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Title:	21 grams (Twenty-one grams)
Director:	Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Format:	1 videodisc (124 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital, DTS.
Imprint:	Universal City, CA : Universal, 2004.
Language:	English
Notes:	Videodisc release of the 2003 motion picture. A Focus Features presentation, a This is That production, a Y Productions production, an Alejandro González Iñárritu film ; produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Robert Salerno ; written by Guillermo Arriaga ; directed by Alejandro Gonzálex Iñárritu. Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Marlene Stewart ; production designer, Brigitte Broch. Note Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: '21 grams': in fragments; the making-of '21 grams'. Performer Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Eddie Marsan, Clea DuVall, Danny Huston.
Plot:	Fate brought them together, now vengence will tear them apart. A violent car accident unexpectedly throws together the lives of a college professor, an ex-con and a young mother with a reckless past. The crossing of their paths takes them through the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Mexico. Traffic accidents.
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Title:	The adventures of Don Juan
Director:	Vincent Sherman.
Format:	1 videodisc (111 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2007.
Language:	English
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picutre in 1949. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by George Oppenheimer and Harry Kurnitz ; from a story by Herbert Dalmas ; produced by Jerry Wald ; directed by Vincent Sherman. Cinematography, Elwood Bredell ; art director, Edward Carrere ; editor, Alan Crosland, Jr. ; music, Max Steiner ; costume designer, Marjorie Best. Performer: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Raymond Burr, Romney Brent, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, Robert Warwick, Jerry Austin, Douglas Kennedy, Jeanne Shepherd, Mary Stuart, Helen Westcott.
Plot:	Errol Flynn's farewell to big-budget swashbuckling has him playing the legenday Don Juan, the Spanish lover who fights to save the Queen Margaret and her King from the treacherous machinations of her minister, Duke de Lorca.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Don Juan (Legendary character)
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Title:	Alsino y el condor / Alsino and the condor
Director:	Miguel Littín
Format:	1 videocassette (89 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : Pacific Arts Video, c1983
Language:	Spanish and English dialogue, English subtitles.
Notes:	un film de Miguel Littín ; productor ejecutivo, Hernan Littín ; dirección, Miguel Littín. Writers, Isadora Aguirre, Miguel Littin, Thomás Pérez Turrent; original music, Leo Brouwer; cinematography, Jorde Herrera, Pablo Martínez. Performer Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster.
Plot:	"Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict"--IMDb plot summary.
Subjects:	Feature films. Nicaragua. Central America. History. 1951-1979. United States. Foreign relations. Central America.
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Title:	American visa
Director:	Juan Carlos Valdivia
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	United States : Studio Latino : distributed by First Look Home Entertainment, c2007.
Language:	Spanish; optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a film in 2005. Based on the novel by Juan De Recacoechia. Bola Ocho Producciones, Producciones por Marca, Nicolás Rubió, Richard Ham, Oscar Quintela con la participación de Programa Ibermedia, Consejo Nacional de Cine de Bolivia, Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (FIDECINE México) presentan ; una película de Juan Carlos Valdivia ; escrita, producida y dirigida por Juan Carlos Valdivia ; productores, Alejandro González Padilla, Felipe Galdo. Director of photography, Ernesto Fernández Tellería ; editor, Horacio Quiroz ; music, Pepe Stephens. Performer Demián Bichir, Kate del Castillo, Alberto Etcheverry, Roberto Barbery, Alejandra Lanza, Raúl Gómez. Special features include two trailers, "American woman" video by Pesado, making of featurette, production notes, cast and director biographies, interviews with director and actors, and photo gallery.
Plot:	"Mario Alvarez, is an English professor seeking to reunite with his son, years after having sent him to the United States to seek a higher education. Mario's plans are seemingly ruined when his visa application is rejected due to the stricter policies implemented in the post 9/11 aftermath. Desperate to reunite with his son, Mario resorts to questionable measures to overcome the bureaucracy and corruption that stands between him and the visa. Along the way he befriends, Blanca, a beautiful exotic dancer that will make him question whether the road to true happiness lies in following your heart or in fulfilling the American Dream"--Container.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Bolivia. Mexico. United States. Literary Adaptation.
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Title:	Around the world in 80 days
Director:	Michael Anderson.
Format:	2 videodiscs (182 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2004. Especial Edition
Language:	English (dolby surround 5.1) or French (stereo) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. Warner Bros. presents ; produced by Michael Todd ; screenplay by James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman ; directed by Michael Anderson. From the classic by Jules Verne. Introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne; feature length audio commentary by BBC radio's Brian Sibley documentary 'Around the World in 90 min.'; star-filled extravaganza commemorating the film's one-year anniversary; highlights of the March 27, 1957 academy awards ceremony; newsreels of the Los Angeles premiere and opening in Spain; outtakes; Georges Melies 'A trip to the moon'; stills gallery; theatrical trailers; enhanced features for you DVD-ROM PC: Michael Todd's 'Around the world in 80 days almanac'. Participants: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton, Cantinflas.
Plot:	Adapted from the story by Jules Verne about a man's endeavor to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.    In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg and his companions are accused of involvement in a bank robbery and have to clear their names as well.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Mexico
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Title:	The ballad of Gregorio Cortez.
Director:	Robert M. Young.
Format:	1 videocassette (106 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, c2000.
Language:	English
Notes:	Moctesuma Esparza Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Victor Villaseñor ; produced by Moctesuma Esparza and Michael Hausman ; directed by Robert M. Young. Executive producers, David Ochoa, H. Frank Dominguez ; photography, Ray Villalobos ; editors, Arthur Coburn, John Bertucci ; music, W. Michael Lewis, Edward James Olmos. Note Based on the book With His Pistol in His Hand by Américo Paredes. Videocassette release of the 1982 motion picture by Moctesuma Esparza Productions, Inc. Performer Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill.
Plot:	On June 12, 1901, Gregorio Cortez, a young Mexican family man, shoots and kills a sheriff in self-defense. For the next 11 days, he eludes an inflamed posse of 600 Texas Rangers in a 450 mile chase across Texas. His manhunt captures the nation-s interest and his eventual trial is tainted by the extreme emotions of the country.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Literary adaptation. Ethnic identity. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	El beso de la mujer araña / Kiss of the spider woman.
Director:	Hector Babenco.
Format:	1 videocassette (119 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Los Angeles, Calif. : Charter Entertainment, c1986.
Language:	English
Notes:	Videocassette release of the 1985 motion picture. Based on the novel of the same title by Manuel Puig, originally published in Spanish as: El beso de la mujer araña. Performer William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga.
Plot:	In a prison cell somewhere in Latin America, Molina and Valentin have only one thing in common-- they are both victims of society. This is the complex story of the relationship that develops between two men with radically different perspectives on life.
Subjects:	Feature films. Argentina. Literary Adaptation. Prisoners.
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Title:	Blood and sand
Director:	Fred Niblo
Format:	1 videocassette (75 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, c1998.
Language:	Silent film with English title cards and added orchestra score.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1922. Based on the novel "Sangre y arena" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and the play by Tom Cushing. Directed by Fred Niblo ; screenplay by June Mathis ; photographed by Alvin Wyckoff. Performer Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, Nita Naldi, Walter Long, Leo White.
Plot:	Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Dona Sol, and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society. He finds interesting parallels in the life of the infamous bandit Plumitas when they eventually meet by chance.
Subjects:	Feature films. Silent films. United States. Literary Adaptation
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Title:	Blood and sand
Director:	Rouben Mamoulian
Format:	1 videodisc (125 min.) ; sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +; 4 lobby cards in an envelope. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007
Language:	English; English (Dolby stereo., Dolby mono.), dubbed French (Dolby mono.) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.) soundtracks with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Based on the novel "Sangre y arena" by Vicente Blasco Ibanez. Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screen play by Jo Swerling ; directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cinematography, Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan ; art directors, Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright ; editor, Robert Bischoff ; music, Alfred Newman ; costume designer, Travis Banton. Special features: commentary soundtrack by cinematographer Richard Crudo; restoration comparison; photo gallery./ Participants: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Nazimova, Anthony Quinn, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, William Montague, Vicente Gomez, George Reeves.
Plot:	Juan is the naïve son of a once-famous bullfighter who tries to recapture the glory of his family's name. Though he is branded fifth rate, he soon becomes Spain's greatest matador and returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart. But when a beautiful, passionate aristocrat seduces him, Juan succumbs to her temptations, only to see his own happiness and success crumble.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Spain. Literary Adaptation
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Title:	Borderstasis: the many lives of an end-of-the-century bandit : (a video diary)
Director:	Guillermo Gómez Peña
Format:	1 videocassette (25 minutes) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Video Data Bank, c1998.
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Notes:	Written and directed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Cinematography, Lisa Diener.
