle - Can a Ritual Born Out of Slavery Become a Modern Day Movement?
Our Disappeared 101 mins Through a casual Google search director Juan Mandelbaum finds out that Patricia, a long-lost girlfriend from Argentina, is among the thousands who were kidnapped, tortured…
Our Disappeared Our Disappeared
The Mothers of Plaza De Mayo - Argentinian Mothers Fight for Justice 64 mins This Oscar-nominated documentary about the Argentinian mothers' movement to demand to know the fate of 30,000 "disappeared" sons and daughters remains as extraordinarily powerful as…
The Mothers of Plaza De Mayo - Argentinian Mothers Fight for Justice The Mothers of Plaza De Mayo - Argentinian Mothers Fight for Justice
The Broken Country (El País Roto) - Examining the Socioeconomic Crisis in Venezuela 69 mins This documentary plunges right into the epicenter of the current crisis in Venezuela through the voices of its true protagonists. THE BROKEN COUNTRY tells five…
The Broken Country (El País Roto) - Examining the Socioeconomic Crisis in Venezuela The Broken Country (El País Roto) - Examining the Socioeconomic Crisis in Venezuela

South American Cinema

Jauja 111 mins An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA (pronounced how-ha) begins in a remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar…
Jauja Jauja
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo 94 mins A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed…
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo Bad Hair - Pelo Malo
Good Manners - As Boas Maneiras 136 mins When lonely nurse Clara is hired as a nanny by wealthy Ana, she hardly expects anything like the friendship she finds with the lonely, pregnant…
Good Manners - As Boas Maneiras Good Manners - As Boas Maneiras
Neruda 108 mins Directed by the award-winning filmmaker Pablo Larrain ("Jackie"), this Golden Globe-nominated film features international star Gael Garcia Bernal as a policeman chasing Pablo Neruda, perhaps…
Neruda Neruda
The Club - El Club 98 mins Four priests exiled to a small seaside town to atone for the sins of their pasts find their fragile stability disrupted by the arrival of…
The Club - El Club The Club - El Club
Machuca 116 mins Santiago, Chile, 1973: Pedro Machuca is a poor boy of tribal descent, brought into an upper class private school during Chile's brief socialist era. Gonzalo,…
Machuca Machuca
XXY 88 mins For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing…
XXY XXY
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Jauja
Jauja
Cinema Guild
An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA (pronounced how-ha) begins in a remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar Dinesen has come from abroad with his fifteen year-old daughter to take an engineering job…
Embrace Of The Serpent - El abrazo de la serpiente
Embrace Of The Serpent - El abrazo de la serpiente
Oscilloscope Pictures
Through parallel story threads set 40 years apart, this absorbing odyssey follows two Western scientists who travel deep into the Amazon jungle looking for a rare plant that possesses healing powers, with enigmatic shaman Karamakate as their guide. Nominated to…
The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro
The Crimes of Padre Amaro - El crimen del Padre Amaro
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest (Gael Garcia Bernal) in a small Mexican town. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. Nominated for a Golden Seashell Award at…
El Norte
El Norte
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection)
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It's a story that happens every day, but until…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
The Orchard
In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow ( The Hurt Locker , Zero Dark Thirty ) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy-- the…
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
Kino Lorber
The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Immersing us…
Viridiana
Viridiana
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection)
Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Bunuel's irreverent vision of life as a beggar's banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece. In it, novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her…
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype
Latinos Beyond Reel - Challenging a Media Stereotype
Media Education Foundation
Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and among the most diverse -- accounting for one-sixth of all Americans and tracing their origins to more than 20 countries. They are also a rising force in American politics. Yet…
2 videos
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo
Pragda
A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale. Junior is a beautiful boy, with big brown eyes, a delicate frame, and…
Neruda
Neruda
The Orchard
Directed by the award-winning filmmaker Pablo Larrain ("Jackie"), this Golden Globe -nominated film features international star Gael Garcia Bernal as a policeman chasing Pablo Neruda, perhaps the most important poet of the 20th century and a hugely influential political figure.…
I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma
I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma
FilmRise
Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for World Cinema/Dramatic, and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema, I DREAM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE follows a young linguist into the jungles of Mexico as he tries to learn…
Cronos
Cronos
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection)
Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with this highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) happens upon an ancient golden device in the shape of…
The Club - El Club
The Club - El Club
Music Box Films
Four priests exiled to a small seaside town to atone for the sins of their pasts find their fragile stability disrupted by the arrival of a newly-disgraced companion in this taut darkly comic drama from acclaimed director Pablo Larrain (…
Machuca
Machuca
Menemsha Films
Santiago, Chile, 1973: Pedro Machuca is a poor boy of tribal descent, brought into an upper class private school during Chile's brief socialist era. Gonzalo, the well-to-do boy seated a row ahead, befriends Pedro against the bullying will of his…
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Kino Lorber Edu
The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. In an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story, director Marc Silver and Gael Garcia Bernal embed themselves among migrant travelers on their own mission to…
XXY
XXY
Film Movement
For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Ines Efron,) who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to…
Gueros
Gueros
Kino Lorber Edu
Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their…
The Companion - El Acompañante
The Companion - El Acompañante
Pragda
Set in 1988 Cuba as the government dispatched HIV patients to AIDS centers under military rule, THE COMPANION narrates the unlikely friendship between a boxing champion and a conflictive patient. After failing a doping test, Horacio Romero has no other…
The Way He Looks - Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho
The Way He Looks - Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho
Strand Releasing
Set against the music of Belle and Sebastian, Daniel Ribeiro's coming of age tale, THE WAY HE LOOKS is a sweet and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who's fed up…
Bad Lucky Goat
Bad Lucky Goat
Film Movement
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation. Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival and the SXSW Film Festival . "The first feature…