The Latin American Studies Collection
The Latin American Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:
100 Children Waiting for a TrainFilmmaker Ignacio Aguero poetically tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality - and a different world - through the cinema.
108 (Cuchillo de Palo)An investigation into the shadowy circumstances of the death of Rodolfo Costa's, a persecuted gay man; and Paraguay's terrifying "108" homosexual blacklists that ruined lives, careers, and families.
10th ParallelA voyage deep into the Amazon to explore the implications of Brazil's policy on uncontacted indigenous tribes.
A Better LifeReturning to Todos Santos after 30 years, a look at the profound economic and social changes that have transformed this Guatemalan Mayan village.
A Bold PeaceAlmost 70 years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and committed itself to fostering a peaceful society. It has been reaping the benefits ever since.
A Bridge Over the RiverProfiles Lency, a man who lives in Cuba's central mountains who has a creative solution to all of life's daily problems there.
A Crushing LoveA CRUSHING LOVE, Sylvia Morales’ sequel to her groundbreaking history of Chicana women, CHICANA (1979), honors the achievements of five activist Latinas—labor organizer/farm worker leader Dolores Huerta, author/educator Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera - and considers how these single mothers managed to be parents and effect broad-based social change at the same time.
A Massacre ForetoldChronicles the events surrounding the 1997 massacre of 45 indigenous people by paramilitary troops in Chiapas, Mexico.
A Thousand PinesA Thousand Pines shows the lives of migrants who depend on the controversial guest worker visa program.
AbsencesABSENCES, by award winning filmmaker Tatiana Huezo (The Tiniest Place), exposes the ever-intensifying phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Mexico and the ways it affects women.
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