Plot:	A poetic performance video diary about the impossibility of revealing one-s self in stormy times such as ours. The tape reflects on the intricate connections between performance and everyday life, exploring language, identity, love, nostalgia and activism amidst the California apocalypse
Subjects:	Feature Film. Experimental films. United States. Performance art. Video art. Mexican Americans. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	Border brujo
Director:	Guillermo Gómez Peña
Format:	1 videocassette (52 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS format
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Video Data Bank, c1990.
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue
Notes:	Cinewest Productions and Sushi, Inc., present an Isaac Artenstein film ; written by Guillermo Gomez Peña. Editor, Isaac Artenstien. Performer Guillermo Gomez Peña. Recorded at Sushi Performance Gallery, San Diego, Calif.
Plot:	Consists of a performance by Guillermo Gomez-Peña which addresses the problems, frustrations, discrimination, and stereotyping commonly faced by Mexican-Americans in the U.S.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Experimental films. United States. Performance art Video art. Mexican Americans. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	Burn.
Director:	Gillio Pontecorvo
Format:	1 videocassette (113 min.) . sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Imprint:	Culver City, CA . MGM UA Home Video,
Language:	English
Notes:	Videocassette release of the 1969 motion picture by Pea Produzioni Europee Associate SAS ; released by United Artists Corporation. Rated PG. Participants: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori. Pea-Produzioni Europee Associate SAS ; directed by Gillio Pontecorvo ; written by Franco Solinas, Georgio Arlorio ; music by Ennio Morricone.
Plot:	This story of political greed and social upheaval will take you on a journey deep into the heart of darkness of a 19th century Caribbean island, where men rise up in bitter and bloody rebellion against the wealthy nations seeking to enslave them.
Subjects:	Feature films. Caribbean
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Title:	Casa de los babys
Director:	John Sayles.
Format:	1 videodisc (96 min) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	United States: MGM Home Entertainment, 2004.
Language:	Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in Spanish, with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. IFC Films presents a Syvan Springall production ; produced by Lemore Syvan, Alejandro Springall ; written, directed and edited by John Sayles. Director of photography, Mauricio Rubinstein ; original music, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Mayes C. Rubeo ; production designer, Felipe Fernández Del Paso.    Special features: audio commentary by director John Sayles; " The making-of 'Casa de los babys'" featurette; " Beyond borders" documentary; " On location with John Sayles" documentary; original theatrical trailer.    Performer Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden, Susan Lynch, Rita Moreno, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor.
Plot:	Six women -- dreamy Eileen, abrasive Nan, athletic Skipper, brusque Leslie, vivacious Jennifer and patient Gayle -- are staying at a hotel in South America. Focus on the turbulent emotions these American women face surrounding the adoption of foreign babies. The six women are fed up with the long delays of the adoption system in the United States and have the common desire to adopt a child. Includes a Latina mother who is certain that her baby will enjoy a better life with adoptive American parents, but still struggling with the anguish of her sacrifice.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Latin America. Intercountry adoption -- -- Adoptive parents. Adoption agencies.
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Title:	Children of men
Director:	Alfonso Cuarón
Format:	1 videodisc (110 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, 2007
Language:	English, French or Spanish with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Based on the book by P.D. James. Universal Pictures presents a Strike Entertainment production in association with Hit and Run Productions, a film by Alfonso Cuarón ; produced by Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Hilary Shor, Iain Smith, Tony Smith ; screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby ; directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editors, Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez ; original music by, John Tavener ; costume designer, Jany Temime ; production designers, Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland ; special effects supervisor, Paul Corbould ; visual effects supervisors, Frazer Churchill, Timothy Webber. Participants: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam. Special features: 'The possibility of hope' : Alfonso Cuarón's documentary on how the revolutionary themes in 'Children of men' relate to our modern-day society ; 'Under attack' : discover how the filmmakers created the film's most dangerous scenes ; 'Children of men' comments by Slavoj Zizek ; Deleted scenes; 'Theo & Julian' : get the inside story from Clive Owen and Julianne Moore ; Futuristic design : from concept to creation, see how director Alfonso Cuarón's dynamic vision of the future was brought to life.
Plot:	London, 2027. Humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Immigration is a crime and refugees are caged like animals. African and East European societies have collapsed and their dwindling populations are migrating toward England and other wealthy nations. Torn apart by nuclear fallout, rampant terrorism and political rebellion. In this climate of nationalistic violence, a London peace activist turned bureaucrat Theo Faron, joins forces with Julian, his revolutionary ex-wife, in order to save mankind by protecting a woman who has mysteriously became pregnant. These three set out on a desperate struggle to deliver the world's only pregnant woman to the Human Project with hope that they can discover the cure for global infertility. As they carefully navigate between the battling forces of military police and a pro-immigration insurgency this small group must endure a death-defying ordeal of urban warfare.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Literary Adaptation.
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Title:	El Chupacabra
Director:	Paul Wynne; Brennon Jones
Format:	1 videodisc (89 min.) ; sd., col. 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Sherman Oaks, CA : York Entertainment, 2003
Language:	English dialogue, Spanish subtitles
Notes:	York Pictures, Inc. presents an Urban Girl Productions, Inc. production of a Wynne Jones film ; produced by Tanya York, Scott Pfeiffer and Paul Wynne ; written by Brennon Jones ; directed by Paul Wynne Brennon Jones. Director of photography, Bodo Holst ; editor, Paul Wynne ; music, Mark Schulz ; production designer, Nikki Iovacchini. Participants: Treach, Eric Alegria, Elina Madison, Layton Matthews, Jerry Rodriguez, Calvi Pabon, Michael Aranda, Victor Lopez.
Plot:	After his capture in the wilderness, the legendary, bloodthirsty creature 'Chupacabra' escapes into the city creating mayhem and panic.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Chupacabras
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Title:	Chupacabra terror
Director:	John Shepphird.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD . (Region 1)
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005
Language:	English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Regent presents a Regent Studios L.L.C. production ; produced by Jeffrey Schenck, Steven Jankowski ; written by John Shepphird & Steven Jankowski ; directed by John Shepphird. Director of photography, Neal Brown ; editor, Lawrence Maddox ; music, Penka Kouneva. Special features: director and writer commentary; making of featurette; previews. Participants: John Rhys-Davies, Giancarlo Esposito, Dylan Neal, Chelan Simmons.
Plot:	A brilliant zoologist captures the legendary Chupacabra. However, when he smuggles the beast aboard a luxury cruise ship, it soon becomes a ship of death.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Chupacabras
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Title:	El Cid
Director:	Anthony Mann
Format:	2 videodiscs (183 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1). First half of film plays on 1st disc, film is continued on 2nd disc
Imprint:	Weinstein Company ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, 2008
Language:	English dialogue, with optional Spanish subtitles or English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Written by Fredric M. Frank and Philip Yordan ; produced by Samuel Bronston ; directed by Anthony Mann ; a Samuel Bronston production in association with Dear Film Production. Music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Robert Krasker ; editor, Robert Lawrence. Participants: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Genevieve Page, John Fraser, Gary Raymond, Hurd Hatfield, Massimo Serato, Herbert Lom. Special features: Disc 1: Feature commentary with Bill Bronston and Neal M. Rosendorf; vintage radio interviews with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren; still galleries; filmographies. Disc 2: Hollywood conquers Spain: the making of El Cid; Samuel Bronston: the epic journey of a dreamer; behind the camera: Anthony Mann and El Cid; Miklós Rózsa: maestro of the movies; preserving our legacy: Gerry Byrne on film preservation and restoration; trailer gallery.
Plot:	Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand dies, his kingdom is divided between his three children. Sancho challenges the decision and imprisons Alfonso, who is released by El Cid. Then Sancho is assassnated by an African war-lord. Alfonso now claims that throne, too, and exiles El Cid. Chimene realizes the nobility of her husband and joins him. The years pass and El Cid becomes a revered warrior, but refuses to aid Alfonso. He lays siege to Valencia, catapulting food into its starving garrison. The Valencians kill their evil ruler and offer the crown to El Cid. He sends it to Alfonso, who rushes to his side. But El Cid has been hit by a stray arrow. Attended by Chimene, he hides the wound from his men and prepares a final bid to drive the Moors from Spain.
Subjects:	Feature films. Spain. United States
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Title:	La ciudad / The city.
Director:	David Riker.
Format:	1 videocassette (88 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, 2000, c1998.
Language:	In Spanish and English with English subtitles.
Notes:	North Star Films ; a film by David Riker ; written, directed and edited by David Riker ; producers, David Riker, Paul S. Mezey. Letterboxed [ed.]. Director of photography, Harlan Bosmajian ; music, Tony Adzi Nikolov. Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. Awards: Sundance Film Festival, American Spectrum Official Selection. South by Southwest Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature. Toronto International Film Festival, Contemporary World Cinema Official Selection. Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Nestor Almendros Prize. Open Palm Award, Independent Feature Project, Gotham Awards. Havana International Film Festival, Best Film by a Non-Latin American Director.
Plot:	Tells four stories about recent immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Immigrants. New York (State).
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Title:	The couple in the cage: a Guatinaui odyssey.
