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| Title: | 11'09"01. September 11 : a film : 11 directors from different countries and cultures |
| Director: | Ken Loach, Alejandro Iñárritu et al. |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 135 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Empire Pictures, 2002 |
| Language: | English, French, Japanese, Arabic, Bosnian, Hebrew and Persian with optional English and French subtitles.
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| Notes: | Galatée Films ; Studio Canal. Original idea-artistic producer, Alain Brigand ; producers, Jacques Perrin, Nicolas Mauvernay ; individual directors: Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura.
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| Plot: | Eleven filmmakers from eleven countries reflect on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in short films lasting 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame.
"Eleven filmmakers, eleven looks implicating their individual conscience"...
This film is a unique and extraordinary response to the catastrophic events in New York City that shook the world on September 11, 2001. The French film company Studio Canal invited 11 renowned international directors to create a film lasting eleven minutes, nine seconds and one frame - 11'09''01.
Each filmmaker's entry takes a different approach. It's not a pontificating and solemn commemoration of this historical event.
Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
An Iranian teacher tries to tell Afghan refugee schoolchildren about the towers collapsing. But the destruction of the twin towers is quite remote for them. She finds them uncomprehending. Some of them say "God doesn't destroy humans" ... "He doesn't have airplanes!" The teacher leads them out of the school to view the smoking chimney of a brick kiln, the tallest structure in the arid landscape.
Claude Lelouch (France)
It is a small drama set in New York, where a deaf girl and her boyfriend are struggling with their relationship when he leaves to take a deaf tour group to the World Trace Center. With her own world falling apart, she's not watching the images on the television in the next room.
Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
Director Youssef Chahine directs a surreal segment and plays himself. In his entry, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, playing himself, meets with the ghosts of a Marine killed in the 1983 bombing of US barracks in Beirut and the suicide bomber who carried out the attack. The director counts up those killed by US policy in places such as Vietnam and Indonesia for the Marine. What upsets him, and what he questions, is how far from American ideals American leaders often deviate.
Danis Tanovic (Bosnia)
This story is contributed about the mourners of those killed in the vicious Balkan wars of the mid-1990s. Tanovic shows his home country in chaos--people wounded and grieving, unable to go home. in a still war-scarred and too-quiet town center women are preparing to demonstrate as usual. When they get the news from New York their march takes on a new meaning.
Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina-Faso)
some kids are convinced they saw Ben Laden in Ouagadougou; they foment a plan to capture him and obtain the $25 million reward promised by the US. With this money, they erect dreams of social progress, including health care.
Ken Loach (UK)
Ken Loach holds the United States responsible of the September 11th tragedy. Narrated by Vladimir Vega, a Chilean exile living in London, Loach's contribution compares the events of Sept. 11, 1973 in Chile to Sept. 11, 2001 in the United States. On another 911 a US-led coup bombed Santiago. Some 30,000 people, including the elected president Allende, were killed. It's a shameful episode, and it led to the brutal military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico))
Inarritu takes an experimental approach, less a narrative than a sensory experience. It leaves the screen completely blank except for brief glimpses of the worst footage--people jumping from the towers. The soundtrack features a blend of music, voices and news reports.
"Does God's light guide us or blind us?"
Amos Gitai (Israel)
Gitai shows us the aftermath of a car bombing in Tel Aviv, but as the film crew cover the event they're told their footage won't go out because something has happened in New York.
Mira Nair (India)
It's a true story about a Pakistani family in New York looking for their missing son. Since he was a Muslim, everyone assumes he was a terrorist. But actually he is a hero.
Sean Penn (USA)
An old man lives in the memory of his late wife. His days pass, monotonous, until the day when the towers collapse near his apartment. The light penetrates his gloomy sanctuary and provokes in him a terrible awareness of loss.
Shohei Imamura (Japan)
A WWII veteran in Japan thinks he's a snake. His family can't figure him out and are repelled by his actions. The allegorical meaning is: There's no such thing as a holy war.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Short films. United States. Chile. Mexico. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. |
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| Title: | Appeals to Santiago |
| Director: | Duane Metzger and Carter Wilson |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (28 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 199-?] |
| Language: | Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Produced by Duane Metzger and Carter Wilson for the University of California, Irvine Originally produced in 1969. Ethnographers, Duane Metzger, Robert Ravicz ; writer, Carter Wilson ; director, Arnold Baskin.
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| Plot: | Describes an eight-day Mayan Indian fiesta in Tenejapa, Mexico held in honor of one of the town's patron saints, James. Narration consists of the participants own explanation of events, translated into English
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Festivals. Mexico. Tenejapa. Maya. |
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| Title: | Aro Tolbukhin
en la mente del asesino / Aro Tolbukhin in the Mind of a Killer |
| Director: | Agustí Villaronga |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in DVD (Region 2 PAL) |
| Imprint: | Barcelona : Oberon Cinematográfica ; Barcelona : distribuido por Laurenfilm, 2003 |
| Language: | Spanish or Catalan with optional subtitles in English or French
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| Notes: | Una pelicula de Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann, Isaac P. Racine ; productor, Antonio Chavarrías ; presentan [de] Oberon Cinematográfica, Altavista Films ; con la participación de Canal+, TVE Televisión Española, Televisió de Catalunya, Moro Films, Lestes Films, Bias Post. Participants: Daniel Giménez Cacho ; Carmen Beato ; Zóltán Józan ; Mariona Castillo ; Xhévdet Bajraj ; Margarita Farran./ Director of photography, Guillermo Granillo ; editing, Ernest Blasi ; music, José Manuel Pagan.
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| Plot: | A Spanish/Mexican co-production, Aro Tolbukhin En La Mente Del Asesino (In the Mind of a Killer) is a semi-documentary about the life of serial killer Aro Tolbukhin. Interviews and reenactments tell the story of a Hungarian man who was sentenced to death before a firing squad in Guatemala. He grew up in Budapest with his twin sister Stella and fled to join the merchant marines during the Russian invasion of 1956. After he was arrested for burning seven people alive in 1981, he confessed to nearly 20 other murders during the Guatemala Civil War. Commentary is provided by Carmen Beato, a former nun who lived with Tolbukhin in Alta Verapaz. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
En 1981 el húngaro Aro Tolbukhin es detenido por quemar vivas a siete personas en la enfermería de la Misión del Di-vino Redentor en Guatemala. Tras su detención, Aro Tol-bukhin confesó además haber asesinado a cinco mujeres y calcinar sus cadáveres. También se autoinculpó de los asesinatos de otras diecisiete mujeres, todas ellas embarazadas, realizados a lo largo de los quince años en que trabajó como marino mercante. En la in-vestigación judicial, al examinar los expedientes de estos casos que aún es-taban por resolver, no tardaron en encontrarse sustanciosas incoherencias que ponían en duda la autoría que Tolbukhin tanto insistía en atribuirse. Fue conde-nado a muerte. Poco antes de su ejecución Aro Tolbukhin es entrevistado por dos documentalistas franceses. A partir de este material la película intenta pro-fundizar en este personaje y en las causas de su comportamiento.
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| Subjects: | Feature films. Documentary Films. Guatemala. Mexico. Spain. |
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| Title: | Aztecs : the exposition of a culture |
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| Format: | 1 videodisc (38 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Produced with the support of Conaculta-Inha, Mexico Tourism Board.
Performer Presenter, Antony Gormley.
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| Plot: | This program was created to complement the 2002-3 exhibition of Aztec culture at London's Royal Academy. Many of the incredible works loaned to the exhibit are shown, along with sculptures and artifacts filmed in Mexico City and at important Aztec sites. Leading scholars and curators explore how the nomadic Aztecs drew inspiration from earlier cultures. The variety and sophistication of Aztec art are extensively illustrated, along with the exquisite craftsmanship of their manuscripts and their jewelry.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Aztecs. Aztec art. Archaeology. |
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| Title: | Beyond the border / Más allá de la frontera |
| Director: | Ari Luis Palos |
| Format: | 1 videodisc ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | United States : Dos Vatos Production, 2001 |
| Language: | English and Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | a co-production of Dos Vatos Production and KET ; produced in association with ITVS and Latino Public Broadcasting. Director/producer, Ari Luis Palos ; producer, Eren Isabel McGinnis ; editor, Jacob Bricca ; composer, Gil Sánchez.
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| Plot: | Traces the painful transition made by four sons in the Ayala family who leave their close-knit family in Mexico to seek a better life in Kentucky. Struggling to fit in, they find a different version of the American dream.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. United States. Mexico. Kentucky. Emigration and immigration. Social aspects.
