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STEPPIN': MICHAEL MANLEY IN JAMAICASpanish Language Political Science Latin-American Studies
This video shows Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley during an election campaign
throughout the island nation.
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THE SIXTH SUN: MAYAN UPRISING IN CHIAPASSpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Chicano Studies
Visually interweaving the Mayan past and the Mexican
Revolution with contemporary reality, this documentary portrays an epic confrontation
pitting impoverished peasants against large landowners and government forces in
Mexico's poorest state.
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STREET VENDORS: THE INFORMAL MAJORITY OF MEXICOSpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Environmental Studies Economics
This documentary examines the human side of Mexico's informal economy, which is
estimated to comprise some two-thirds of the country's working population. Featuring
interviews with five street vendors and a resident economics scholar, the video will
stimulate discussion on government regulation, economic sustainability, environmental
health, and the NAFTA debate.
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BRAZIL: A REPORT ON TORTURESpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies
This video shows why young, idealistic students, well-to-do lawyers, priests, and poor
working people often become identified as enemies of the state and, subsequently, torture
victims. It features interviews with former political prisoners who recount their
experiences of torture administered by Brazil's political police during the Sixties, when
the country was ruled by a right-wing military regime.
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VOICES FROM THE FIELDSSpanish Language Sociology Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Environmental Studies Economics Chicano Studies Directed by Women
This documentary follows farmworkers from California's Salinas Valley back to their
roots in the fields of rural Mexico, where they recount their everyday struggle to cope in
the midst of the globalization of agriculture and the impact of NAFTA.
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TAKING AIMSociology Spanish Language Media Studies Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Anthropology Directed by Women
In 1985, Monica Frota, an independent Brazilian filmmaker, collaborated with the
Kayapo people of the Brazilian rain forest to develop Mekaron Opoi D'joi (He Who
Creates Images), the first Kayapo media project.
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DECLINE OF THE MAYAN EMPIRE, THEWorld History Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Archeology Anthropology
This video chronicles the history of the Mayans, the most sophisticated civilization
among pre-Columbian societies.
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LAFANMI SELAVIChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Family Relations Directed by Women
Filmed at a center for street children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, founded by former President
Aristide in 1986, this video interviews five young children.
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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TISOEUR: HAITI AFTER DUVALIERSpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Chronicles events in Haiti since the collapse of the Duvalier regime, from the
downfall and ignominious flight into exile of "Baby Doc" Duvalier and his wife (seen
arriving in their BMW with military escort in predawn darkness at Port au Prince
airport), moving first-person accounts of the brutality of the tontons macoutes and the
regime's other human rights abuses, to the nation's first democratic election, the Rev.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's halting rise to power with the assistance of U.S. military
intervention, and the September 1991 military coup.
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ONLY EMPTINESS REMAINSSpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Family Relations
This emotionally devastating feature documentary examines political repression and the
situation of the 'disappeared' during Argentina's 'dirty war' in the late Seventies.
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COURAGE OF THE PEOPLESpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Labor Studies
A dramatic reenactment of the historic 1967 massacre of 'The Night of San Juan,' when
the Bolivian army launched a surprise nighttime attack upon striking tin miners and their
families.
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CROSSING BORDERS: A CUBAN RETURNSSpanish Language Sociology Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Immigration
This video chronicles the 1998 return to Cuba of an American college professor, Dr.
Magaly Lavendenz, forced as a child to leave Cuba in 1962, and who grew up in the U.S.,
but with a distinct Cuban identity.
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CUBA AT A CROSSROADSSpanish Language Sociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies
This four-part series examines changes in Cuban society during the post-Soviet economic
crisis between 1994-98.
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AFTER THE BATTLEAfrican Studies Latin-American Studies Sociology Spanish Language Directed by Women
In 1975, the first Cuban soldiers went to Angola to help defend that newly independent
government from invasion by South African troops. After nearly fourteen years of bitter
conflict, the Angolan War ended, Namibia was established as an independent state, and
Cuban and South African troops have returned home. Filmed on location in Angola, South
Africa and Cuba, this documentary examines the politics of the war from both sides and
features remarkable combat footage, archival material and interviews with Cuban and
South African soldiers as well as grieving families of those who died in the war.
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SIMPLEMENTE JENNYLatin-American Studies Spanish Language Women's Studies Directed by Women
Examines women in Latin America and the cultural values that shape their lives. Scenes of
urban slums, abandoned children, reform schools and broken homes are juxtaposed against
romanticized media images.
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LA OPERACIONHealth Latin-American Studies Latino Studies Spanish Language Sociology Women's Studies Directed by Women
Puerto Rico has the highest incidence of female sterilization
in the world. Over one-third of all Puerto Rican women of
childbearing age have been sterilized. So common is the
operation that it is simply known as ‘la operacion.'
Using newsreels and excerpts from government propaganda
films, plus interviews with Puerto Rican women, doctors,
birth control specialists and politicians, this film
explores the controversial use of sterilization as a means
of population control.
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LUISA CAPETILLO: A PASSION FOR JUSTICELatin-American Studies Latino Studies Media Studies Puerto Rican Studies Spanish Language Women's Studies Directed by Women
Dramatizes the life and work of Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922), a Puerto Rican journalist,
writer, suffragist, and labor organizer.
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BATTLE OF VIEQUES, THEAmerican History American Studies Latin-American Studies Political Science Spanish Language Directed by Women
Examines the U.S. Navy's control and use of Vieques, a satellite island and municipality
of Puerto Rico, as a military training, exercise and deployment base.
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IMAGES OF FAITHSpanish Language Religion & Spirituality Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Examines the centuries-old tradition in Puerto Rico of using hand-carved santos in
Catholic religious practices. The film visits an elderly santero (carver) and his teenage
apprentice, revealing the skill and artistry of this ancient craft as well as the importance of
the saints in the lives of the faithful.
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THE NATIONALISTSSpanish Language Political Science Latino Studies Latin-American Studies
Surveys the activities of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in the 1950s, including the
background to the shooting incident in the U.S. Congress by four Puerto Rican
nationalists in March 1954, and the contributions of the movement's leading figure, Don
Pedro Albizu Campos.
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