Director:	Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia. Guillermo Gómez Peña
Format:	1 videocassette (31 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.VHS format
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Video Data Bank, c1993.
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue
Notes:	Authentic Documentary Productions ; directed and produced by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia. Camera, Glenn Andersen, et al.; editor, Daisy Wright. Sponsored by: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Randolph Street Gallery; co-sponsored by Wexner Center for the Arts, the Ohio State University; funded by Illinois Humanities Council and New York State Council on the Arts. Performer Guillermo Gómez Peña.
Plot:	Color sequences of the display in various museums of performance artists portraying an aboriginal couple from Gautinau, a fictional island off the coast of Mexico, are contrasted with archival footage and still photographs showing various occasions when indigenous persons were put on public display at circuses, sideshows and the like. Emphasis is placed on the response of the people viewing the Gautinaui couple.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Experimental films. United States. Performance art. Video art. Indigenous peoples in art.
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Title:	Death and the maiden
Director:	Roman Polanski
Format:	1 videodisc (103 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	United States : New Line Home Entertainment, 2003
Language:	English; Closed-captioned.
Notes:	Videodisc release of the 1994 motion picture. Based on a play by Ariel Dorfman. Fine Line Features in association with Capitol Films Ltd. presents a Mount/Kramer production ; in association with Channel Four Films and Flach Films ; with the participation of Canal + ; a Roman Polanski film ; screenplay by Rafael Yglesias and Ariel Dorfman ; produced by Thom Mount, Josh Kramer ; directed by Roman Polanski. Film editor, Herve de Luze ; director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli ; music by Wojciech Kilar.Participants: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart
Plot:	Fifteen years ago, Paulina Escobar had her life shattered when she was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor. Now, through a chance encounter, she may have found the man responsible for her nightmares and tonight he's going to pay. But how far will she go to get even? And how can she be sure, after so many years, that she has found the right man?
Subjects:	Feature films. Chile. United States. Latin America. Women political prisoners.
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Title:	De ida y vuelta / Back and forth (To and fro)
Director:	Salvador Aguirre
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Costa Mesa, CA : Condor Media : Distributed by Vanguard Cinema, 2002
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles
Notes:	Originally produced in 2000 as a motion picture. Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, et al. ; screenplay, Salvador Aguirre, Alejandro Lubezki, Geronimo D. ; producers, Angeles Castro Gurria, Hugo Rodriguez ; director Salvador Aguirre. Cinematography, Geronimo Denti ; editor, Moises Ortiz Urquidi ; music, Jorge Fratta. Participants: Tiaré Scanda, Gerardo Taracena, Ricardo Esquerra
Plot:	Filiberto, a Mexican migrant worker, returns to his home town after working for three years in the United States.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Migrant labor.
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Title:	Desperado
Director:	Robert Rodriguez.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures Industries : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, c2003.
Language:	Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French, Portuguese and Spanish with optional English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, and Chinese (Mandarin); closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Sequel to the film El Mariachi. Columbia Pictures presents a Los Hooligans production ; a film by Robert Rodriguez ; produced by Bill Borden ; written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, Robert Rodriguez ; music, Los Lobos.Performer Antonio Banderas, Joaquim de Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino.
Plot:	A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Drug traffic
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Title:	Doña Barbara.
Director:	Betty Kaplan
Format:	United States: Urban Vision Entertainment, 2004
Imprint:	1 videodisc (105 min.) ; sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. (Region 1)
Language:	In Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. Based on the novel of Romulo Gallegos. Special features: behind the scenes, music video, trailers, web link. Participants: Esther Goris, Jorge Perugorria, Ruth Gabriel, Ulises Dumont, Juan Fernandez. produced by David Frost, Peter Rawley, Maria de la Paz Marino ; directed by Betty Kaplan. Cinematography, Hector Collodoro ; editor, Jose Salcedo ; music, Bingen Mendizabal.
Plot:	Based on the 1929 novel by Romulo Gallegos, Dona Barbara tells of a dramatic confrontation over land and civil rights, notable for its passionate characterizations. A young lawyer, Luzardo (Jorge Perugorria) returns to his family's ranch with the intention of selling it. However, his family's secrets refuse to remain in the past, and an encounter with the reputed witch Dona Barbara soon draws him into a game of seduction
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Argentina. Mexico. Venezuela. Literary Adaptation.
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Title:	El espíritu de mi mamá / Spirit of my mother
Director:	Alí Allié.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 78 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	United States: Vanguard Cinema, 2003, c1999.
Language:	Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.
Notes:	A Vanguard Cinema release Los Gatos Productions presents a film by Alí Allié ; producer, Alí Allié ; written & directed by, Alí Allié. Director of photography, Alí Allié ; editor, Alí Allié. Performer Johana Martínez, Jorge Martínez, Francisca Cristanto, Rosibel Reyes, Tomasa Martínez, Marcelina Fernandez, Santiago Guevara, Brittnee Matya.
Plot:	Sonia, a young Garifuna woman leads a troubled life as a house worker in Los Angeles and is plagued by a haunting memory of a relationship with an American soldier. Her effors to escape her present circumstances and past trauma are fruitless until she dreams of her deceased mother who calls upon her with a sacred request. In order to comply, she must return to the north coast of Honduras where she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual rebirth.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Mothers and daughters. Black Carib Indians California. Los Angeles.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Espaldas mojadas
Director:	Alejandro Galindo
Format:	1 videodisc (110 min.) :sd., b&w 4 3/4 in. DVD Region 1
Imprint:	Los Angeles, Calif. : Distributed by Urban Vision Entertainment, 2003
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. Ciudad ; distribuida en la República Mexicana por " Distribuidora Mexicana de Peliculas S.A." ; una co-producción de " Productora Atlas, S.A.", ATA Films, S.A. presento ; produccion a cargo de José Elvira ; direccion de Alejandro Galindo. Director of photography, Rosalio Solano ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Jorge Perez H. Special features: trailers; links. Participants: David Silva, Victor Parra, Martha Valdes, Oscar Pulido, Pedro Vargas, Carolina Barret, Lola Beltran, Guillermo Alvarez, Alicia Malvido. : Awards: Ariel Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Eulalio Gonzalez " Piporro") ; Best Supporting Actress (Carolina Barret) ; Best Original Story (Alejandro Galindo) ; Film of National Interest (Alejandro Galindo).
Plot:	A timeless and poignant tale dramatizing the plight of Mexican migrant workers in the U.S. Rafael, in trouble and in need of work, crosses the border to a new life. He does not adapt to life in the U.S. though and ultimately returns to Mexico.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Migrant labor.
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Title:	Food of love
Director:	Ventura Pons
Format:	1 videodisc (112 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Philadelphia, Pa.: TLA Releasing, 2003
Language:	English
Notes:	Based on the novel The page turner by David Leavitt. Aspect ratio: Letterbox Anamorphic 16x9 (1.85:1). DVD features include interviews, behind the scenes footage, and trailers. Participants: Juliet Stevenson, Paul Rhys, Allan Corduner, Geraldine McEwan, Kevin Bishop.
Plot:	Spanish director Ventura Pons’ first English-language film is this faithful adaptation of David Leavitt’s "The Page Turner," a sensual and highly literate drama of a young gay pianist, his overbearing mother and his tempestuous first love. In this film, Pons has created his most unabashedly gay, steamy and accessible work yet. Adorable Kevin Bishop plays Paul, a sexually repressed aspiring pianist. One night in San Francisco he is given the opportunity to work as a page turner for his idol, the famed pianist Richard Kennington (Paul Rhys). After the concert, the older man and teenager flirt, but before anything can happen, Paul’s neurotic mother Pamela (Juliet Stevenson) intercedes.    Six months later in Barcelona, they meet up again and, despite his meddling mother, Paul and Kennington embark on a passionate affair. Over the course of the next few days, their affair deepens, in spite of (or perhaps because of) their age difference. The recently divorced Pamela, oblivious to the notion that her son is gay, misinterprets Richard's amorous signals, feeling that he is flirting with her (and doesn’t see that the attraction is with her son). Adding to the complexity of the affair is Kennington’s lover/manager Mansourian (Allan Corduner) who begins to suspect something’s up. Rather than deal with the whole embarrassing situation, Richard flees back to New York.    Sometime later, with Paul now a Julliard music student and lover to another middle-aged man, the two meet again. Enlisting a brilliant cast of British actors – including out thespian Corduner – to play his American leads and shooting almost entirely in his native Spain, Pons crossed borders of all sorts this go-around. And Leavitt approved, lauding praise upon the film when it screened at Berlin this year. A marvelous adaptation that is sure to be one of “the” gay films of 2002. Scott Cranin, Lawrence Ferber
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Spain. Homosexuality
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Title:	Foto-novelas
Director:	Carlos Avila and Kurt Kaya.