Economic aspects. |
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| Title: | Buscando al hombre sagrado / making the holy man |
| Director: | Óscar Urrutia Lazo |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (45 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | Mexico: Conacultura 2005 |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Documentary by Oscar Urrutia
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| Plot: | Documentary that takes us into the unknown world of the contemporary Mayan ceremonies dedicated to the rain, to the field and to the animals, lead by the mythical sacred man: The H' men. This documentary stands from a different point of view, keeping away from the anthropological or ethnographical parameters, which have been shaping this kind of investigations, staying away from the folk vision and avoiding a superficial or esoterically approach.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. Guatemala Maya culture |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Carlos Fuentes: Estos fueron los palacios. |
| Director: | Frank Janney |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (53.44 min.) ; sd., col. VHS 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Hanover, NH : Ediciones del Norte, 1983. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Plot: | In this revealing interview done by his wife Silvia, Carlos Fuentes speaks of the Hispanic preoccupation with originality and of the function of time in literature. He recalls his youth in the United States, the affirmation of his own identity, his political and literary formation. Also, takes us through the streets of Mexico City, discovers his long-standing obsessions. Talks of his artistic evolution and relations with the theater, and reads excerpts from Where the air is clear
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Literature. Carlos Fuentes. Authors, Interviews. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Carlos Fuentes. |
| Director: | Lewis MacAdams and John Dorr |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (66 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Los Angeles, Calif. : Lannan Foundation, c1989. |
| Language: | In English and Spanish.
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| Notes: | by Lewis MacAdams and John Dorr ; the Lannan Foundation in association with Metropolitan Pictures and EZTV. John Dorr, James Williams, Curt Walheim, camera sound; John Dorr, Lewis MacAdams, editors.
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| Plot: | Carlos Fuentes, Mexico-s leading novelist and critic, reads from his novels The death of Artemio Cruz and Christopher unborn, as well as unpublished works in English and Spanish. He is interviewed in Los Angeles by Lewis MacAdams.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Literature. Fuentes, Carlos. Authors, Interviews. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Cascabel |
| Director: | Raúl Araiza |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (105 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD |
| Imprint: | United States : Desert Mountain Media 2007 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Videodisc release of the 1977 motion picture. Una película de Raúl Araiza ; producción, Conacine. Argumento, Raul Araiza ; fotografía, Rosalio Solano ; edición, Reynaldo Puente Portillo ; música, Jesús Zarzosa ; sonido, Manuel Topete ; dirección de arte, Salvador Lozano Mena. Participants: Sergio Jiménez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Rául Ramírez, Aarón Hernán, Héctor Gómez, Mario Casillas, Norma Herrera, Mario Cid.
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| Plot: | A group of young men intend to film a documentary in the remote mountains of Chiapas, but find themselves at the mercy of the forest and the natives who protect it. Un grupo de jovenes intenta filmar un documental en la sierra de Chiapas. La selva guarda celosamente sus secretos y cobra caro lo que la amenaza.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Chiapanec Indians. Drama. Chiapas Highlands (Mexico). |
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| Title: | Chronicles of Mexico City (Carlos Monsiváis) and El vértigo horizontal / (Juan Villoro). |
| Director: | Dartmouth College Instructional Services |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (89 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/5 in. DVD (Region All) |
| Imprint: | Dartmouth College, 2000 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Recorded on November 20, 2000, in 2 Rockefeller, Dartmouth College. Recorded by the Media Production Group, Dartmouth College.Humanities Center Institute 2000: 'La frontera' lecture series.
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| Plot: | Presentaciones de Carlos Monsivais y Juan Villoro en el marco de la Conferencia 'La frontera' celebrada en Dartmouth College durante noviembre del 2000.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films: Mexico. Dartmouth College |
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| Title: | El charro inmortal |
| Director: | Rafael E. Portas |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (84 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | United States: Cozumel Films ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Ventura Distribution, 2003 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Originally released as a documentary film in 1955. Tele Talía Films ; una producción de David Negrete ; director, Rafael E. Portas. Guíon y texto, Fernando Galiana ; narración de Manolo Fabregas. Participants: Jorge Negrete, María Félix, Luis Aguilar, José Alfredo Jiménez.
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| Plot: | Documentary on the life of Jorge Negrete, popular singer and film star.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Singers. Biography. Negrete, Jorge, 1911-1953. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Chiapas, dialogo bajo amenaza. |
| Director: | Carlos Mendoza |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (47 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | Mexico, D.F. : Canal 6 de Julio, c1995. |
| Language: | Spanish.
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| Notes: | Canal 6 de Julio ; guion y realizacion, Carlos Mendoza.
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| Plot: | A chronology of the principal national events precipitated by the orders to arrest the leaders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, on february 9, 1995 to the Consulta Nacional por la Paz Y la Democracia on August 27, 1995.own words.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN).
Chiapas (Mexico). Peasant uprising, 1994- . |
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| Title: | Chiapas, la historia continua. |
| Director: | Cristian Calonico. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | Producciones Marca Diablo, 1996. |
| Language: | Spanish.
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| Notes: | Producciones Marca Diablo ; realizacion edición, Cristián Calónico.
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| Plot: | This documentary follows Chiapas, the unfinished story. This is a review of the events from 1995 to 1996 in Chiapas, Mexico.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN).
Chiapas (Mexico). Peasant uprising, 1994-. |
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| Title: | Chiapas: historia inclusa |
| Director: | Cristián Calónico. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (90 min.) ; sd., col.; 1/2 in.. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | [Mexico] : Producciones Marca Diablo, c1995. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Producciones Marca Diablo ; realizacion, Cristian Calonico. Colectivo Los Estamos Viendo con el apoyo del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes y la Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana presentan: Una mirada retrospectiva de la historia reciente y sus protagonista. Fotografia, Sergio Franco, Cristian Calonico, Antonio Urunuela ; Musica original, Bon.
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| Plot: | This videocassette records the filming of the armed uprising that took place in Chiapas between 1994 and 1995.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN). Chiapas (Mexico). Peasant uprising, 1994- . |
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| Title: | The Chinampas. |
| Director: | Anne Prutzman. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (31 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | Berkeley, CA : University of California, Extension Media Center, c1990 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Producer director writer, Anne Prutzman. Camera, Anne Prutzman ; editor, Arthur Blach ; narrator, Anne Prutzman.
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| Plot: | Describes the Chinampa, a traditional Mexican agricultural system, and traces its long history. Shows modern day threats to this system and discusses measures to save the Chinampa.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Rural conditions. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | The Chiapas Rebellion and the Political Rebellion in Mexico |
| Director: | Dartmouth College Instructional Services |
| Format: | 1 videocassette ( m.) . sd., col. ; VHS |
| Imprint: | Dartmouth College 1994 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Recorded by Dartmouth College Instructional Services.
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| Plot: | Conferencia celebrada el 16 de Mayo de 1994.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films: Mexico. Dartmouth College. Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN). Chiapas. |
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| Title: | Chicana |
| Director: | Sylvia Morales |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (23 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1990 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Based on a slide presentation written and created by Anna Nieto-Gomez. a film by Sylvia Morales. Narrator, Carmen Zapata ; music, Carmen Moreno.
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| Plot: | Employs Mexican murals, rare photographs, prints, and documentary footage to trace the traditional and the emerging roles of Mexican/Chicanas from pre-Columbian times to the present, showing how women have made important contributions as workers, mothers, activists, educators, leaders, and in numerous other ways, despite their generally oppressed status in the Latino culture.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. United States. Mexico. Mexican American women. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans. Mexican Americans |
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| Title: | El Chucho Quien sabe? / A bullet for the general |
| Director: | Damiano Damiani |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (118 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Troy, Mich. : Anchor Bay Entertainment. The Spaghetti western collection. 2004. |
| Language: | English; Dubbed into English.
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| Notes: | Original Italian motion picture was released in 1967] in Italian, Spanish and German. Produced by Blanco Manini for M.C.M. ; directed by Damiano Damiani. Story and screenplay by Salvatore Laurani ; musical score, Luis Bacalov ; musical supervision, Ennio Morricone ; editor, Renato Cinquini. Participants: Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel, Jaime Fernandez.
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| Plot: | During the Mexican Revolution, a guerilla band allows an American to join them unaware that he was hired by the Mexican government to assasinate their leader, El Chucho.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. USA. Mexican-American Border Region. Emigration and immigration. Government policy. Human rights. Illegal aliens. Human rights workers. Interviews. |
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| Title: | Crossing borders: the journey of Carlos Fuentes. |
| Director: | Joan Saffa. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 teaching guide (7 leaves) ; 28 cm. VHS. |
| Imprint: | [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1989. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Produced by Novel Productions in association with KQED, inc. ; Home Vision presents an RM Arts production. Director and editor, Joan Saffa; producers, Joan Saffa, Stephen Talbot; Writer, Stephen Talbot; narrator, Luis Valdez.
