On a bicycle trip through South America Martin finds exploitation, destruction and abject subjugation due to the USA
Cuba
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, co-rebel with Fidel Castro in Cuba & rebel leader elsewhere (with Benicio del Torro as Che)
Cuba
Three transitional periods in Cuban history from the perspectives of three women named Lucia
Cuba
Simple country man leaves his village to join the rebels, in Havana he falls in love, but he also falls apart, changed by the revolution
Cuba
Traces CIA activities over a 40-year period, from the beginning of the Cold War through the demise of the Soviet Union; has a depiction of the Bay of Pigs fiasco
Cuba
Homosexual Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas is terribly abused by the totalitarian Cuban system
Cuba
Wealthy man caught in the transitions during the Cuban revolution of 1959
Cuba
An 11 year old boy is able to live a somewhat normal life against the background of the Cuban Revolution, 1958
Cuba
Errol Flynn, playing himself as a war correspondent, helps Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban dictator Batista
Dominican Republic
Dominican dictator, Ulises Heureaux, presidency 1882 to his assassination in 1899
Dominican Republic
About the Mirabal sisters and their fight against dictator Trujillo (who reigned from 1930 to 1961)
Dominican Republic
Three Mirabal sisters risk their very lives by opposing Dictator Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo and the memories of the times of tyrant Leónidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Manolo Tavárez Justo (1931-1963) lawyer and political activist with the 14th of June Movement and husband of Minerva Argentina Mirabal
Dominican Republic
About Jesús de Galíndez Suárez, activist of the PNV party and Basque diplomat who disappeared in 1956 because of his opposition to Trujillo
Guatemala
A young boy grows up against the background of the US-backed takeover of the Guatemalan Government in 1954
Nicaragua
Radicalization of a young man in response to US atrocities in his country
Nicaragua
Marine makes illegal deal of arms for hostages & becomes right-wing hero
Panama
Based on 5 soldiers in the Panama invasion murdering a Panamanian woman in a drunken spree
Columbia
A love story set in civil war in Colombia following the assassination of liberal leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948
Columbia
A man running a cheese business turns professional killer in the troubles plaguing Columbia in 1948
Columbia
Drug-fueled conflict in Colombia leaves a young woman without her parents and with a destroyed village
Venezuela
Venezuela told by an international court to compensate the victims of the riots in the events of El Carcazo, Feb. 27, 1989
Venezuela
3-DVD box set of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization (raided OPEC headquarters in 1975)
Peru
Ex-Peruvian war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder can't get his life together
Peru
Times of the war against terrorism leads to violation of human rights, which has a profound impact on a young Peruvian woman
Bolivia
Set in the Chacos War (1932-1935) between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Gran Chaco region falsely thought to be rich in oil (Paraquay got 3/4s of the area)
Bolivia
Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia, pursued by a determined CIA agent
Bolivia
A reenactment of the 1967 government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners in Bolivia
Chile
Search for a young American who disappeared during the aftermath of the 1973 US overthrow of the Salvador Allende government in Chile
Chile
A determined communist filled with rage becomes an idealistic journalist, but also fights for Croatia against the Serbs
Chile
Fighting against the military dictatorship that followed the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government in Chile
Chile
Following two couples and their reactions to the 1973 overthrow of the Allende government in Chile
Chile
A 1907 massacre of miners in Chile is an allegory for the military coup of 1973
Chile
Autopsy recorder falls in love with an older show girl but soon finds himself in a love triangle during the overthrow of the Allende government in Chile
Chile
After the military coupe in Chile, the Swedish ambassador to Chile saves more than 1,300 lives by moving them to Sweden
Chile
The 1978 Beagle Conflict between Argentina and Chile over three islands south of Tierra del Fuego
Chile
Overthrow of Allende government leads to a split in friendship among school chums
Chile
In 1998 British authorities arrest the ex-dictator of Chile, Augusto Pinochet
Chile
Ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum
Argentina
Becoming aware of just how bleak and hard life is under the Argentine military dictatorship, 1976-1983
Argentina
Argentine family pushed apart by politics reunites but they are still divided by politics
Argentina
Continued political problems (the ones who disappeared) in modern Argentina
Argentina