Format:	1 videocassette (120 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	San Francisco, Calif. : Independent Television Service, 1997
Language:	English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	An Echo Park Filmworks Production for ITVS ; produced by Carlos Avila and Kurt Kaya. These dramas were produced and broadcast in 1997 on PBS, pioneering a new genre of television drama that continues today with FOTO-NOVELAS 2.    Contents: -- Seeing through walls (26:40) -- In the mirror (26:40) -- Mangas (26:40) -- The fix (26:40)
Plot:	"A four part series of original dramas inspired by the fantastic elements of the Mexican and Latin American pulp novel tradition, where everyday reality is woven with other world surrealism.    “Seeing Through Walls” follows the transformation of a prison inmate turned volunteer guinea pig when a prototype microchip is implanted in his brain. Suddenly, he has access to a wealth of knowledge — and a new understanding.    “In The Mirror” is the haunting tale of a family's encounter with a mirror bequeathed by a deceased aunt. Once hung, the mirror becomes a window to the other side, a place magically inhabited by the family's dead relatives. It also casts a spell on a daughter seeking sanctuary from a recent tragedy.    In “Mangas,” a Costa Rican orphan is adopted by an American family. Isolated in a new home, the boy's loneliness prompts his magical stuffed monkey to transform his suburban bedroom into a magical rainforest. But can this magic world stay confined to a single room?.    In “The Fix” a once-talented boxer, who threw away his promise, now takes dives for chump change. During a particularly brutal bout he sees a "calavera" — a Mexican death figure. Sensing his death is imminent, he accepts his final fight and then races to reconcile with the loved ones he has disappointed.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Literary adaptation. Ethnic identity. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	Foto-novelas 2
Director:	Carlos Avila and Kurt Kaya.
Format:	1 videocassette (120 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	San Francisco, Calif. : Independent Television Service, 2004
Language:	English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Foto-novelas 2 is a co-presentation of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Filmed in and around San Antonio, Texas, Foto-novelas 2 adapts the imagery, technique and themes of popular illustrated books from Latin America, creating a unique visual style to explore the complex Latino-American experience.
Plot:	“Junkyard Saints” is a spiritual thriller set in the tough, gritty world of an auto dismantling yard somewhere in rural South Texas. The story centers on Lalo Flores (played by Jeremy Ray Valdez), a Latino teenager recently released from a youth detention facility, and his growing acceptance of the son he has recently fathered. He works for Clemente (Leon Singer), who has the unusual habit of collecting the plastic dashboard saints that are extracted from the wrecked cars brought into the junkyard. Clemente believes these saints have failed to protect the drivers of these doomed vehicles and need to be “retired” to a shed he’s been filling with faulty saints for the last 30 years. When Lalo encounters Ray, a local drug dealer, he finds a different sort of refuge and salvation among Clemente’s saints.    “Broken Sky” blends both past with present and fact with fiction as it dramatizes the deep, lasting impact of an actual 1948 plane crash in which 28 Mexican nationals were killed near Fresno, California. Inspired by the haunting folk ballad “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” by Woody Guthrie, the film tells the story of Rodrigo Cortinas (Victor Campos), a former migrant worker who was supposed to be on the plane and lost his wife in the crash. Now, 50 years later, as he approaches death, Rodrigo is visited by the spirit of Rosario (Diane Uribe), the wife he lost long ago. Meanwhile, his grown son Mario (Robert Beltran) feels it is time to move him into a nursing home. In a journey that is both funny and sad, the irascible old man sets out to catch the plane he missed years ago — a journey that, spiritually at least, finally heals him.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Literary adaptation. Ethnic identity. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Gaudi afternoon.
Director:	Susan Seidelman.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	United States: First Look Home Entertainment, 2002
Language:	English dialogue with some Spanish, and optional Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	A Lolafilms production, in association with Vía Digital and Antena 3 Televisión ; screenplay by James Myhre ; produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez ; co-producer, James Myhre ; directed by Susan Seidelman. Based on the novel of Barbara Wilson. A DVD release of 2000 motion pictures. Dolby digital. Special features: director-s commentary, scene selections, trailers, biographies, gallery. Credits Director of photography, Josep M. Civit ; production designer, Antxón Gómez ; editor, Deirdre Slevin ; original music, Bernard Bonezzi ; editorial consutant, Craig McKay. Performer Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor, Juliette Lewis, Christopher Bowen, María Barranco, Courtney Jines, Pep Molina, Victor Alvaro.
Plot:	Alone in Barcelona, American translator Cassandra must solve a family-s darkest, deepest secrets before she can confront her own past.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Spain. Literary Adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The great mojado invasion. : (the 2nd US-Mexican War).
Director:	Gustavo Vasquez and Guillermo Gómez Peña
Format:	1 videocassette (26 min.) ; sd., col., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS format
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Video Data Bank, c1999.
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Notes:	Edited by El Chueco Vasquez.. Producciones Hermanos Nalgada presents ; conceived and co-created by Gustavo Vasquez & Guillermo Gómez Peña ; written and narrated by el Mad Mex Gomez-Peña.
Plot:	Writer/performer Guillermo Gomez-Pena & Filmmaker Gustavo Vasquez combine Chicano wit and political vision to create an ironic, post-millenial and postmodern look at the future of the Mexican-American living in the United States.
Subjects:	Feature films. Experimental films. United States. Mexican Americans. Ethnic relations. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Director:	Alfonso Cuarón
Format:	2 videodiscs (ca. 142 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Burbank, Calif.: Warner Home Video, 2004
Language:	English or dubbed Spanish, with optional French or Spanish subtitles;
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. Warner Bros ; 1492 Pictures ; Heyday Films ; producers, Chris Columbus, David Heyman, Mark Radcliffe ; screenplay, Steve Kloves ; directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Director of photography, Michael Seresin ; editor, Steven Weisberg ; music, John Williams ; costume designer, Jany Temime ; production designer, Stuart Craig ; visual effects supervisors, Tim Burke, Roger Guyett. Participants: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman. Special features (disc 2): a selection of mystifying exclusive never-before-seen footage ; "Creating the vision" a revealing interview with J.K. Rowling and the filmmakers ; three great interactive challenges ; self-guided iPIX tours ; interviews with cast lead Johnny Vaughn and the Shrunken Head ; meet the animal trainer ; "Choir practice" sing-along with Hogwarts choir ; Hogwarts portrait gallery ; conjuring a scene ; theatrical trailers from all three Harry Potter films ; Electronic Arts game preview ; DVD-ROM features: Wizard trading cards ; Hogwarts timeline.
Plot:	Harry, Ron, and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts. There they are forced to face escaped prisoner Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. Harry must overcome the threats of Dementors, outsmart a werewolf, and finally deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship with his parents. Harry and friends master advanced magic classes, cross time barriers, and change the course of more than one life.
Subjects:	Feature films. United states. Mexico
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Title:	The Hire: The Powder Keg.
Director:	Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Format:	1 videodisc (14 minutes) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (Region 1)
Imprint:	United States: BMW of North America, 2003
Language:	English
Notes:	Short film included in a DVD titled The hire: a series of 8 short films. A collection of short films created by some of the movie industry's best talent. In each film, Clive Owen stars as the Driver, whose skill behind the wheel becomes critical to the film's plot. Sub-Stories provide an underlying plot linking each film to the next. The Sub-Stories can be accessed through special features.
Plot:	The DVD Contents is: Hostage / John Woo -- Ticker / Joe Carnahan -- Beat the devil / Tony Scott -- Ambush / John Frankenheimer -- Chosen / Ang Lee -- The follow / Wong Kar-Wai -- Star / Guy Ritchie -- Powder keg / Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Short Films. Experimental films. United States. Mexico.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	I am Joaquin
Director:	Luis Valdez.
Format:	1 videocassette (19 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Hollywood, Calif. : CFI, 1995
Language:	English
Notes:	produced by El Teatro Campesino ; El Centro Campesino Cultural. Photography, George Ballis ; music, Daniel Valdez. Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. Performer Luis Valdez, narrator. " Based on a poem by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales."
Plot:	A dramatization of the Chicano poem of the same title by Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales about the Mexican-American experience from Cortes to the current farm workers' struggle, emphasizing the problems of the oppressed and exploited Mexicans.
Subjects:	Feature films. Short Films. Literary Adaptation. United States. Mexican Americans -- History. Gonzales, Rodolpho, 1928. I am Joaquin.
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Title:	El jardín del Edén / The garden of Eden
Director:	María Novaro.
Format:	1 videodisc (104 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	United States: Vanguard Cinema, 2001
Language:	In Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, et al. en coproducción con Macondo Cine Video ; una película de María Novaro ; guión, Beatriz Novaro and María Novaro ; producción, Jórge Sanchez ; dirección, María Novaro. Originally released as a motion picture in 1994. Credits Director of photography, Eric A. Edwards ; editor, Sigfrido Barjau. Performer Renée Coleman, Bruno Bichir, Gabriela Roel, Rosario Sagrav, Alan Ciangheroti, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Joseph Culp.