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| Plot: | The writer/lecturer/diplomat freely discusses his views on art, sex, and politics which reveal the special places and happenings that fired the writer-s imagination. Includes readings by Carlos Fuentes.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Literature. Mexico. Authors. Interviews. |
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| Title: | Dawn of the Maya |
| Director: | Graham Townsley |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | United States: National Geographic Television & Film, c2004. |
| Language: | English; Closed-captioned.
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| Notes: | Originally broadcast as a National Geographic special in 2003. Narrator, Gavin MacFadyen. National Geographic ; produced, written & directed by Graham Townsley. Editor, Bonnie Cutler-Shear ; cinematography, Gary Grieg, Andrew Young, Martin Asturias ; music, Guy Dagul.
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| Plot: | For centuries the rain forests of Guatemala guarded an astonishing secret. Here can be found the cradle of one of the most remarkable civilizations the world has ever seen. Explore with National Geographic the last frontier of knowledge about the Ancient Maya as archaeologists uncover evidence of an early Maya culture more dynamic and sophisticated than ever believed.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. Guatemala. Mayas History. |
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| Title: | Del olvido al no me acuerdo / I forgot, I don-t remember. |
| Director: | Juan Carlos Rulfo |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (75 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Imprint: | Mexico D.F. : Media Luna Producciones ; New York, NY : Distributed by LAVA, Latin American Video Archives, 1998 |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Una película de Juan Carlos Rulfo
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| Plot: | This potent Mexican film deals with the distressing but inescapable human characteristic of memory loss. Filmmaker Juan Carlos Rulfo is searching for his father, and on his investigative journey he encounters numerous people who remember the man by name. Sadly, however, they cannot remember anything else about him.
Del olvido al no me acuerdo es la historia de las memorias y olvidos de los viejos del sur de Jalisco. El pretexto es la búsqueda del padre del realizador, un personaje al que todos nombran Juan, pero del que nadie recuerda nada. El afán por armar el rompecabezas en el que el mítico Juan se ha convertido cristaliza en un mosaico de personajes entrañables. El personaje al que todos nombran Juan no es otro que Juan Rulfo, autor de El llano en llamas y Pedro Páramo. De hecho, el director parafrasea -por decirlo de algún modo- la famosa novela de su padre, en la que también un hijo busca a su progenitor. Esta es una cinta mitad documental mitad testimonio, plena de calidez y de imágenes que llenan de belleza cualquier pupila.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico |
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| Title: | Derechos sobre la línea caza-migrantes en la frontera |
| Director: | Tamaryn Nelson and Ray Ybarra. |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (26 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Philadelphia, Pa.] : AFSC & WITNESS, 2005 |
| Language: | English and Spanish with Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | co-produced by AFSU, ACLU, and WITNESS ; written and produced by Tamaryn Nelson and Ray Ybarra. Editor, Ryan Kautz ; sound, Dan Pritikin ; music, Nostalgic System and Pierre Perez-Vergara.
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| Plot: | This documentary shows the men behind the Minuteman Project and the continuum between official border militarization and vigilante action. It tells the story of border tensions from the point of view of those affected and reveals the underlying motivations of the vigilantes through interviews and footage of their nighttime patrols.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. United States. Mexico. Illegal aliens -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Vigilantes. Mexican-American Border Region. Immigration Border Patrol. Emigration and immigration. |
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| Title: | El diablo nunca duerme / The devil never sleeps. (56 minute version) |
| Director: | Lourdes Portillo. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (56 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1996. |
| Language: | In English or Spanish with English subtitles of Spanish.
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| Notes: | Women Make Movies ; Independent Television Service ; National Latino Communications Center. Producer director, Lourdes Portillo ; co-producer, Michelle Valladares ; narration written by Olivia Crawford, Laura del Fuego.
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| Plot: | Lourdes Portillo, niece of Oscar Ruiz Almeida, interviews family and associates of Ruiz Almeida-s after his sudden death, ruled suicide by authorities.
Early one Sunday morning in July, the filmmaker receives a phone call informing her that her beloved Tio (uncle) Oscar Ruiz Almeida has been found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in Chihuahua, Mexico. His widow has declared his death a suicide. Most of his family, however, cry murder and point to a number of possible suspects: his business partner, his ranch-hand, the widow herself.
In The Devil Never Sleeps, Portillo returns to the land of her birth to find out exactly who her uncle was and to investigate the circumstances of his death. She explores irrational as well as "logical explanations, searching for clues on both sides of the border and in the history of her family. Old tales of betrayal, passion, lust and supernatural visitation emerge as we follow thefilmmaker deep into the life of a community in the homeland of Pancho Villa.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. |
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| Title: | Dignidad rebelde de la otra campaña. Mexico 2006 |
| Director: | Ignacio Madrazo |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (146 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | Mexico 2006 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Acrono Producciones S.A. de C.V.presenta un documental de Ignacio Madrazo. Guión: Ignacio Madrazo; Productor: Martha Piña; Fotografía: Miembros de 'La Otra Campaña'; Sonido: Miembros de 'La Otra Campaña'; Editor: Ignacio Madrazo
Colectivo Román Piña Chan- Ignacio Madrazo Piña. Email: colectivorpc@gmail.com;
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| Plot: | La génesis del movimiento social y político denominado La Otra Campaña, de la mano de sus participantes y del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional. Estructurado a partir de material registrado por los propios participantes de los acontecimientos, ofrece una mirada al interior de algunos de momentos claves de dicho proceso, tales como su planificación, lanzamiento y desarrollo, así como la represión de que fueron objeto los protagonistas y su reacción a ésta.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN). Chiapas (Mexico |
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| Title: | Documentales de teatro mexicano
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| Director: | Eugenio Cobo. |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (80 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Mexico : Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes : CITRU, 2005 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Issued as a part of 10 disc boxed set entitled: Biblioteca Digital CITRU. realización Eugenio Cobo.
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| Plot: | Ignacio Retes: caminante del teatro (1995, 33 min.).
Seki Sano : vida y teatro (1997, 35 min.)
Danzón dedicado al teatro mexicano (1997, 12 min.).
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Short Films. Mexico. Mexican drama, 20th century. Retes, Ignacio. Sano, Seki, 1905-1966. |
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| Title: | Dual injustice: feminicide and torture in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua |
| Director: | Laura Salas and Tamaryn Nelson |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (ca. 17 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Brooklyn, N.Y. : WITNESS, c2005. |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos and WITNESS presents ; written and produced by Laura Salas and Tamaryn Nelson.
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| Plot: | Since 1993 more than 400 women have been murdered and 4,000 have been reported missing in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. By 2000 the problem had spread to Chihuahua. This documentary follows the family of two victims, Neyra Azucena Cervantes, who disappeared in Chihuahua City, May 2003, and her cousin, David Meza Argueta, the man accused of her murder although he lived 1,500 miles away.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Serial murders. Women, Crimes against. Criminal justice, Administration of. Chihuahua (Chihuahua). Ciudad Juárez. |
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| Title: | Elena Poniatowska: Orozco's red brushes |
| Director: | The Hood Museum of Art. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (57 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College, c2002. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Recorded by the Media Production Group, Dartmouth College.
Performer Presenter, Derrick Cartwright ; keynote speaker, Elena Poniatowska.
Event info Recorded Oct. 25, 2002, in Loew Auditorium, Dartmouth College.
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| Plot: | A keynote address by Elena Poniatowska on Orozco's works at the symposium "Orozco in the United States," held at Dartmouth College, Oct. 25-26, 2002.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. United States. Art. Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949, Congresses. Dartmouth College. |
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| Title: | Emiliano Zapata: el Amor a la tierra; Heroe mexicano |
| Director: | Diana Roldán |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (58 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Miami, FL : Televisa Home Entertainment ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Xenon Pictures, Inc., 2001. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Originally released as a TV program in 1999. Xenon Pictures ; producido por Televisa, S.A.. Based in the Enrique Krauze's book. realización, Mario Diez de Urdanivia ; dir. gral. y prod. Diana Roldán. Guión, Olga Cáceres ; investigación iconográfica, Edgar Rojano ; dirección creative, Hank Heifetz. Narrator, Enrique Krauze.
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| Plot: | Revered by generations of Mexicans for his determined fight against the oppressors of Mexico's peasant class. This documentary incorporates both actual footage and reenactments of Zapata's exploits.
Ansioso de libertad y justicia para su nativa Anenecuilco, se convirtijó en el jefe de al Revolución de Morelas. Allí estableció brevemente una feliz comunidad paternalista tras rebelarse, por impaciencia, contra Madero. Proclamó el Plan De Ayala con las reivindicaciones agrarias de los indígenas de su región, y luchó contra Huerta y Carranza con el fin de encaminar un proyecto generoso y antiguo: tierra para los campesinos y libertad de organizarse comunalmente.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Revolution, 1910-1920. Biography. Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919. |
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| Title: | El favor de los santos. Sacred iconography of retablos and exvotos. |
| Director: | Moses Shumow |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (57 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002. |
| Language: | In English and Spanish with English subtitles
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| Notes: | Originally produced for television in 2000.
