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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
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
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
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
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
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
I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma 101 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
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
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

Hispanic American Stories

East Side Sushi 107 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
The Socialist Dream - President Lázaro Cárdenas and the Socialist Ideals his inspired in Mexico 53 mins In the convulsive Mexican post-revolutionary times of a complex and divided country, the ideas of Lazaro Cardenas paved the way towards social transformation. Radical, practical…
The Socialist Dream - President Lázaro Cárdenas and the Socialist Ideals his inspired in Mexico The Socialist Dream - President Lázaro Cárdenas and the Socialist Ideals his inspired in Mexico
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)
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
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
Invasion - A Diary of the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama 95 mins The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989, when American troops deposed dictator Manuel Noriega, killing an unknown number of civilians in the process…
Invasion - A Diary of the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama Invasion - A Diary of the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama

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
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
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
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
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
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
We Like it Like That - The Stoy of Latin Boogaloo Music 78 mins This is the story behind Latin boogaloo, a colorful expression of 1960's New York City Latino soul. From its origins to its recent resurgence, WE…
We Like it Like That - The Stoy of Latin Boogaloo Music We Like it Like That - The Stoy of Latin Boogaloo Music

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? - Stories of Crossing the Border 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? - Stories of Crossing the Border Who Is Dayani Cristal? - Stories of Crossing the Border
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
The Socialist Dream - President Lázaro Cárdenas and the Socialist Ideals his inspired in Mexico 53 mins In the convulsive Mexican post-revolutionary times of a complex and divided country, the ideas of Lazaro Cardenas paved the way towards social transformation. Radical, practical…
The Socialist Dream - President Lázaro Cárdenas and the Socialist Ideals his inspired in Mexico The Socialist Dream - President Lázaro Cárdenas and the Socialist Ideals his inspired 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

Mexican Cinema

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
I Dream in Another Language - Sueño en otro idioma 101 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
Gueros 112 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
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
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
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
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

South American Stories

Martirio - Indigenous Brazilians Struggle to Survive 162 mins Filmed over the course of 40 years, indigenous expert and filmmaker Vincent Carelli seeks out the origins of Guarani Kaiowa genocide: the peaceful and obstinate…
Martirio - Indigenous Brazilians Struggle to Survive Martirio - Indigenous Brazilians Struggle to Survive
Brazil - A Racial Paradise 54 mins Discover how this "rainbow nation" is waking up to its legacy as the world's largest slave economy.
Brazil - A Racial Paradise Brazil - A Racial Paradise
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 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 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
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
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?

South American Cinema

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
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
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
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
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
The Way He Looks - Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho 97 mins 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…
The Way He Looks - Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho The Way He Looks - Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho
The Queen of Fear - La reina del miedo 107 mins In a constant state of anxiety, a celebrated actress obsessively distracts herself from preparing for her career-defining one-woman show. Winner of a Special Jury Prize…
The Queen of Fear - La reina del miedo The Queen of Fear - La reina del miedo
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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…
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…
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
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Before a Rooster Crows - Antes Que Cante El Gallo
Before a Rooster Crows - Antes Que Cante El Gallo
Pragda
In this Puerto Rican coming-of-age story, Carmin's dream of moving to the city with her mother vanishes when she instead moves to the US with her new husband. Carmin moves to Barranquitas, a mountainous village in the center of Puerto…
Who Is Dayani Cristal? - Stories of Crossing the Border
Who Is Dayani Cristal? - Stories of Crossing the Border
Kino Lorber
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 actor Gael Garcia Bernal embed themselves among migrant travelers on their own mission…
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…
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…
The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration
The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration
The Immigration Paradox Movie
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 crossing the Arizona desert, Emmy Award Winner and Filmmaker Lourdes Lee Vasquez set out to…
6 videos
Maquilapolis: City of Factories - Activism for Low-Wage Workers in Mexico
Maquilapolis: City of Factories - Activism for Low-Wage Workers in Mexico
California Newsreel
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 poverty wages in the factories of transnational corporations. After making television components all night, Carmen…
Cocote
Cocote
Grasshopper Film
A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, COCOTE follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father's funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father's death, Alberto realizes that he's…
Martirio - Indigenous Brazilians Struggle to Survive
Martirio - Indigenous Brazilians Struggle to Survive
Pragda
Filmed over the course of 40 years, indigenous expert and filmmaker Vincent Carelli seeks out the origins of Guarani Kaiowa genocide: the peaceful and obstinate insurgency of the dispossessed Guarani Kaiowa against the powerful The archival historical images, new footage,…
Balseros - Cuban Rafters
Balseros - Cuban Rafters
Seventh Art Releasing
In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven Cubans a few days before their risky venture of setting out to sea in homemade rafts to reach the coast of the United States. Six…
Gueros
Gueros
Kino Lorber
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…