Plot:	Three border-crossing stories are intertwined on the contemporary U.S.-Mexican border at Tijuana: those of a young Mexican mother with three children, seeking to start a new life after her husband-s death; of a gringa adventurer looking for her whale-watching brother and for a Chicana friend in search of her roots; and of a campesino seeking to cross the border for better living conditions.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Mexico. Emigration and immigration. Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico).
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Title:	Legend of the Chupacabra
Director:	Joe Castro
Format:	1 videocassette (88 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
Imprint:	United States. Troma Team Video, 1998
Language:	English
Notes:	Written by Mark Stevens and Rudy Balli. Directed by Joe Castro. Starring Katsy Joiner, Stan McKinney, J.T. Trevino, Chris Doughton, Paul Podroza, Frank Thomas and Sandy Swartz as the Curandera.
Plot:	"In 1997, three cryptozoology students ventured into Santa Maria, TX to make a documentary ... A year later they finished it. The Legend of the Chupacabra (translated from Spanish, "goat sucker"). Is it mere folklore? A government conspiracy? Some weirdo in a latex suit? When the mutilation of her uncles goats (and her uncle) by the brutal Chupacabra is caught on tape, Maria Esperanza vows to find out despite local fears. With her crack team of students and one tough ex-Marine, Maria manages to make a gahstly revealing film that makes "The Blair Witch Project" look like a failed student documentary.:'''
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Chupacabras
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Love in the time of cholera
Director:	Mike Newell
Format:	1 videodisc (139 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Burbank, Calif. : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008
Language:	English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Dialogue in English, with optional English and Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007. Based on the novel "El amor en los tiempos del cólera" by Gabriel García Marquez. New Line Cinema presents a Stone Village Pictures production in association with Grosvenor Park Media ; produced by Scott Steindorff ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood ; directed by Mike Newell. Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, Antonio Pinto ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designer, Wolf Kroeger. Performer Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem, Liev Schreiber. Includes commentary with director Mike Newell, "The making of Love in the time of cholera", deleted scenes, deleted scenes commentary, theatrical trailer.
Plot:	Florentino is a poetry-writing telegraph operator who lives in a Central American city. He spots the graceful Fermina while making his rounds, and finds himself in love. While Florentino's mother encourages the courtship, Fermina's father absolutely forbids it. Years pass, and the well-born Dr. Urbino treats Fermina for a case of cholera. When Urbino proposes, Fermina accepts. A distraught Florentino decides to wait. With the help of his uncle, he amasses wealth of his own. All the while, he drifts from woman to woman, never really finding what he is looking for in a woman. After five decades of waiting, he gets a second chance to win Fermina's heart.
Subjects:	Feature films. Colombia. Literary Adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Luminarias.
Director:	Jose Luis Valenzuela.
Format:	1 videodisc (100 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	United States: Artist View Entertainment : MTI Home Video, c2002.
Language:	Dialogue in English with optional Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	Sleeping Giant Productions presents in association with July Street Entertainment a Jose Luis Valenzuela film ; directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela ; written by Evelina Fernandez ; produced by Sal Lopez. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Special features include audio commentary by the director, behind the scenes, cast biographies, deleted scenes and theatrical trailers. Credits Director of photography, Alex Phillips ; editors, Terilyn Shropshire and Jeff Koontz ; music, John Koenig. Performer Evelina Fernandez, Scott Bakula, Marta DuBois, Angela Moya, Dyana Ortelli, Seidy Lopez, Robert Beltran, Sal Lopez, Fidel Gomez, Andrew C. Lim, Cheech Marin.
Plot:	Four professional Latinas meet at an East Los Angeles restaurant called Luminarias to share secrets about their careers, love, family, and sex.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Mexican Americans. Ethnic identity. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic American women.
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Title:	Mala noche
Director:	Gus Van Sant
Format:	1 videodisc (78 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (region 1)
Imprint:	United States: The Criterion Collection, 2007.
Language:	Dialogue in English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Screened intermittently since 1985. Based on the Walt Curtis autobiographical novel. Janus Films presents a film directed by Gus Van Sant; written by Gus Van Sant and Walt Curtis, produced by Walt Curtis. Original music by Peter Dammann, Karen Kitchen and Creighton Lindsay; cinematography by John J. Campbell; film editing by Gus Van Sant; color timer Dave Ling. Performer Doug Cooeyate, Sam Downey, Nyla McCarthy, Ray Monge, Robert Lee Pitchlynn, Tim Streeter. Special features: Video interview with Van Sant, Walt Curtis: the Peckerneck Poet, a documentary directed by Bill Plympton, storyboard gallery, original trailer and essay by Dennis Lim.
Plot:	Walt is a romantic deadbeat who finds he has a crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. Unfortunately, the man speaks no English and finds Walt to be undesirable.
Subjects:	Feature films. United states. Illegal Aliens
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Title:	Mambo mouth.
Director:	Thomas Schlamme.
Format:	1 videocassette (60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	United States: Polygram Video, c1992
Language:	Spanish and English
Notes:	Island Visual Arts ; [presented by] Elizabeth Heller and Mark Groubert ; performed and written by John Leguizamo. Videocassette release of 1991 stage production filmed for television.. Executive producer, Michael Scott Bregman ; producer, Jeff Ross ; director, Thomas Schlamme ; director of photography, Arthur Albert. VHS Hi-fi ; stereo.
Plot:	John Leguizamo-s monologues illustrate six fierce and funny Latin characters: Agamemnon, Loco Louie, Pepe, Manny the Fanny, Angel, and the Crossover King.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Hispanic Americans. Performance art. Comedy films. Humor.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The Man who wagged his tail / An Angel Passed Over Brooklyn
Director:	Ladislao Vajda.
Format:	1 videocassette (88 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS Format
Imprint:	Sunnyvale, Calif. : Video-Sig,
Language:	English. Dubbed in English.
Notes:	Videocassette release of the 1957 motion picture. Participants: Peter Ustinov, Pablito Calvo. a Spanish-Italian co-production, Chamartin-Falco film ; director, Ladislao Vajda. Screenplay, Istvan Bekeffi, et al. based on a story by Istvan Bekeffi ; music, Bruno Canfora.
Plot:	The story of a cruel landlord who is turned into a dog by a man who sells fairy tales. The spell can only be broken when someone loves him. Also known as An Angel Passed Over Brooklyn, this Spanish-Italian co-production stars Peter Ustinov as unforgiving slum lord with the heart of Scrooge. His reward for his cruelty is a curse that turns him into a dog, and he must find someone who loves him to return to human form. Filmed in Madrid and Brooklyn.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Spain
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Title:	El Mariachi
Director:	Robert Rodriguez
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 81 min) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2003.
Language:	Dialogue in Spanish with optional soundtrack in French with optional English, Spanish, French or Korean subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Videodisc release of motion pictures originally released in 1993. . "Includes Bedhead, Rodriguez's multi award-winning film short and a sneak peek at Rodriguez's Once upon a time in Mexico!"--Case. Special features: New film transfer from original negatives supervised by Robert Rodriguez; director's commentary; Robert Rodriguez's short film Bedhead; "10-minute film school" featurette; sneak peek: Once upon a time in Mexico. Columbia Pictures presents a Los Hooligans production ; a Robert Rodriguez film. Director, writer, photographer, editor, Robert Rodríguez ; producers, Robert Rodríguez, Carlos Gallardo ; music, Marc Trujillo, Alvaro Rodríguez, Chris Knudson, Cecilio Rodríguez, Eric Guthrie. Performer Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Reinol Martínez, Peter Marquandt. Winner, Sundance Film Festival.
Plot:	All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse--of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Drug traffic. Short films.
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Title:	Maria full of grace
Director:	Joshua Marston
Format:	1 videodisc (101 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York, NY : HBO Home Video, 2004
Language:	Spanish dialogue with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	HBO Films presents in association with a Journeyman Pictures production in association with Tucán Producciones and Altercine ; producer, Paul Mezey ; written & directed by Joshua Marston. Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editors, Anne McCabe, Lee Percy ; music, Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum ; costume designers, Lauren Press, Sarah Beers ; production designers, Monica Marulanda, Debbie De Villa. Special features: Includes audio commentary with director writer Joshua Marston. Participants: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paolo Vega, Jhon Alex Toro, Guilied López, Patricia Rae.
Plot:	Maria, a poor Columbian teenager, is desperate to leave a soul-crushing job. She accepts an offer to transport packets of heroin - which she swallows - to the United States. The ruthless world of drug trafficking proves to be more than she bargained for.
Subjects:	Feature films. Colombia. United States. Drug couriers. Drug traffic.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Mi familia / My family,
Director:	Gregory Nava
Format:	1 videocassette (128 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	United States: New Line Home Video : sold exclusively by Turner Home Entertainment, c1995.
Language:	In English and Spanish (with Spanish subtitles).