A production of KRWG Television ; NMSU Board of Regents ; producer editor, Moses Shumow. Note Credits: Photographer coordinating producer editor, Hugo Pérez ; associate producer, Ricardo Trujillo.
Performers: Narrators, Daisy Oviedo and Ralph Escandón ; Spanish narrator, Ricardo Aguilar-Melantzón.
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| Plot: | "With the introduction of Christianity to the Aztec people, a new kind of religious iconography arose: retablos and exvotos. Traditionally painted on tin, retablos tell of the lives of the saints while exvotos give thanks for miracles granted. This program brings together art historians, preservationists, and religious practitioners to look at the stories embedded in these paintings and their significance for those who pray to them"--Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. Christian art and symbolism. Icons. Saints in art. |
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| Title: | To find our life : the peyote hunt of the Huicholis of Mexico. |
| Director: | Peter T. Furst |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS. |
| Imprint: | North Hollywood, CA : Advanced Digital Services, 1997 |
| Language: | In Spanish with yellow English subtitles
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| Notes: | A film by Peter T. Furst ; presented by the Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles. Narration adapted from the Huichol text and read by Peter T. Furst. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Peyotism. Rites and ceremonies. Huichol Indians. |
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| Title: | The fourth world war |
| Director: | Jacqueline Soohen and Richard Rowley |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (76 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, MA : Big Noise Films, 2004. |
| Language: | Dialogue in English; with optional subtitles in French, Spanish, and German.
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| Notes: | Big Noise Tactical presents. Produced, directed and filmed by Jacqueline Soohen and Richard Rowley ; edited by Paul McNulty and Joulie Wheeler ; sound mix, Michael Jones; music by: Manu Chao, Asian Dub Foundation, Ozomatli, Mum, DJ Moosaka, DJ Splice, Muslimgauze, et al
Performer Narrated by Michael Franti and Suheir Hammad.
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| Plot: | "A daring, courageous, heart-pounding intervention against empire"--Patricia R. Zimmerman quote from container.
While American airwaves are crowded with talk of a new world war, the human face of war is rarely seen. This documentary weaves together the images and voices of the war on the ground - from the front lines of struggles in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North' from Seattle to Genova, and the 'War on Terror' in New York and Iraq. Spanning five continents, filming took over two years to document the story of how men and women are working to resist getting caught up in the current global conflict.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Argentina. War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
War and society. War victims. |
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| Title: | Frida Kahlo (1910-1954). |
| Director: | Eila Hershon, Roberto Guerra, and Wibke Von Bonin. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (62 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 teaching guide (7 leaves) ; 28 cm |
| Imprint: | [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, c1983 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | RM Arts ; [produced by] Eila Hershon, Roberto Guerra, and Wibke Von Bonin. Commentary, Hayden Herrera ; editor, Caroline Emmonds ; music, Ballet Folklorico Nacional Aztlan. An RM Arts Hershon Gueera WDR Production. A foreign documentary film (West Germany). Sada Thompson, narrator.
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| Plot: | Profiles Frida Kahlo-s work, her interest in politics and her tempestuous relationship with husband Diego Rivera, leader of the Mexican muralist movement.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera, 1886-1957. |
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| Title: | Fronterilandia / Frontierland |
| Director: | Jesse Lerner, Rubén Ortiz-Torres. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (77 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Los Angeles CA : R. Ortiz-Torres and J. Lerner, c1995. |
| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles and English with Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Credits Producers directors, cinematographers editors, etc. Rubén Ortiz-Torres and Jesse Lerner ; executive producer, Sara Diamond ; original music, Gabriela Ortiz. Performer Narrators: Kathy Myles, Bennett Jones, and Serafina Klarwein.
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| Plot: | Explores Mexican culture in the U.S. Southwest.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. United States. Mexico. |
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| Title: | La guerra entre los Estados Unidos y Mexico, 1846-1848 / Mexican war, 1846-1848 |
| Director: | Ginny Martin. |
| Format: | 2 videocassettes (ca. 240 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS format. Stereo sound. |
| Imprint: | [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, c1998. |
| Language: | Spanish. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
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| Notes: | Una produccion de KERA ; Procineas S.C.L., para Once TV ; productora de la serie productora ejecutiva, Sylvia Komatsu ; productores, Andrea Boardman, Ginny Martin, Rob Tranchin ; productor principal, Paul Espinosa ; directora, Ginny Martin Written by Rob Tranchin ; edited by Ginny Martin ; principal photography by Ginny Martin, Allen Moore ; music by John Bryant, Frank Hames. Spanish-language videocassette release of the 1998 English-language documentary series aired on PBS: U.S.-. Narrated by Carlos Segundo.
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| Plot: | This documentary tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to the United States. Although the war lasted only two years, its outcome not only transformed the boundaries of these neighboring countries, but it also shifted the balance of world powers and shaped the destinies of each nation.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexican War, 1846-1848. |
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| Title: | La guerra de Chiapas / The war in Chiapas (Fallaron las instituciones). |
| Director: | Carlos Mendoza |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (37 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York : Latin American Video Archives, c1994. |
| Language: | In Spanish with English subtitles
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| Notes: | Includes Fallaron las instituciones, a commentary by Mexican historian Lorenzo Meyer. Duration listing on container: 40 min. Credits Writer director, Carlos Mendoza ; producers, Esperanza Escamilla, Adriana Garcia, Norma Madrid ; editor, Adolfo Resendiz ; music, Gabo. Performer Narrator: Mario Diaz Mercado.
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| Plot: | Introductory section looks at the events leading up to the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. Main section looks at the uprising itself using interviews, news clips, and documentary footage.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN). Chiapas. Peasant uprising, 1994 |
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| Title: | The Hispanic and Latin American Heritage video collection.
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| Director: | Jerry Baber, Rhonda Fabian |
| Format: | 10 videocassettes (ca. 30 min. ea.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1995. |
| Language: | Dialogue in English
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| Notes: | produced and directed by Jerry Baber, Rhonda Fabian.Executive producer, Andrew Schlessinger ; writers, Jeff Wachtman, Rhonda Fabian ; archival research, Jeff Wachtman. Performer Narrator, Roger Pretto.
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| Plot: | These compelling biographies introduce students to outstanding Hispanic and Latin American men and women who have made significant contributions to their fields, countries and culture. From Spain, Mexico and the countries of Central and South America, covering the 15th century to the present, these individuals helped shape world politics, sports, philosophy and the arts. Period music, archival photographs, paintings, maps and expert commentary provide a complete picture of their lives and the significance of their achievements today.
[1] Joan Baez : Mexican-American folksinger --
[2] Simón Bolívar : Latin American revolutionary --
[3] Cesar Chavez : Mexican-American labor leader --
[4] Roberto Clemente : Puerto Rican baseball great --
[5] Hernán Cortéz : Spanish explorer --
[6] Ferdinand & Isabella : Spanish monarchs --
[7] Pablo Neruda : Chilean poet and diplomat --
[8] Juan & Evita Perón : President & First Lady of Argentina --
[9] George Santayana : Spanish philosopher and poet --
[10] Pancho Villa : Mexican revolutionary.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Latin America. Argentina. Mexico. United States. Chile. Venezuela. Puerto Rico. |
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| Title: | History of soccer: The beautiful game. |
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| Format: | 6 videodiscs (914 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory ; New York, NY : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, 2001 |
| Language: | English or Spanish.
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| Notes: | Participants: Terence Stamp, narrator.
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| Plot: | v. 1; Origins & soccer cultures; (141 min.)
Origins: From the ancient games and rituals that predate soccer by thousands of years, to the playing fields of Victorian Britain, this program explores the bloody and very often fatal origins of a sport that become a global obsession. Soccer cultures: This program follows soccer's role within international cultures and in particular the 1998 World Cup match between the US and Iran, showing how soccer acted as an agent for change and brought the two countries closer together.
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The Rules of Calcio Storico; The Ashbourne Folk Game; Rare archive of the earliest filmed matches: 1897-1912; Biographies; The story of the NASL (North American Soccer League); The story of the great Real Madrid team of the 1950's, with great footage of all their first five Finals; Extended interview with Alfredo Di Stefano; Easter egg
v. 2; Evolution and European superpowers; (142 min.)
Evolution of the European game: This episode charts the major trends that helped shape the development of European soccer into the game it is today: from early English and Scottish pioneers to the unbeatable Italians of the 1930's and the all-conquering Hungarians of the early 1950's. European superpowers: Real Madrid in the 1950's, the Dutch and Germans of the 1970's, Liverpool in the 1980's and Milan and the French national teams of the 1990's--all teams that have changed soccer history.