A police inspector uncovers murders by a Latin American government using torture
Argentina
A grandfather tries to get back his granddaughter whose parents just "disappeared"
Argentina
A young woman's search for her true identity brings her to a knowledge of terrible things that happened in Argentina under the military dictatorship backed the the United States
Argentina
12 students, arrested in La Plata for advocating changes in bus fares, just disappear
Argentina
One result of the Argentine military dictatorship was a group of youth with murdered relatives
Argentina
Terrible effects of the military dictatorship’s murderous policies as seen by a small boy
Argentina
Four men narrowly escape death at the hands of a military death squad during the Argentina military dictatorship
Argentina
The Argentine government hires foreign mercenaries to eliminate leftists
Argentina
A young boy has to lives a secret life for reasons not totally clear to him due to the Argentina military dictatorship
Argentina
The 1978 Beagle Conflict between Argentina and Chile over three islands south of Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
Poor Indian joins the Argentine navy and sees action in the Falklands War
Argentina
British Royal Marines defend the Governor of the Falkland Islands
Argentina
Argentine middle-class hurt by the economic crisis as seen in the lives of average Argentines, including a Jewish family
Uruguay
In Uruguay assassination of an American who was sent to teach torture to the local police
Brazil
Carlotta (1775-1830) was in 1785 officially married to the future John VI, King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (reign 1816-1826)
Brazil
War of Canudos in the late 1890's that was Brazil’s bloodiest civil war
Brazil
During the 1930's Getúlio Vargas dictatorship (1930-1945) in Brazil, a left-wing writer finds himself in prison
Brazil
German-born Jewish communist female pretends to be wife of Brazilian communist leader; both arrested during Vargas dictatorship and she is sent to Nazi Germany
Brazil
The story of Olga Benario, a communist, Jewish-German who worked for a better life for people in Germany and in Brazil and the consequences she faced
Brazil
Life amidst the minorities in Brazil and their deep involvement in Carnival
Brazil
Young Brazilian goes to West Africa to round up slaves, starring Klaus Kinski
Brazil
Chico Mendez attempts to protect the Brazilian forests and the rubber workers
Brazil
To oppose the military dictatorship in 1969 young Brazilian leftists kidnap the American ambassador to Brazil
Brazil
Set against the military dictatorship in Brazil, 1964-1985
Brazil
During the military dictatorship in Brazil, a captain deserts the Brazilian Army and becomes one of the most prominent leaders of left-wing guerilla groups
Brazil
Hunger in the sertâo (backcountry) accompanied by violence between soldiers and peasants
Brazil
Set in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the destitute local Indians stage an uprising against the wealthy fazenderos (owners of farming plantations)
Brazil
A caravan act starts to go down hill as the old Brazil starts vanishing and the caravan comes to be replaced with movie theaters and television
Mexico
Set in 1930s when powerful oil companies appropriate vast amounts of Mexican land; farmer resists and tragedy ensues (banned until 1972)
Mexico
A general sets himself up as a dictator in the state of Puebla; under leadership of his brother President Camacho (1940-1946)
Mexico
A dedicated school teacher works in a poverty-stricken community, set during presidency of Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946-1952)
Mexico
A group of university employees get into real trouble when they are mistaken for Communists
Mexico
Family's physical security threatened by their sons' commitment to the 1968 student revolt
Mexico
Post-1968 militant students have hard time adjusting in face of government repression and society's indifference (Carl J. Mora "Mexican Cinema")
Mexico
Criticism of Mexican lower middle class values; clearly no new Mexican revolution can come from these shallow, sybaritic young people (Carl J. Mora "Mexican Cinema")
Mexico
Attempts to form labor union for the employees of maquiladoras (the mostly American-owned assembly plants along the Mexico border with USA)
Mexico
Set against the background of the 1985 earthquake, story of a woman overwhelmed by urban existence; awarded two Best First Feature prizes in Latin American film festivals
Mexico
Grandfather tries to retrieve ammunition for the guerilla movement behind government army lines
Mexican emigration
Three main stories interwoven dealing with emigration from Mexico (focus is on Tijuana)
Mexican emigration
To the Other Side; stories of Cuban boy, Moroccan girl and Mexican boy and the effects of emigration on their lives
Mexican emigration
Wet Backs; film made to discourage Mexicans from emigrating to the USA; Mexican illegals at mercy of exploiters and fearful of being discovered
Other
Story of Dr. François Duvalier ("Papa Doc") President for Life of Haiti 1957-1971 responsible for 30,000 dead