Notes:	Executive producers, Francis Ford Coppola, et al., produced by Anna Thomas ; directed by Gregory Nava ; written by Gregory Nava & Anna Thomas. Originally released as a motion picture. Duration on cassette label: approx. 121 min. ; duration on container: approx. 126 min. Includes a behind the scenes look at the making of the film. Credits Director of photography, Edward Lachman ; editor, Nancy Richardson ; folkloric music, Pepe Avila ; orchestral music, Mark McKenzie. Performer Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Jenny Gago, Elpidia Carrillo, Lupe Ontiveros, Jacob Vargas, Jennifer Lopez, Maria Canals, Leon Singer, Michael D. Lorenzo, Jonathan Hernandez, Constance Marie, Edward James Olmos.
Plot:	A powerful, three-generation epic saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the very beginnings of his father-s adventurous journey from Mexico to California in the 1920s, to his brother Chucho-s tragic rebellion of the 1950s, to the stark realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished --Container.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Mexican Americans. Ethnic identity. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans.
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Title:	Missing.
Director:	Costa Gavras.
Format:	1 videocassette (123 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, c1999.
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles
Notes:	Videocassette release of the 1982 motion picture. Standard version. Based on the book by Thomas Hauser. Directed by Costa-Gavras ; screenplay, Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; music,Vangelis. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek.
Plot:	Based on an actual event, the story involves the search by his wife and father for a young American who has disappeared during a South American coup.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Chile. Coup d-état, 1973 Political prisoners.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Mi vida loca / my crazy life
Director:	Allison Anders
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	New York, NY : HBO Video, 2004
Language:	English; English dialogue, English, French or Spanish
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. HBO Showcase in association with film Four International presents a Cineville production ; produced by Daniel Hassid, Carl-Jan Colpaert ; written and directed by Allison Anders. Director of photography, Rodrigo Garcia ; editors, Kathryn Himoff, Tracy S. Granger ; music, John Taylor. Participants: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Panchito Gomez, Jesse Borrego.
Plot:	Gang members Sad Girl and Mousie, once best friends, are now enemies as they have both become pregnant by the same man, Ernesto, a local drug dealer. But when Ernesto is murdered, the balance of power on the street brutally changes.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Gangs. California. Los Angeles. Mexican American teenagers. Hispanic American teenagers. Women. Conduct of life. Youth
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Title:	My life without me
Director:	Isabel Coixet
Format:	1 videodisc (106 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif.: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.
Language:	English; Closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Sony Pictures Classics ; El Deseo present : an El Deseo D.A. S.L.U. and Milestones Productions Inc. co-production in association with Antena 3 Television, Via Digital and Alliance Atlantis ; a film by Isabel Coixet ; producer, Esther Garcia, Gordon McLennan ; written and directed by Isabel Coixet. Director of photography, Jean-Claude Larrieu ; art director, Shelley Bolton ; editor, Lisa Jane Robison ; music, Alfonso Vilallonga ; costume designer, Katia Stano ; production designer, Carol Lavallee. Participants: Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman, Leonor Watling, Deborah Harry, Maria de Medeiros, Mark Ruffalo.
Plot:	A young woman is dying from cancer, so she decides to live her life with a passion and zest she has never known before.
Subjects:	Feature films. Spain. United States. Terminally ill -- Drama.
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Title:	El naftazteca.
Director:	Guillermo Gómez Peña.
Format:	1 videocassette (58 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Video Data Bank, c1994.
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Notes:	iEar studios ; producer, Phillip Djwa ; director, Adriene Jenik ; written & performed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Cinematography, Eleanor Goldsmith ; editor, Adriene Jenik. A videocassette release of a 1994 production.
Plot:	Interrupting the nightly news in an act of guerrilla television, Gomez-Peña returns to the persona of a Chicano-Aztec veejay, The Mexican who talks back, the illegal Mexican performance artist with state of the art technology, to elaborate on the messiness of American identity. This post-NAFTA Cyber Aztec pirate commandeers the television signal from his underground Vato bunker, where virtual reality meets Aztec rites. Gomez-Pena embodies the doubly radical Chicano performance artist, delivering radical ideas through a radical form of entertainment. With guest performances by Roberto Sifuentes and Ruben Martinez.    Performance art --Video art.
Subjects:	Feature films. Experimental films. United States. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	New world (b)order. Rough from avid.
Director:	Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Coco Fusco.
Format:	1 videocassette (ca. 40 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	[Denver, Colo.] : El Centro Su teatro and Impossible Artz, 2000
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue.
Notes:	Written and performed by Guillermo Gomez Peña ; producer-director, Daniel Salazar. Producer-director, Daniel Salazar.
Plot:	"McCarther Award winning performance artist and NPR commentator, Guillermo Gomez Peña, writer Coco Fusco and media artist Daniel Salazar with a little help from El Santo team up to expose the excesses of the Reali-TV in this Chicano science fiction for the new millennium"--Container insert
Subjects:	Feature Films. Experimental films. United States. Performance art Video art. Mexican Americans. Hispanic Americans
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Title:	El Norte / The North.
Director:	Gregory Nava
Format:	1 videocassette (141 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	Farmington Hills, Mich. : CBS/Fox [distributor], 1984, c1983.
Language:	Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Notes:	Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas ; Cinecom International Films. Producer, Anna Thomas ; director, George Nava. Cast: Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Alicia Del Lago, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva.
Plot:	Beginning in the remote mountain jungles of Guatemala, awash with the lushness of nature and the rainbow colors of the Mayans, this highly-acclaimed drama about a brother and sister seeking a better life centers on two young Indians. When their father is killed by government soldiers and their mother taken away, they set out for the promised land to the north: El Norte. The perilous journey ending in Los Angeles is related in a blend of drama and dream imagery.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Guatemala. Emigration and immigration. Aliens
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	El Norte / The North
Director:	Gregory Nava
Format:	1 videocassette (139 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	United States: Arrow Films [distributor], 1983?.
Language:	Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Notes:	Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas ; Cinecom International Films. Producer, Anna Thomas ; screenplay, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas ; director, Gregory Nava ; photography, James Glennon. Performer Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia Del Lago, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva.
Plot:	Beginning in the remote mountain jungles of Guatemala, awash with the lushness of nature and the rainbow colors of the Mayans, this highly-acclaimed drama about a brother and sister seeking a better life centers on two young Indians. When their father is killed by government soldiers and their mother taken away, they set out for the "promised land" to the north: El Norte. The perilous journey ending in Los Angeles is related in a blend of drama and dream imagery.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Guatemala. Emigration and immigration. Aliens
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The old man and the sea.
Director:	John Sturges.
Format:	1 videodisc (86 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.
Language:	English or French language soundtracks (mono) with optional subtitles in English or French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Notes:	Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by John Sturges ; produced by Leland Hayward ; screenplay by Peter Viertel ; a Leland Hayward Production ; a Warner Bros. presentation. Standard screen format on side A, widescreen format on side B. Based on the book by Ernest Hemingway. Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Special features: Interactive menus ; scene access ; theatrical trailer ; Hemingway : the legend and the sea, behind-the-scenes documentary. Credits Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin ; director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editing, Arthur P. Schmidt. Performer Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver.
Plot:	An aging Cuban fisherman, alone in a small skiff, catches a magnificent marlin and must defy the sea, marauding sharks, and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Cuba. United States. Literary adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The old man and the sea.
Director:	John Sturges.
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Imprint:	United States: Lance Entertainment, 2001?]
Language:	English.
Notes:	Yorkshire Television ; produced by Robert E. Fuisz ; directed by Jud Taylor ; written for television by Roger O. Hirson. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Originally produced for television broadcast in 1990. Credits Music, Bruce Broughton; editor, Fredric Steinkamp; director of photography, Tony Imi. Performer Anthony Quinn, Alexis Cruz, Gary Cole, Patricia Clarkson, Joe Santos, Valentina Quinn, Francesco Quinn, Paul Calderon, Sully Diaz.
Plot:	An aging Cuban fisherman, alone in a small skiff, catches a magnificent marlin and must defy the sea, marauding sharks, and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Cuba. United States. Literary adaptation.
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Title:	Piñero
Director:	Leon Ichaso.
Format:	1 videodisc (94 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2002, c2001.
Language:	English dialogue, Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	Miramax Films and GreenStreet Films presents a GreenStreet production in association with Lower East Side Films, a Leon Ichaso film ; producers, John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Tim Williams ; written & directed by Leon Ichaso. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Special features: theatrical trailer; Alook at Miguel Piñero, The man. Credits Director of photography, Claudio Chea ; editor, David Tedeschi ; original music, Kip Hanrahan ; costume designer, Sandra Hernandez ; production designer, Sharon Lemofsky. Performer Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Michael Wright, Michael Irby, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Klein, Rita Moreno.
Plot:	The story of the life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero-s prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Chicano. Piñero, Miguel, Biographical films.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Pochonovela : a Chicano soap opera
Director:	Coco Fusco
Format:	1 videocassette (27 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Chicago, Ill. : Video Data Bank, 1995.