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Highlights from the 1934, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990 World Cup Finals; Extended interview with Pepi Bican, Paolo Rossi, Bobby Charlton & Jurgen Klinsmann; Biographies.
v. 3; Barzil and South American superpowers; (139 min.)
Brazil: This program explores Brazil's dominance as a major soccer power in the global game, as well as the ominous more violent and racist side of Brazilian soccer. South American superpowers: South American countries have won eight World Cups and this program focuses on how teams from there have changed the course of soccer history, from the dominance of the River Plate countries of Argentina and Uruguay in the early years, to the emergence of Colombia in the 1990's.
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Highlights from the 1930, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994 World Cup Finals; Extended interview with Cesar Luis Menotti ; Biographies.
v. 4; For club and country and the dark side; (137 min.)
For club and country: This program charts the trials and tribulations of French soccer, how it developed over the years and how winning France '98 and Euro 2000 has helped the country to find its own identity as a soccer power. The dark side: This episode draws together events and stories that have made headline news: tragedies that have brought communities together, a war sparked by a match, and hooliganism that has threatened the very existence of the game.
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Highlights from the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 European Championship Finals; Hillsborough remembered; Heysel remembered; Trouble on the Terrace; Biographies
v. 5; Superstars and the media; (145 min.)
Superstars: From Billy Meredith and Mattias Sindelar, to Pele, Alfredo Di Stefano, Garrincha, Maradona and Zidane, this program looks at the careers of players who have risen above the rest and left their indelible and lasting mark on the history of soccer. The media: First newspaper reports of soccer relied on pigeon-post delivering updates from the soccer field to newspaper offices. By the 1990's, television was fueling the growing wealth of the game and this program looks at how the media's role has changed over the past century.
Special features:
Extended interview with Pele, Maradona, Paolo Rossi, Dino Zoff, Jurgen Klinsmann, George Best, Ronaldo, Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer and Zico; Highlights from the 1998 World Cup Final; Biographies.
v. 6 & 7; Africa, a game for all and futures; (210 min.).
Vol. 6 (ca. 142 min.): Africa: Pele had said that an African country would win a World Cup by the turn of the 21st centry. From colonial intervention, poverty and segregation to independence and dictatorship, this program measures Africa's huge potential against its continued failure to succeed at an international level. A game for all: Away from the stadiums, players and fans, this episode follows the battle for the soul of soccer as it becomes an increasingly global game.
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The story of the African Nations Cup from 1957-2000; The golden era of the World Club Championship, 1960-1970; Biographies
Vol. 7 (ca. 68 min.) Future: This program looks to the past to learn the lessons that will help shape the future of soccer as it enters its third century.
Special features:
Sudan, The Asian Cup 1960-2000; Extended interview with Kazu Miura; Biographies.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Soccer. History |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Historic Mexican culture films
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| Director: | n/a |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (41 min.) ; sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | United States : Quality Information Publishers, c2007. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | n/a
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| Plot: | A street of memory (1937, 8 min.)
Features the sights and sounds of daily life from Olvera Street in Loa Angeles during the late 30's.
Why braceros? (1959, 18 min.)
Propaganda film about immigrant Mexican laborers, the bracero program, and the impact on California's working class and economy.
Good Friday through Cuernavaca (1960s, 15 min.)
Classic travelogue film through Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Short Films. Mexico. Cuernavaca. Description and travel. Migrant agricultural laborers |
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| Title: | In the shadow of the law |
| Director: | Frank Christopher |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Berkeley, CA : University of California, Extension Center For Media and Independent Learning, 1991?]. |
| Language: | Some dialogue in Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | A production of KPBS-TV, San Diego. Producer, Paul Espinosa ; director and editor, Frank Christopher ; writers, Paul Espinosa, Leo Chavez ; narrator, Carmen Zapata.
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| Plot: | Shows the poor economic and social conditions under which illegal Mexican immigrants exist, in addition to their continual anxiety over possible discovery and deportation. Also shows the typical difficulties encountered in attempting to achieve legal resident status under the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. United States. Mexico. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Illegal aliens. Mexicans: Legal status, laws, etc. Emigration and immigration |
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| Title: | Juan Rulfo : Inframundo |
| Director: | Frank Janney |
| Format: | Hanover, NH : Ediciones del Norte, 1983. |
| Imprint: | 1 videocassette (58.25 min.) ; sd., col. VHS 1/2 in. |
| Language: | Spanish with yellow English subtitles¡
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| Plot: | In an unusual interview with Silvia Fuentes, Juan Rulfo talks about his childhood and family in the context of the Mexican Revolution. In this way he shows the deepest roots and particular of the Mexican people. He tells how the various jobs he had, when he was young, took him from one end of his country to the other, discovering places and people which he later used in his fiction. He gives us the ideas which were the basis for Pedro Paramo. He reads from that great novel and from his most important story The burning plain
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Literature. Juan Rulfo. Authors, Interviews. |
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| Title: | Juan Rulfo : a fondo |
| Director: | Joaquín Soler Serrano. |
| Format: | 1 videocassete [VHS] (50 min.) : b/n. VHS [PAL] |
| Imprint: | Barcelona : Editrama, 1998, Trasbals Video ; una producción de RTVE.
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| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | De la serie A Fondo de Televisión Española, (TVE) S.A. Originally produced for the television program A Fondo in 1977.
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| Plot: | Programa de Televisión Española titulado A Fondo donde se entrevisto al autor
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Literature. Juan Rulfo . Authors, Interviews. |
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| Title: | Juntos por Chiapas |
| Director: | Cristian Calonico. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (28 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS. |
| Imprint: | Marca Diablo y Serpiente Sobre Ruedas. México 1997. |
| Language: | Spanish .
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| Plot: | In 1997 Mexican artists, musicians and rock bands got together to give a concert claiming justice, democracy and liberty for the people of Chiapas and those participating in the conflict.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN).
Chiapas. Peasant uprising, 1994 |
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| Title: | Knorosov : el desciframiento de la escritura Maya / Knorosov: the decipherment of the Mayan script |
| Director: | Eduardo Herrera F. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (57 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c2000. |
| Language: | English, Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | CONACULTA ; un documental de Tiahoga Ruge y Eduardo Herrera ; dirección, Tiahoga Ruge y Eduardo Herrera F. ; guión, Olaga Cáceres, Tiahoga Ruge, Eduardo Herrera F. Credits Director of photography and editor, Eduardo Herrera F.
Performer Narrators: Heather Dreshner, Danny Laird.
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| Plot: | Documentary on Yuri V. Knorosov, who in 1952 while working at the Russian Institute of Ethnography discovered the key to the Mayan writing system. Includes interviews with Knorozov and Michael Coe, author of Breaking the Maya code.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Guatemala. Mayas. Mayan languages -- Writing. |
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| Title: | Land, Rain and Fire: report from Oaxaca |
| Director: | Tami Gold |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (28 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | New York]: Third World Newsreel, 2006 |
| Language: | English, and Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Produced & directed by Tami Gold ; co-produced by Gerardo Renique. Camera, Tami Gold; edited by Mariono Wainsztein. Narrator, Amilca Palmer.
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| Plot: | "While the mainstream media continues to ignore the months-long struggle in Oaxaca, even after the deaths of 13 people, including American journalist and activist Brad Will, a growing network of activists, independent journalists, and academics here in the U.S. have been working tirelessly to document the repression occurring in this southern Mexican state and to bring reports of the struggle to audiences here.
Add to the growing clamor a new documentary video that provides a concise and vivid narrative of events as they have unfolded in Oaxaca in recent months. Produced and directed by veteran documentarian Tami Gold and co-produced by City College professor Gerardo Renique, Land, Rain and Fire provides on-the-ground coverage of the conflict that has heretofore been found only in bits and pieces via the Internet.
Beginning with the May 2006 teachers’ strike mobilized by Seccion 22 of CNTE—the radical faction of the national teachers’ union that has been organizing against the privatization of education and for better wages for teachers since 1979—the film chronicles the police repression of June 14th and subsequent mobilization of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of Oaxaca City, in what were the largest marches in Oaxacan history. The filmmakers are there as the mobilized teachers, campesinos, neighborhood associations, trade unionists, women’s groups, students, religious groups and activists come together to form the Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), which now forms the basis of the ongoing movement. They also document numerous incidents of paramilitary and police repression against APPO-controlled media and encampments, including the October 27th attack which left three dead—including Brad Will—and 23 injured.
But beyond the crucial and rare on-the-ground look at events in Oaxaca, Land, Rain and Fire analyzes the structural violence and poverty that motivates the ongoing struggle, and makes clear, with every Oaxaqueño interviewed, that the movement in Oaxaca is a struggle against neoliberalism and its tangible effects on the lives of the people, particularly since the passage of NAFTA. The devestation wrought by a leadership committed above all else to the neoliberal project is patently apparent in the film. What’s more, it powerfully demonstrates the alternative pursued by the APPO and the other assemblies across the Oaxacan state: a democracy that recognizes economic and social rights, one that is respectful of the traditions of Oaxaca’s million indigenous people and that is governed by the usos y costumbres that organize the political lives of people across southern Mexico.
