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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
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
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
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
Hermia & Helena 87 mins Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of…
Hermia & Helena Hermia & Helena
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 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
Aquarius 147 mins Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in…
Aquarius Aquarius

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
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
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
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?
Life, Deferred (Vida Diferida) - The Uncertainties Haunting Undocumented Youth and Their Families 24 mins This documentary film tells the story of Vanessa, a teenager born in Mexico who has lived in the United States with her family since she…
Life, Deferred (Vida Diferida) - The Uncertainties Haunting Undocumented Youth and Their Families Life, Deferred (Vida Diferida) - The Uncertainties Haunting Undocumented Youth and Their Families
Los Sures - A Puerto Rican Barrio in Brooklyn 6 videos Diego Echeverria's Los Sures skillfully represents the challenges of its time: drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension, single-parent homes, and inadequate local…
Los Sures - A Puerto Rican Barrio in Brooklyn Los Sures - A Puerto Rican Barrio in Brooklyn
Every Child is Born A Poet - The Life and Work of Author Piri Thomas 58 mins An incendiary mix of documentary, poetry, storytelling, drama, and performance, Every Child is Born A Poet explores the life and work of Piri Thomas (b.…
Every Child is Born A Poet - The Life and Work of Author Piri Thomas Every Child is Born A Poet - The Life and Work of Author Piri Thomas

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
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)
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
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

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 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
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
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
Los Wild Ones - The Musicians of Wild Records 78 mins This film follows the lives of Irishman Reb Kennedy -- "the most infuriating, difficult man you can't help but love" -- and the artists on…
Los Wild Ones - The Musicians of Wild Records Los Wild Ones - The Musicians of Wild Records

Mexican Stories

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?
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
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
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
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
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
Swift Feet - The Story of Two Indigenous Runners from Mexico 77 mins The Tarahumara--one of the largest indigenous cultures in North America--live in the rugged canyons of northwestern Mexico. For them, running is not only the best…
Swift Feet - The Story of Two Indigenous Runners from Mexico Swift Feet - The Story of Two Indigenous Runners from 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
Everything Else - Todo lo demás 98 mins Dona Flor is a bureaucrat. She has worked in the same government office in Mexico City for over 35 years, attending to people from all…
Everything Else - Todo lo demás Everything Else - Todo lo demás
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
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
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 - 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
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
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
Brasilia: Life After Design  - The Utopian Capital of Brazil 89 mins The utopian city of Brasilia is in transition more than half a century later. What is it like to live in someone else's idea? A…
Brasilia: Life After Design  - The Utopian Capital of Brazil Brasilia: Life After Design  - The Utopian Capital of Brazil
Landfill Harmonic - A Symphony of the Human Spirit 87 mins This film festival favorite follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story…
Landfill Harmonic - A Symphony of the Human Spirit Landfill Harmonic - A Symphony of the Human Spirit

South American Cinema

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
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
Hermia & Helena 87 mins Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of…
Hermia & Helena Hermia & Helena
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
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
Aquarius 147 mins Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in…
Aquarius Aquarius
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
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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
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…
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…
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 (…
Hermia & Helena
Hermia & Helena
Kino Lorber
Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream . Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't…
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…
Machuca
Machuca
Passion River Productions
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…
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…
Aquarius
Aquarius
Kino Lorber Edu
Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. As the builders'…
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…
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…
Everything Else - Todo lo demás
Everything Else - Todo lo demás
Cinema Tropical
Dona Flor is a bureaucrat. She has worked in the same government office in Mexico City for over 35 years, attending to people from all the corners of Mexican society--rich, poor, educated and illiterate alike. One day her life becomes…
I am a Girl - Girls Around the World
I am a Girl - Girls Around the World
Women Make Movies
There is a group of people in the world today who are more persecuted than anyone else, but they are not political or religious activists. They are girls. Being born a girl means you are more likely to be subjected…
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…
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…
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.…
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
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…
Kékszakállú - Bluebeard
Kékszakállú - Bluebeard
Cinema Tropical
An unconventional portrayal of several young women witnessed in immersive yet indeterminate states: within their bodies, among their friends and lovers, and ultimately in a culture of economic and spiritual recession. The film presents a documentary-like exposure of the quotidian…