Language:	In English, with some words and phrases translated to Spanish, or into English from Spanish.
Notes:	Cabrona Soy Productions ; produced, directed and written by Coco Fusco. Performer Coco Fusco, Elias Serna, Lalo Lopez, Tomas Carrasco, Nora Bonner, Yolanda Gonzalez, Luis Alfaro, Maria Elena Gaitan.
Plot:	A soap opera parody playing on Latino sterotypes, broadcast through CNN: Chicanewz Network.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Humor
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Real women have curves
Director:	Patricia Cardozo.
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	United States: HBO Video, 2003, c2002.
Language:	English and Spanish language tracks with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	[Presented by] HBO Films in association with Newmarket Films ; produced by George LaVoo, Effie T. Brown ; screenplay by George LaVoo and Josefina Lopez ; directed by Patricia Cardozo. Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, Sloane Klevin ; music, Heitor Pereira ; production designer, Brigitte Broch. Note Based on the play by Josefina Lopez. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: Additional scene: Ana 1 year later; audio commentary #1 with America Ferrera & Lupe Ontiveros; audio commentary #2 with Patricia Cardoso, George LaVoo and Josefina Lopez; English and Spanish featurettes; cast & crew bios. Performer America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites
Plot:	Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It may seem an easy decision, but for 18-year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Mexican American women. Teenagers. Parent and teenager.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Resurrection blvd. Complete first season
Director:
Format:	5 videodiscs (976 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, 2001
Language:	English or Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally broadcast as a television series in 2000.Special features: all 20 complete episodes; winner of five American Latino Media Arts Awards, an Imagen foundation award, and a Nosotros Golden Eagle award; boxing scenes coordinated by fighter and stunt co-ordinator Jimmy Nicholson. Content: Pilot -- Sueños -- Baile -- El regreso de Paco -- Negro y Moreno -- Dos Padres -- Luchando -- Cholitas -- Máscaras -- Hermanos -- Aniversario -- Comenzando de nuevo -- Revelaciones -- Manos de piedra -- No te muevas -- Lágrimas en el cielo -- Vista -- Pacto con el diablo -- Juntos.
Plot:	In this award winning Showtime series, three generations of the Santiago family have forged their legacy in boxing. They share both triumph and tragedy as they fight for the American Dream. Contains all 20 episodes and is loaded with extras.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. TV Series.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Los reyes del mambo: tocan canciones de amor / The mambo kings
Director:	Arne Glimcher
Format:	1 videocassette (104 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format [PAL]
Imprint:	[Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, 1993.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978. Una produccion Elias Querejet. Written and directed by Carlos. Warner Bros. presents in association with Le Studio Canal +, Regency Enterprises and Alcor Films an Arnon Milchan production. Videocassette release of a 1992 motion picture. Based upon the novel The mambo kings play songs of love by Oscar Hijuelos. Director, Arne Glimcher ; executive producer, Steven Reuther ; producers, Arnon Milchan, Arne Glimcher ; screenplay, Cynthia Cidre ; director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; choreography, Michael Peters ; executive music producer, Robert Kraft. Cast: Armande Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers.
Plot:	Plot: With a suitcase full of songs and hearts filled with passion, two brothers come to America in search of the American dream of fame and fortune.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Literary adaptation
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Title:	Rio abajo / On the line.
Director:	Jose Luis Borau.
Format:	1 videodisc (95 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. DVD.
Imprint:	Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor], 2001
Language:	English, dubbed from the Spanish.
Notes:	An Amber El Iman S.A. production ; produced by Steven Kovacs and Jose Luis Borau ; directed by Jose Luis Borau.. Originally released as motion picture in 1985. Director of photography, Teo Escamilla ; screenplay by Jose Luis borau, Barbara P. Solomon. Performers: David Carradine, Scott Wilson, Victoria Abril, Jeff Delger, Paul Richardson, Jesse Vint, Sam Jaffe.
Plot:	Drama about a smuggler on the Mexican border pitted against the border patrol. Victoria Abril, David Carradine and Scott Wilson (Dead Man Walking) star in this tough, fast-paced feature about two border patrol officers who fall for the same, beautiful Mexican prostitute. This Spanish U.S. co-production from the veteran Spanish director Jose Luis Borau (Furtivos) functions well enough as a juicy love triangle melodrama, but it also works as an allegory of America-s conflicting views concerning its southern neighbors.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Spain. Mexico
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Romero.
Director:	John Duigan.
Format:	1 videocassette (105 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
Imprint:	Los Angeles, CA : Vidmark Entertainment, c1989
Language:	English
Notes:	Director, John Duigan ; producer, Ellwood E. Kieser ; written by John Sacret Young : original music by Gabriel Yared. Performer: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Harold Gould, Eddie Velez, Tony Plana.
Plot:	Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbiship Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his country. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
Subjects:	Feature films. El Salvador. United States. Romero, Oscar A. (Oscar Arnulfo), 1917-1980.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Selena.
Director:	Gregory Nava.
Format:	1 videocassette (128 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
Language:	English
Notes:	A Q Productions, Inc.-Esparza Katz production. Dolby digital surround sound; standard version. Videocassette release of the 1997 motion picture. Special feature after the movie: documentary footage of Selena-s disco medley performance--Container. Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas, Lupe Ontiveros, Jackie Guerra, Rebecca Lee Meza.
Plot:	Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music into mainstream America.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Sin City
Director:	Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	United States: Dimension Home Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005
Language:	English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller. Dimension Films presents a Troublemaker Studios production ; produced by Elizabeth Avellan, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez ; based on the graphic novels of Frank MIller ; directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez with special guest director Quentin Tarantino. Cinematographer, Robert Rodriguez ; editor, Robert Rodriguez ; music, John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez. Special features: Behind-the-scenes featurette. Performer Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood.
Plot:	Welcome to Sin City, the town that beckons to the tough, the corrupt, and the brokenhearted. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still try to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Literary Adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Son of border crisis.
Director:	Guillermo Gómez Peña.
Format:	1 videocassette (17 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. .VHS format
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Video Data Bank, c1990
Language:	English and Spanish dialogue
Notes:	Written and performed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña ; Cinewest Productions and Sushi, Inc. ; [produced and directed by Isaac Artenstein]. Cinematography, Kristin Glover ; editor, Isaac Artenstein.    Contents: 1. Son of border crisis -- 2. El post-mojado -- 3. The Mexican fly -- 4. Dear Californian -- 5. Employer sanctions -- 6. The year of the yellow spider -- 7. The year of the Hispanic.
Plot:	A performance art monolog which examines linguistic and cultural stereotypes,
Subjects:	Feature Films. Experimental films. United States. Performance art. Video art. Hispanic Americans.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Spanglish
Director:	James L. Brooks
Format:	1 videodisc (131 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005
Language:	English or dubbed French dialogue, English or French subtitles
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Columbia Pictures presents a Gracie Films production, a film by James L. Brooks ; produced by James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Julie Ansell ; written and directed by James L. Brooks. Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Richard Marks ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designers, Shay Cunliffe, Louise Mingenbach ; production designer, Ida Random.Participants: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna.
Plot:	When Flor and her daughter, Christina come to the United States, Flor gets a job as a maid at the home of a successful chef John Clasky, his insecure wife Deborah, their two children, and Deborah's mother. Despite Flor's lack of an English, she does the best she can to assist the Clasky family in more than just house cleaning matters. However, when Flor is forced to live with the family over the summer, she has no choice but to bring Christina along. Deborah, much to Flor's disliking, treats Christina much like her own and at the same time she hurts the feelings of her own daughter, Bernice. When John's dreams begin to unravel, he begins to feel like his whole world is coming down around him. Told through Christina's college letter to Princeton University, Christina learns that things come and go in life, but family is the most important thing a person can have.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Family. California. Los Angeles. Drama. Immigration.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Spy Kids
Director:	Robert Rodriguez
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	[Burbank, CA] : Dimension Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 2001
Language:	Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French or Spanish.
Notes:	Dimension Films presents a Troublemaker Studios production ; produced by Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez ; written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Originally released as a motion picture. Special features: teaser and theatrical trailers. Dolby digital 5.1 surround; widescreen version, enhanced for 16x9 TV. Credits Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro; editor, Robert Rodriguez. Performer Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Cheech Marin, Teri Hatcher, Danny Trejo, Tony Shalhoub.
Plot:	When their international spy parents are kidnapped by Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Star maps
Director:	Miguel Arteta.
Format:	1 videocassette (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox, c1997.
Language:	English
Notes:	Fox Starlight Pictures presents a Flan De Coco Films production in association with King Pictures. Produced by Matthew Greenfield; written and directed by Miguel Arteta. Performer Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa, Kandyce Jorden, Martha Velez, Lysa Flores, Annette Murphy, Robin Thomas, Vincent Chandler, Al Vicente.