This moving, if short, documentary ends just before we go to press, though the Oaxacan people continue to struggle for justice, despite the violence. Asked why they continue to fight, in the face of such repression, one woman answers, “They can’t kill all of us, I’m sure about that.”
Christy Thornton is the Executive Director of NACLA.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Strikes and lockouts. Teachers. Mexico. Oaxaca (State) |
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| Title: | Libre comercio un camino al exito? / Free trade : will it succeed? |
| Director: | Ryan E. Geist |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (28 min.) . sd., col. with b&w segments . 1 2 in. |
| Imprint: | Notre Dame, IN . University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute . Distributed by Golden Dome Productions, |
| Language: | In English with Spanish with English subtitles
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| Notes: | Kellogg Institute. Produced by Christopher Salvador, Douglas Thomas; directed by Ryan E. Geist; written by Gary Seiber; for the Kellogg Institute, Nancy H. Hall, et al.
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| Plot: | Promotes the NAFTA agreement as more beneficial to trade than either ALALC, Pacto Andino, or Mecrosur.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films: Mexico. Economics |
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| Title: | Lost kingdoms of the Maya. |
| Director: | Christine Weber |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col. ; 1/2 in.. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Video, c1993. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Produced by the National Geographic Society ; produced and directed by Christine Weber ; written by Patrick Prentice. Narrator, Susan Sarandon.
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| Plot: | An exploration of the forests of Central America and Mexico on the trail of the ancient Maya. Distinguished scientists unearth artifacts, reconstruct cities and decipher the hieroglyphics of an extraordinary civilization.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Guatemala. Mayas |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Maquila: a tale of two Mexicos |
| Director: | Saul Landau and Sonia Angulo |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (55 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS |
| Imprint: | Pomona: College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences and Media Vision, at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Distributed by The Cinema Guild, c2000 |
| Language: | English. English translations of principal Spanish dialogues are given using subtitles.
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| Notes: | Producers, Saul Landau and George McAlmon; writer, Saul Landau; photographer and editor, Sonia Angulo; voice-over narrator, Rebecca Switzer.
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| Plot: | In a documentary film style, the pros and cons of the maquiladora (or maquila; an export manufactoring program established by the Mexican Government in the 1960's) are presented.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. United States. Mexican American Border Region. Offshore assembly industry.. Industries. Economic conditions. |
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| Title: | Marcos: historia y palabra |
| Director: | Cristián Calónico. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS. |
| Imprint: | [Mexico] : Producciones Marca Diablo, c1996. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Producciones Marca Diablo ; realizacion, Cristian Calonico. Producciones Marca Diablo con el apoyo de la Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana X presentan...--(from Opening). El corazon del hombre-leyenda fluye a traves de sus palabras-Container. Fotographia, Sergio Luis Franco ; Musica original, Bon.
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| Plot: | Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos gives a historical perspective of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico. From his own arrival to de Lacandona forest and his first contact with the indigenous communities until the uprising of the EZLN. Marcos gives an anallitical view of the different stages that followed the beginning of the armed movement on Janury 1st, 1994 until 1995. He also talks about different issues like the women who participate in the EZLN, the fall of socialism in some countries and the future of children. (Lava database)
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Marcos, subcomandate. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN). Chiapas (Mexico). Peasant uprising, 1994- |
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| Title: | María Félix: sus personajes. Todas sus guerras. |
| Director: | Diana Roldán |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (50 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (NTSC, region 1). |
| Imprint: | México, D.F. : Televisa : Clío ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Xenon Pictures, c2001. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Originally produced in 1999.Narrator, Enrique Rocha. Original idea, Enrique Krauze; realization, writing, research, Arturo Peréz Velasco; creative director, Hank Heifetz; general director, production, Diana Roldán.
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| Plot: | Highlights one of the most important women in Mexico's cultural history, the star of nearly 50 films that spanned 30 years.
Includes clips from the following films: El peñón de las ánimas; Doña Barbara; La mujer sin alma; Amok; La mujer de todos; Anamorada; Maclovia; Reportaje; Tizoc, El rapto; Messalina; La noche del sábado; Mare nostrum; Los héroes estan fatigados; La pasión desnuda; La bella otero; La bandida; La Cucaracha; Juana Gallo; La Valentina; La Generala.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Motion picture actors and actresses. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Maya lord of the jungle. |
| Director: | John Angier. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.VHS format |
| Imprint: | United States: PBS Video, c1988, 1980. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Public Broadcasting Associates ; written, produced and directed by John Angier. Videocassette release of an episode from the 1980 television series, Odyssey. Production manager, Felipe Borrero ; cinematographer, Peter Hoving ; editor, David Berenson ; animation, Jed Schwartz. Richard Provost.
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| Plot: | Visits ancient sites on the Yucatan Peninsula where new findings are forcing a reappraisal of the past of the Mayans. Researchers display and interpret their findings, setting aside the errors of the past, and quietly working a revolution in pre-Columbian archaeology.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Guatemala. Mayas. |
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| Title: | The frescoes of Diego Rivera. |
| Director: | Michael Camerini. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (35 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 teaching guide (7 leaves) ; 28 cm. |
| Imprint: | Chicago, IL : Home Vision, c1986. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Founders Society, Detroit. Institute of Arts, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes Secretaria de Educacion Publica (Mexico) ; produced by Michael Camerini, Inc., Francis Thompson, Inc. In collaboration with Stanton L. Catlin for The Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition-- Diego Rivera, a retrospective ; director, Michael Camerini.. Written by Michael Camerini, Stanton L. Catlin ; fresco photography, Dirk Bakker ; editor, Paul Marcus ; music editor, Ernest Mavrides ; narrator, Michael Moriarity.
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| Plot: | Explores Rivera-s evolution as an artist, his use of the fresco technique, and his politics. Looks at the murals Rivera created for public buildings in the U.S. and Mexico. They unite themes of nature and revolution, drawing a parallel between the evolution of life and the struggle for human dignity.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Diego Rivera, 1886-1957. |
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| Title: | Mexico : a story of courage and conquest. |
| Director: | Michael Rogers |
| Format: | 4 videocassettes (ca. 50 min. each) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in..VHS format |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Group, c1999. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Jupiter Entertainment ; History Channel ; A&E Television Networks ; producer, Michael Rogers ; writers, Matthew Edens, Tom Robertson. Executive producer, Stephen Land ; executive producers for History Channel, Charlie Maday, Susan Werbe ; supervising producer, Geoffrey Proud. Narrator: Francisco Rivela.
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| Plot: | Content:
v. 1. Mexico : God, gold and glory:
v. 2. Mexico : from independa[sic]nce to the Alamo
v. 3. Mexico : battle for North America:
v. 4. Mexico : revolution and rebirth. :
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| Subjects: | Documentary films Mexico |
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| Title: | The Mexican Meltdown: a Montgomery lecture by Jorge Castañeda. |
| Director: | Dartmouth College Instructional Services |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (85 m.) . sd., col. ; VHS |
| Imprint: | Dartmouth College 1995 |
| Language: | English.
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| Notes: | Recorded by Dartmouth College Instructional Services. Conferencia (Montgomery lecture) celebrada en 1995 por Jorge Castañeda.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films: Mexico. Dartmouth College |
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| Title: | Mexico, back-door to the promised land |
| Director: | Stephan Hallmann |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (45 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2003 |
| Language: | English narration; commentary in Spanish with English voiceover.
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| Notes: | Originally issued in 1999 in cooperation with the United Nations. A film by Stephan Hallmann. Script, Steven Hallman ; camera, José Armijo ; editor, Gaetan Mariage ; producers, Thomas Jimmerthal, Christa Kofler. Participants: Narrator, Roger Moore.
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| Plot: | Children of desperately poor families in Mexico share stories of their hardships and the choices they have made. For some, childhood means heavy labor as migrant workers in northern Mexico, while for others it means gang life on the streets of Tijuana.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Children. Social conditions. Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) -- Economic conditions. Street children. |
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| Title: | Migrantes: los que venimos de adentro / Migrants: Those Who Come From Within |
| Director: | Aaraon Diaz Mendiburo |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (45 min.); sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (PAL, Region All) |
| Imprint: | Mexico: Justicia 2007 |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles
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| Notes: | A 42 minute documentary by Aaraon Diaz Mendiburo on the often hidden human cost of temporary worker programs. Contact faraondiaz@yahoo.com.mx to place your orders!
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| Plot: | What happens when Ontario's Mexican migrant workers get back home…?)
