Latin-American Studies
GRASS WAR!: PEASANT STRUGGLE IN BRAZILLabor Studies Latin-American Studies Political Science Sociology Directed by Women
In 1959, some 800 families resisted efforts to remove them from their remote farms. One peasant leader, Jofre Correa Netto, became known as the “Fidel Castro of Brazil,” and became the target of an assassination attempt.
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WOMEN OF VIEQUESWomen's Studies American Studies Latin-American Studies Political Science Puerto Rican Studies Sociology Directed by Women
This video shows the involvement of Puerto Rican women in the continuing protest movement against U.S. Navy use of the island of Vieques as a military training site.
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THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA: THE LONG ROADWomen's Studies Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies
The Long Road, examines the development of new forms of representation, repression against filmmakers, and the emergence of a new women's cinema.
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THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA: CINEMA OF THE HUMBLEWomen's Studies Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies
Explores the movement's origins, traces the evolution of its theoretical and esthetic positions, and focuses on the development of cinema in Cuba and Nicaragua.
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GRENADA: THE FUTURE COMING TOWARDS USLatin-American Studies Europe Political Science Spanish Language World History Directed by Women
Examines the aims and accomplishments of the New Jewel Movement and the reasons for the Fall 1983 U.S. military invasion.
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LA SEÑORA EVA PERONWomen's Studies Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
This historical documentary, filmed in Argentina, chronicles the life of Eva Peron (1919-1952) through a wealth of archival footage, rare photos, and interviews with many of her colleagues, closest confidants, and contemporary political leaders.
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SACRIFICIO: WHO BETRAYED CHE GUEVARA?Criminal & Law Latin-American Studies Political Science World History Sociology Spanish Language
The one person singled out as ultimately responsible for Guevara’s capture was his former lieutenant, Ciro Bustos. His version of those events, combined with interviews with historians, former CIA agents and Bolivian army officers, raises serious questions about how history is written.
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IN CANE FOR LIFESpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Environmental Studies Economics
Shot during the seven months of the Brazilian sugar cane harvest, this video portrays what may be the last generation of the nation's 800,000 sugar cane cutters (an environmental law approved by the National Congress has ruled that by 2015 practically all cane harvesting must be mechanized).
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HAUNTED LANDSpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
In this feature-length documentary, two paths cross on a tortuous descent into Guatemala's tragic past: that of Mateo Pablo, Maya survivor of one of many massacres that took place during the country's recent civil war, and Daniel Hernandez-Salazar, Guatemalan artist and photographer, whose work deals with local human-rights violations.
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GROWING UP ON THE STREETS: 12 YEARS LATERChildren & Young Adult Sociology Spanish Language Psychology & Psychiatry Latin-American Studies Family Relations
In 1988, filmmakers Luc Cote and Robbie Hart went to Cusco, Peru, to make a documentary about the life of the city's street kids, runaway children from dysfunctional families or youngsters abandoned by their parents, who struggle to survive on their own.
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BITTER CANESpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Economics
Examines the history of Haiti, from the 1804 revolution to the occupation (1915-34) by
U.S. Marines, and the repressive Duvalier regimes of `Papa Doc' and `Baby Doc.'
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PARAGUAY: THE FORGOTTEN DICTATORSHIPSpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Offers a rare look at Latin America's oldest dictatorship, that of General Alfredo
Stroessner, who took power in 1954.
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