Plot:	Carlos, a naive young man, works for his father selling star maps which points the way to the homes of some of Hollywood-s biggest celebrities. But his job is really a front for a prostitution ring, and in this city of illusions, Carlos- plan to use one of his customers to help him get a movie role just may be the biggest illusion of all.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	El Super : a cuban-american comedy.
Director:	Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal.
Format:	1 videocassette (80 m.). sd., col. VHS
Imprint:	New York. New Yorker Video, 1998
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Based on the original play by Ivan Acosta. Videocassette release of the 1979 motion picture. MPAA rating: not rated. Participants: Juan Granda, Reynaldo Medina, Zully Montero, Elizabeth Peña. Directed by Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal.
Plot:	The trials of a homesick exiled Cuban who labors as an apartment-house super in Manhattan. Hidalgo-Gato is excellent as a comically sad outsider, still in transit after a decade away from his homeland.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Cuba. Emigration and immigration. Cuban Americans. New York (State).
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Title:	Thirteen days
Director:	Roger Donaldson.
Format:	1 videodisc (142 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital, DTS surround sound.
Imprint:	United States: New Line Home Entertainment, 2001, c2000.
Language:	English
Notes:	presented by New Line Cinema in association with Beacon Pictures ; a Roger Donaldson film ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Peter O. Almond and Kevin Costner ; written by David Self ; directed by Roger Donaldson. DVD release of the 2000 motion picture. Based on the book The Kennedy tapes : inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis, edited by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow. Special features: filmmaker commentary with Kevin Costner, Roger Donaldson, David Self and others, historical commentary, documentary -Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis-, documentary -Bringing history to the silver screen-, historical figures biography gallery, visual effects scene demonstrations, deleted scenes with director commentary, cast and crew filmographies, theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM content: script to screen screenplay, link to original website. Credits Cinematographers, Andrezej Bartkowiak, Roger Deakins, Christopher Duddy ; editor, Conrad Buff ; original music, Trevor Jones ; production designer, Dennis Washington. Performer Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker.
Plot:	Oct. 1962, for thirteen extraordinary days the world stood on the brink of destruction. Krushchev wouldn-t back down, President Kennedy wouldn-t give in. Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. United States. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Tortilla soup
Director:	Maria Ripoll
Format:	1 videodisc (104 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital, 2-channel Dolby surround, digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video. DVD Region 1
Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2002, c2001.
Language:	English or Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.
Notes:	Samuel Goldwyn Films presents in association with Starz Encore Entertainment a Samuel Goldwyn Films production ; producer, John Bard Manulis ; screenplay writers, Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca, Vera Blasi ; director, Maria Ripoll. Director of photography, Xavier Perez Grobet ; editor, Andy Blumenthal ; music, Bill Conte ; costume designer, Ileane Meltzer ; production designer, Alicia Maccarone. Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the scrrenplay by Huie Ling Wang, Ang Lee, and James Schamus. Special features: Widescreen and Full screen presentation; interactive menus; scene selections. Performer Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello, Paul Rodriguez, Constance Marie, Joel Joan, Nikolai Kinski, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Elizabeth Peña, Raquel Welch.
Plot:	A heartwarming comedy that-s all about food, family and a certain kind of magic that only happens at the dinner table. Martin is the culinary genius behind a successful restaurant and the widowed father of three daughters whom he has a compulsion to try and steer in the right direction. Hungry for their independance, the girls find themselves at odds with their traditionalist father.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States
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Title:	Traffic.
Director:	Steven Soderbergh.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 147 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : USA Home Entertainment, c2001.
Language:	Dialogue in English with optional French and Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Notes:	USA Films presents in association with Initial Entertainment Group a Bedford Falls Laura Bickford Production ; produced by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford ; written by Stephen Gaghan ; directed by Steven Soderbergh. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. Includes theatrical trailers, TV spots, behind the scenes - Inside Traffic, and photo gallery. Cast: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Plot:	A mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife takes over his business; and the U.S. President-s new drug czar must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Mexico
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The treasure of the Sierra Madre
Director:	John Huston.
Format:	2 videodiscs (126 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, c2003.
Language:	English with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as motion picture in 1947. Based on the novel by B. Traven. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Henry Blanke ; screen play by John Huston ; directed by John Huston. Director of photography, Ted McCord ; film editor, Owen Marks ; music, Max Steiner. Performer Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya. Special features: feature-length commentary by Erix Lax, co-author of Bogart; Warner night at the movies 1948, introduced by Leonard Maltin (Key Largo theatrical trailer, newsreel, comedy short subject So you want to be a detective, Merrie Melodies cartoon Hot cross bunny); Humphrey Bogart trailer gallery; Discovering Treasure, the story of The treasure of the Sierra Madre; Looney Tunes short 8 ball bunny; cast/crew, dressed-set photos, storyboards, and publicity materials galleries; Lux Radio Theater April 18, 1949 broadcast of The treasure of the Sierra Madre (audio only).
Plot:	Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Americans in Mexico. Sierra Madre (Mexico). Literary adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The treasure of the Sierra Madre
Director:	John Huston.
Format:	1 videodisc (Laservision) (119 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 12 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Farmington Hills, MI : CBS/Fox Video, 1983.
Language:	English
Notes:	A videodisc release of the 1948 motion picture by Warner Brothers Pictures based on the novel by B. Traven. Producer, Henry Blanke ; director and screenplay, John Huston ; music, Max Steiner. Performer Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett.
Plot:	Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Americans in Mexico. Sierra Madre (Mexico). Literary adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	The treasure of the Sierra Madre
Director:	John Huston.
Format:	1 videocassette (126 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS
Imprint:	Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c2000.
Language:	English
Notes:	A videocassette release of the 1948 motion picture by Warner Brothers Pictures based on the novel by B. Traven. Producer, Henry Blanke ; director and screenplay, John Huston ; music, Max Steiner. Performer Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett.
Plot:	Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Americans in Mexico. Sierra Madre (Mexico). Literary adaptation.
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Title:	Tune in tomorrow.
Director:	Jon Amiel.
Format:	1 videodics (ca. 198 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment : Orion Pictures Corporation, c2003.
Language:	English, Spanish ; subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Notes:	Cinecom Entertainment Group presents in association with Odyssey Cinecom international ; produced by John Fiedler and Mark Tarlov ; directed by Jon Amiel ; screenplay by William Boyd. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Based on the novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa. Special features: original theatrical trailer, English stereo surround, Spanish mono. Credits Music, Wynton Marsalis. Performer Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk.
Plot:	Pedro, an eccentric writer hired by a television station to liven up its ratings, stirs up all sorts of trouble. He develops a number of schemes to help a young writer in the young man-s pursuit of his Aunt Julia. Too late the young writer and Aunt Julia find that Pedro is using their affair to liven up the plot of his soap opera!
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Peru. Literary adaptation.
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Title:	Villa Villa.
Director:	Jack Conway
Format:	1 videocassette (115 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, c1993.
Language:	English
Notes:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation ; directed by Jack Conway ; produced by David O. Selznick. Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Performer Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray.
Plot:	The sometimes heroic, sometimes infamous deeds of Mexican bandit and patriot Pancho Villa. Villa fought the Diaz regime, whose soldiers killed his father. He later became one of the most ruthless Mexican bandits, but also helped put the honorable Francisco Madero in power. After Madero-s assassination, Villa himself led his country, however, being a better fighter than a bureaucrat, he gave up the presidency when he could restore Mexico to its people.
Subjects:	Feature films. Mexico. United States. Biographical films. Pancho Villa, 1878-1923
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Y no se lo trago la tierra / and the earth did not swallow him.
Director:	Severo Perez.
Format:	1 videocassette (99 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : Kino International : Kino on Video, c1997.
Language:	Dialogue in English with some Spanish.
Notes:	American Playhouse Theatrical Films presents a production of KPBS and Severo Perez Films ; produced by Paul Espinosa ; written and directed by Severo Perez.. Adapted from the novel: --y no se lo trago la tierra by Tomas Rivera. Originally produced for television in 1994. Director of photography, Virgil Harper; editor, Susan Heick; narrator, Miguel Rodriguez; music, Marcos Loya. Cast: Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Marco Rodriquez, Daniel Valdez.
Plot:	A young Mexican-American boy comes of age amid the poverty and adversity he and his family face as migrant farm workers in the 1950s.
Subjects:	Feature films; United States; Literary Adaptation. Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Zoot suit
Director:	Luis Valdez.
Format:	1 videodisc (104 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, c1991.
Language:	English
Notes:	a Luis Valdez film ; directed by Luis Valdez ; a Universal Picture. Based on the original play by Luis Valdez. Videodisc release of the c1981 motion picture. Credits Screenplay, Luis Valdez; producer, Peter Burrell; music, Daniel Valdez. Performer Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, John Anderson, Tyne Daly, Daniel Valdez.
Plot:	A group of Mexican-Americans are sent to San Quintin unjustly for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. Based on the actual case and zoot suit riots of 1940-s Los Angeles.
Subjects:	Feature Films. United States. Ethnic identity. Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Americans. Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, 1942-1943
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