Over the past few years Canadians have become increasingly aware of the thousands of Mexican and Caribbean migrant workers that come to labour in our fields each year as part of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. We have seen how these men and women work long hours, contributing in body and spirit to their own families' advancement, and to the cultures and economies Canadian towns where they live and work. We have seen too, how the Canadian agriculture has grown with these workers, and how governments are striving to increase their numbers and expand the program to other industries all over the country.
The story that we do not know is what happens to migrant agricultural workers when they go back home. Participants in this program do not just return to their families with money, gifts and work experience, but often carry with them serious injuries, chronic illnesses, personal traumas, and feelings of loneliness and disconnection that stay with them well beyond the period of their contracts. Mexican filmmaker Aaraon Diaz has given a voice to these health problems and to the migrant workers, families and friends who must endure their consequences.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Canada. Emigration and immigration |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Mojados: through the night / Wetbacks: through the night |
| Director: | Tommy Davis |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (39 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in DVD, (region 1). |
| Imprint: | Buena Park, CA : Vanguard Cinema, 2005 |
| Language: | English and Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Originally released in 2004. Davis Gang Films ; written, produced and directed by Tommy Davis. Director of photography, Tommy Davis ; editor, Tommy Davis ; music, Sin Panache. Narrator: Tommy Davis.
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| Plot: | Filmed over the course of ten days, this follows four men into the world of illegal border-crossing from Mexico to the United States. Guapo, Oso, Tigre, Viejo take the 120 mile cross-desert journey that has been traveled innumerable times by nameless immigrants who - like these four from Michoacan, Mexico - all had a simple dream for a better life. Fighting dehydration and exhaustion while evading the U.S. Border Patrol through sub-zero temperature darkness of night, filled with barbed wire, brutal storms and the ever-present confrontation with death, they endure unimaginable hardship that is the reality for tens of thousands of illegals who have made this similar journey.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. United States. Illegal aliens. Emigration and immigration. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | The Montgomery Fellowships at Dartmouth College (Carlos Fuentes, et all) |
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| Format: | 1 videocassette (23 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Imprint: | [S.l. : s.n.], 1989. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Produced by Robert A. Wilson Associates. Includes complete list of Montgomery Fellows, through 1989. The fellowships are sponsored by the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment. Narrator, Bill Moyers
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| Plot: | The Montgomery Fellowships are discussed in interviews with former fellows, Toni Morrison, Richard Lamm, Carlos Fuentes, Laura Dean, Harry Blackmun, and F. Forrester Church, also with the donors, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery, members of the Dartmouth faculty, and students.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Literature. Mexico. Fuentes, Carlos. Authors. Interviews. |
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| Title: | Las mujeres en la Lucha Zapatista: Chiapas Mexico, Mayo 1997. |
| Director: | Carlos Martinez Suárez. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (45 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | United States: Taller Experimental de Video, 1997. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Realizacion Carlos Martinez Suarez. Reportaje mayo 1997--Container.
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| Plot: | A testimony of the indigenous women of the Zapatista movement. Looks at the collaborative efforts between the men and women of the marginalized Zapatistas in constructing a more just and dignified life. Also looks at the injustices and suffering of the Zapatista women.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN)
Chiapas (Mexico). Peasant uprising, 1994- |
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| Title: | Now is the hardest time poverty poverty and public policy in the Tehuantepec Isthmus, Mexico |
| Director: | Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal and Fabiola Gervacio Candido |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (10 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | New York : Witness, 2000 |
| Language: | English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Witness production in association with Comisión de la Mujer, Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Norte del Istmo (UCIZONI). A production of the Witness Project which uses video technology to investigate human rights abuses. Producers/directors, Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal, Fabiola Gervacio Candido ; re-edit produced by Christopher Yaffes, Sam Gregory, Gabriela Zamorano Villarrea ; script, Gabriela Zamorano Villarrea, Dora Avila Betaucourt.
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| Plot: | Explores the impact of government social policy on the lives of indigenous community members in the Tehuantepec Isthmus region of Oaxaca, Mexico. Looks at the changing dynamics of the communities, including men migrating in search of work, the loss of traditional knowledge, the impact of government policies that encourage dependency on cities, the increased use of pesticides and chemicals on crops and health policies in relation to women's reproductive rights.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Indians of Mexico. Tehuantepec, Isthmus of. Social conditions. Human rights |
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| Title: | Nuestra Lucha Por Vivir, Construyendo Alternativas Para los Pueblos / Our Struggle to Live, Building People's Alternatives |
| Director: | Violeta Chavez and Bertha Rodriguez |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (34 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Itsmo de Tehuantepec, Mexico: UCIZONI, diciembre del 2004 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | The film was produced by the Union of Indigenous Communities in the Northern Zone of the Isthmus (UCIZONI), and directed, filmed and edited by Violeta Chávez Regalado and Bertha Rodríguez Santos.
Contacto:
Violeta Chávez Regalado y Bertha Rodríguez Santos
Ucizoni
Hombres Ilustres 505, Centro Matías Romero, Oaxaca México
Tel. (972) 72-20-610
naxhyeli@hotmail.com
ehecatl@riseup.net
ucizoni@laneta.apc.org
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| Plot: | presents the struggle of indigenous communities in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, to survive in the face of economic and cultural marginalization heightened by the current global economy.
The film profiles five alternative economic projects initiated within these communities: a group of fish farmers working to better their sustainability and farming practices; a women's textile cooperative; a cooperative formed to make and sell totopo, the local equivalent of tortillas; a group organizing to sustainably farm ixtle, a plant that produces fibers for making ropes and cords; and a women's cattle breeding and dairy collective.
Members of these collectives speak to the difficulties they face due to the forces of neoliberal globalization, which lead many people from the region to migrate to the United States seeking work. The alternative economic programs they are developing, as well as other projects to revive and maintain indigenous culture and traditions, are tools in their struggle to survive as communities and to create a sustainable relationship with the land.
The testimonies and images make the case that another world and a different future are, indeed, possible.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico |
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| Title: | Oaxacalifornia. |
| Director: | Sylvia Stevens |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) ; sd., col. ;1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media, 1994. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Faction Films ; Citron Nueve Producciones. Producer, Trisha Ziff ; director, Sylvia Stevens ; camera, Mario Garcia Joya ; Seamus McGarvey ; editor, Steve Sprung.
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| Plot: | Profiles each member of a middle class Mexican American family living in Fresno, California. Examines their life style, attitudes, cultural traditions, and employment, and follows them as they return for a visit to their ancestral home, Oaxaca, Mexico to join in a religious festival and renew their cultural roots.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. United States. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans. Oaxaca (Mexico) . Social life and customs. Religion. Mexican Americans -- California -- Fresno. Social life and customs. Attitudes. Employment. Religion.
Mexican American youth -- Attitudes. |
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| Title: | Octavio Paz : a fondo |
| Director: | Joaquín Soler Serrano. |
| Format: | 1 videocassete [VHS] (90 min.) : b/n. VHS [PAL] |
| Imprint: | Barcelona : Editrama, 1998, Trasbals Video ; una producción de RTVE. |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | De la serie A Fondo de Televisión Española, (TVE) S.A. Originally produced for the television program A Fondo in 1977.
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| Plot: | Programa de Televisión Española titulado A Fondo donde se entrevisto al autor
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Literature. Octavio Paz . Authors, Interviews. |
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| Title: | La ofrenda / The days of the dead |
| Director: | Lourdes Portillo. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (50 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.. VHS format. |
| Imprint: | Santa Monica, Calif. : Direct Cinema Limited, 1992. |
| Language: | Dialogue in English and Spanish
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| Notes: | Lourdes Portillo, Susana Muñoz, producers directors ; Lourdes Portillo, Fenton Johnson, B. Ruby Rich, writers. Videocassette release of the 1989 film production. Credits Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam, editor ; Emiko Omori, Michael Chin, Steven Lighthill, cinematographers ; Mark Adler, original music.
Performer Carlos Baron, Rene Victor.
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| Plot: | Presents a non-traditional look at the ceremonies and rituals observed in the Mexican culture, in both Mexico and the United States, to celebrate the Days of the Dead (November 1 and 2).
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Folklore. |
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| Title: | A place called Chiapas |
| Director: | Nettie Wild, Manfred Becker |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Zeitgeist Films, c2005. |
| Language: | English and Spanish; alternate Spanish language voiceover narration.
