Latin-American Studies
VILLA EL SALVADOR: A DESERT DREAMSpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies
Tells the remarkable story of Peru's Villa El Salvador, one of Latin America's best
organized squatter settlements, with 300,000 inhabitants, dozens of schools, markets and
recreation areas. Interviews with residents are combined with scenes of daily life in the
community.
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GUATEMALA: ROADS OF SILENCESociology Spanish Language Political Science Labor Studies Latin-American Studies
Examines the plight of Guatemalan Indian peasants victimized by the government's
counterinsurgency program which has led many Guatemalans to go into exile or to become
internal refugees inside the country.
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PRODUCING MIRACLES EVERYDAYEconomics Labor Studies Latin-American Studies Spanish Language
Over half of the Latin American labor force works in the "informal economy," creating their own forms of income and employment through hard work and ingenuity. This documentary celebrates the resourcefulness of impoverished people throughout the developing world for whom economic necessity is truly the mother of invention.
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GROWING UP IN THE SOUTHChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Performing Arts Sociology Latin-American Studies
This documentary chronicles one week in the life of street kids living in Cusco, Peru.
Working in collaboration with a shelter for some of Cusco's 3,000 street kids, the
filmmakers enlist several of the youngsters to form a street theatre company.
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LISTEN CARACASSpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Anthropology
A Yekuana Indian chief in the Amazon, a leader in the struggle for indigenous rights,
speaks out forcefully about the disrespectful attitude shown towards his people by
colonizers and missionaries.
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LAND FOR ROSESpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Directed by Women
Examines the popular movement for land reform in Brazil. The film shows massive
demonstrations, marches and protests throughout Brazil, including the establishment of a
large camp of some 1500 landless peasants at an unused private farm in Rio Grande do
Sul.
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I SPENT MY LIFE IN THE MINESSpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Directed by Women
This film autobiography of a Bolivian miner also chronicles the rise and fall of the mining
industry and the political history of Bolivia.
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MISSING CHILDRENChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Portrays the courageous efforts of Argentine mothers and grandmothers to locate their
children and grandchildren who were among the innocent victims of the military junta's
"dirty war" against the opposition in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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CHILDREN IN DEBTChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Economics Directed by Women
Examines the controversial issue of Latin America's `external debt' to the U.S., focusing
on the ways it affects children, including malnourishment, lack of medical care,
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THE CHILDREN'S WAR (guerra dos meninos)Children & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Criminal & Law Directed by Women
This prize-winning
documentary examines both the causes and consequences of the brutal war of
extermination Brazilian society is waging against its own children.
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HOLY FATHER AND GLORIASpanish Language Sociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
An emotionally powerful account of Pope John Paul's 1987 visit to Chile, which caused a
massive outpouring of political discontent with the Pinochet regime, including emotional
appeals to the Pope to support protests over the imprisonment and torture of political
prisoners, the lack of political freedom, and widespread hunger and unemployment.
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FAVELASWomen's Studies Spanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies
Takes viewers into the heart of the Brazilian favelas, the slums that spread uncontrollably
through Sao Paulo, Brazil's wealthiest industrial center. The social reality of this cruel
habitat is examined by those who dwell there and by artists, philosophers, educators and
sociologists.
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