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| Notes: | Videodisc release of the 1998 motion picture.. A film by Nettie Wild ; produced by Canada Wild Productions Ltd. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by Nettie Wild, Kirk Tougas, Betsy Carson ; written by Nettie Wild, Manfred Becker
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| Plot: | On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The Government deployed its troops, and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Fighting for indigenous Mexicans to regain control over their lives and the land, the Zapatista Army, led by the charismatic, guerilla poet Subcommandante Marcos, started sending their message to the world via the Internet. The result was what The New York Times called "the world's first post-modern revolution." Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the jungle canyons of southern Mexico to film the elusive and fragile life of the uprising. Her camera effectively and movingly captures the human dimensions behind this war of symbols.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN) Chiapas. History. Peasant uprising, 1994- |
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| Title: | Plan Puebla Panama. Visión 2015-2020. Por un desarrollo equilibrado y socialmente incluyente |
| Director: | n/a |
| Format: | 1 videocassette ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Mexico: Alegoria , 2001 |
| Language: | Spanish
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| Notes: | Contacto:
Plan Puebla-Panamá - México
(5255) 91 59 34 12
Reforma 175, piso 11
México D.F. 06500, Mexico
Telephone: (52 55) 91 59 34 20
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| Plot: | Video de la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores explicando el PPP desde una visión oficialista.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. Oaxaca. Plan Puebla Panamá |
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| Title: | Plunder! |
| Director: | Jim Gilmore |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Alexandria, VA : PBS Video [distributor], 1990 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | WGBH, Boston ; produced and directed by Jim Gilmore. Originally broadcast on Frontline on PBS, May 8, 1990. Writers, Carl Nagin, William Cran ; executive producer, David Fanning.
Performer Host, Judy Woodruff.
Will Lyman.
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| Plot: | Depicts tombs, from Mexco to Peru, being plundered for their treasures of ancient civilizations. Investigates the international network of looters and smugglers that supplies the pre-Columbian art market.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Latin America. Guatemala. Mexico. Peru. Civilization, Ancient -- Art -- Central America. |
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| Title: | The political transition in Mexico and peace in Chiapas. |
| Director: | Dartmouth College Instructional Services |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (96 m.) . sd., col. ; VHS |
| Imprint: | Dartmouth College. 2001. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Dartmouth College. Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program. Dartmouth College. Dept. of History. John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. Dartmouth College. Office of Instructional Services.
Recorded by Dartmouth College Instructional Services. Tape number A2001-16.
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| Plot: | Rodolfo Stavenhagen imparte una conferencia en Dartmouth College el 24 de abril del 2001.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films: México. Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN. Chiapas. Dartmouth College. |
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| Title: | Un poquito de tanta verdad |
| Director: | Jill Irene Freidberg |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (93 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (NTSC, Region All) |
| Imprint: | Seattle: Corrugated Films, 2007 |
| Language: | Spanish with optional English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Recorded live in Oaxaca, Mexico, May 2006-Dec. 2006, with a brief segment early 2007. Corrugated Films ; en colaboración de Mal de Ojo TV presenta ; producida, escrita y editada por Jill Irene Freidberg. Camera, Corrugated Films, Mal de Ojo TV ; original music composed by James Van Leuven / PlanB ; translation by Francisco Alvarez Quinones ; narration by Lupita Patterson.
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| Plot: | "A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unprecedented phenomenon that emerged when thens of thousands of teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took over 14 radio stations and one television station, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice." --Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Oaxaca (State). Strikes and lockouts. Teachers. Mass Media. Protest movements. |
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| Title: | Qué viva México! /
Da zdravstvuet Meksika! / Viva Mexico!
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| Director: | Sergei Eisenstein and Grigory Alexandrov |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (85 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Mexico: Studio Latino/Excalibur Media Group ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Ventura Distriution, 2004 |
| Language: | Russian narration, English subtitles
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| Notes: | Based on: Que viva Mexico! / Sergei Eisenstein. Previously issued in less complete version under title: Thunder over Mexico. Reconstructed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Nikita Orlov in 1979 from materials directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1931. Mosfil'm pervoe tvorcheskoe ob”edinenie ; Sergeii Eizenshtein, Eduard Tisse, Grigorii Aleksandrov. Cinematographer, Eduard Tisse; editor, Esfir Tobak. Special features: Que Viva clippings: a sampling of texts pertaining to the production and release of Que Viva Mexico./ Participants: Narrator, Sergei Bondarchuk.
Contents:
Que viva Mexico; (1931/1979, 85 min.) --
Romance sentimentale : a cinematographic study with Mara Griy /; scenario and direction, S.M. Eisenstein and G.V. Alexandroff ; music, Alexis Archangelsky ; production, Sequana-Film; (1930, 20 min.) --
Misery and fortune of woman = Frauennot, Frauenglück ; Lazar Wechsler presents ; Praesens-Film AG ; photographed by Eduard Tisse ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigory Alexandrov ; music by Martin Uhl ; restored by Bret Wood; (1929, 20 min.).
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| Plot: | Que viva Mexico: A film document of the history of Mexico, presented in four novellas: Sandunga, an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the peaceful lifestyles of their inhabitants; Manguei, a love story about a poor peon and his bride; Fiesta, devoted to bullfighting and romantic love; and Soldadera, a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico as depicted in the frescoes of Siqueiros, Rivera, and Orosco. Romance sentimentale: Eisenstein's first sound film, this experimental 1930 short is a dazzling symphony of images and sounds, made in collaboration with Alexandrov and Tisse. Misery and fortune of woman: A 20 minute excerpt from an ultra-rare 1929 film by Eisenstein, Alexandrov and Tisse intended to encourage legal and sanitary birth/abortion clinics in Europe. A dramatization of the plight of working class women.
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| Subjects: | Feature films. Documentary films.
Experimental films. Short films. Mexico. Soviet Union. Description and travel. |
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| Title: | Rafael Mendez: the world-s greatest trumpeter |
| Director: | Summit Brass |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (ca. 19 min.) ; sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in.. VHS |
| Imprint: | [Tempe, Ariz.] : Summit Brass, c1993. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Produced by Summit Brass for the Rafael Mendez Library, Arizona State University, School of Music.
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| Plot: | A loving tribute to the trumpet legend Rafael Mendez (1906-1981) and his music.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | La raiz olvidada : Afromexico // The forgotten roots |
| Director: | Rafael Rebollar |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (50 min.) ; 1/2 in. VHS |
| Imprint: | Mexico. Produced by Fernando Valenzuela, 1998 |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles
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| Plot: | An impressive documentary that details the history of Mexico-s often-overlooked African populations. Drawing on interviews and archival imagery, the film takes us from the slavery of the colonial era to today-s Afro-Mexican communities in Guerrero, Oaxaca, Campeche, Morelos and Veracruz. The Forgotten Roots argues that Mexico-s famous mestizaje includes the important contributions of African groups, as well as Spaniards and Indians
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Secrets of the Aztecs and Maya. |
| Director: | Tom Naughton and Nicolas Valcour. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (48 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS. |
| Imprint: | Alexandria, VA : Time-Life Video, c1994 |
| Language: | English.
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| Notes: | Producers, Tom Naughton, Nicolas Valcour. Host, John Rhys-Davies.
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| Plot: | The fall of the Maya (Arkios Productions) -- City of the gods
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico Archaeology. Aztecs. Mayas. Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico) |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Semana Santa en Mexico / Easter in Mexico |
| Director: | May Herz |
| Format: | 1 videcassette (22 min.). sd., col. 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Bellaire, TX : Distributed by Teacher's Discovery 1997 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | producer, Alfonso Olvera ; director, May Herz ; writer, Abiuth Fragoso. Editor, Edgar Rosales. Participants: Narrator, Roger Cudney.
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| Plot: | Discusses the history and customs of the Mexican celebration of the passion of Jesus Christ.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Mexico. Holy Week |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Señorita extraviada. |
| Director: | Lourdes Portillo. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (74 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2001. |
| Language: | English and Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | A Xochitl Films production ; produced in collaboration with the Center for Independent Documentary ; a presentation of the Independent Television Service ; producer and director, Lourdes Portillo. Videocasette release of a 2001 motion picture. Credits Edited by Vivien Hillgrove ; cinematographer, Kyle Kibbe ; composer, Todd Boekelheide.
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| Plot: | Over 250 young women were kidnapped, raped and murdered from the city of Juárez, Mexico. The perpetuators of these crimes have not been apprehended, even though these crimes have been occurring regularly since 1993.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Serial murders. Ciudad Juárez. Sex crimes. Crimes against Women. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Sentinels of silence: Ruins of ancient Mexico |
| Director: | Robert Amram |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (18 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS |
| Imprint: | La Jolla, Calif. : ALTI Publishing, c1990. |
| Language: | English.
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| Notes: | Produced by Manuel Arango; written and directed by Robert Amram. Videocassette release of the 1971 short film. Narrator, Orson Welles ; music, Mariano Moreno ; photographer, James Freeman ; film editor, Alex Beaton.
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| Plot: | Aerial views of seven archeological sites in Mexico. Shows stone palaces, deserted temples, pyramid mounds, and elaborate carvings
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Mexico. Indian architecture |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Sergei Eizenshtein, meksikanskaia fantasiia
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