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Nain Nomez - Writers Series - Talk March 4, 2004 at SDSU Library
National Stadium - The video Estadio Nacional (National
Stadium) consists of interviews with survivors of the stadium incarcerations,
family members of the former prisoners, and even a few of the soldiers
who served as guards. It combines these 2001 interviews with footage
taken in 1973 at the stadium... The opening credits bear the names
of two Chilean government agencies as sponsors, as well as the Ford
Foundation, and it's Chileans who will get the most from this video,
as they recall a dark time in their nation's history
New World Border - Description N/A
Oaxacan Hoops - Oaxacan Hoops is a 20-minute documentary
that explores how basketball, one of the most revered sports in
the United States, has helped many Zapotec indians living in Los
Angeles build community, keep traditions alive and maintain a connection
to their villages in Mexico. The film opens in the mountains of
the Sierra Norte, in the state of Oaxaca, where we find out how
basketball became a cultural tradition for Zapotecs, the largest
of 16 indigenous groups in the state and among Mexico’s shortest
people.
O Beijo No Asfalto - Description N/A
Ocamo in My Town/ Home - Description N/A
Our God the Condor - Details the annual "Yawar Fiesta"
of the indigenous Andean peoples. A condor, symbolic of the Andean
mountain spirit, is captured and tied to the back of a bull, which
represents Spain. The two animals then fight in an emblematic struggle
between the Peruvian Indians and the Spanish conquerors. Although
frowned upon by the powerful Catholic church, this ancient protest
continues as the Andean peoples fight to keep their indigenous heritage
alive.
Pablo Neruda: Poet - Examines the life and work of the Nobel
Prize-winning poet. In an interview conducted shortly before his
death, Neruda discusses his worldview and explains his writing methods.
This discussion is intercut with readings from Neruda's poems and
commentary tracing the development of his poetic vision.
Panama: Fifth Frontier p1 and 2 - Description N/A
The Panama Invasion Revisited - Description N/A
The Passion of Maria Elena - Description N/A
Pedro Linares Folk Artist - Description N/A
Peru Secrets - Description N/A
Pixote - Pixote (Portuguese
slang for "Peewee") is the name of a chubby-cheeked 10-year-old
runaway played by real-life slum kid Fernando Ramos da Silva. He's
a natural, creating a childlike and vulnerable character left emotionally
hardened and morally adrift by his brutal experiences. In an overcrowded
São Paulo "reform school," a cross between a prison
and an army barracks, he learns the hard facts of survival as he
watches gangs prey on weaker kids, and the cops and guards abuse,
beat, and even murder their charges. Pixote escapes and turns to
street crime in Rio with a small gang, but his dreams of big money
and a good life are dashed as they play at crime in a violent kill-or-be-killed
world. Equal parts exposé and social drama, Pixote dramatizes
the plight of millions of children who live on the streets or get
ground up in the system that breeds hardened criminals from juvenile
delinquents.
NEW - A Place Called Chiapas (1998)
A Canadian documentary of first-hand accounts of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) the (Zapatista Army of National Liberation or Zapatistas) and the lives of its soldiers and the people for whom they fight. Director Nettie Wild takes the viewer to rebel territory in the south west Mexican state of Chiapas, where the EZLN live and evade the Mexican Army.
Programa Bracero - The Braceros Seasonal Farm Laborers Program
was an agreement signed in 1942 between the U.S. and Mexican governments
to cover wartime labor shortages in the United States. Between 1942
and 1964, almost 5 million Mexican workers worked in the U.S. under
the Braceros Program. This short documentary recounts the story
of these workers half a century later, as they struggle to right
an injustice done to them so long ago.One of the clauses of the
financial agreement of the Braceros Program was that 10% of their
wages would be deposited in a "savings fund" and paid
to them upon their return to Mexico. These wages, however, which
total more than $350 million, have been distributed to a mere 2%
of the almost 5 million braceros who are entitled to them.
The Poetry of Nicolas Guillen - This documentary introduces
viewers to the work of acclaimed poet Nicolás Guillén
(1902-1987), one of the most important modernist writers of the
African diaspora. Like his contemporary and close friend Langston
Hughes, Guillén combined a revindication of Africanity with
a commitment to international socialism. This documentary explains
the different stages of Guillén's work, placing it in historical
context. It includes an extensive interview with the author as well
as footage of him reading his poetry.
Rancheros and Gauchos in Argentina - Description N/A
Reed: Insurgent Mexico - A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper
accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Explores the young journalist's
adventures with Pancho Villa's army in 1913-1914. Through encounters
with Generals Villa and Urbina as well as ordinary soldiers, Reed
sheds his journalistic impartiality and becomes a potent advocate
of the revolution.
Remember the Maine: The Roots of the Spanish American War -
"The U.S.S. Maine Blown Up in Havana Harbor-268 Men Lost"
shouted the headlines of the day. Using archival footage, newspaper
excerpts, and historical documents, this program traces the roots
of the Spanish-American War to Spain's quest to preserve its flagging
empire, American imperialism, and the genuine desire on the part
of Cubans to shake off the yoke of Spanish domination. It closely
examines the role of Cuba's poet/patriot José Martí,
exposes American expansionist policies that contributed to our decision
to enter the war, and reveals Spanish attempts to thwart open conflict.
NEW Resistir Para Existir: La
Lucha Cucapa
This short documentary tells the story the Cucapa, an Indigenous
people of Mexicali, who have been denied fishing permits, even though
they have been fishing in their valley for over 9,000 years; indeed,
even before this area was considered Mexico. Fishing is part of
their ancestral traditions and is their only form of support. On
the other hand, commercial fisherman have no problems obtaining
fishing permits. During the upcoming fishing season, which runs
from February to May, the Sixth Delegation of the EZLN, along with
adherents of “The Other Campaign” will set up camp in
the Mexicali dessert community of the Mayor Cucapa, and will join
the local community in exercising their rights to fish in a peaceful,
civil disobedient campaign for social change and justice.
NEW Rocinha: Em Casa No Morrão
(At Home on the Big Hill) -
Shot on location in Brazil and produced at SDSU, this new half-hour
documentary explores a favela, or squatter town, in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, and the students of the Two Brothers Foundation (an ONG
working with education, community service, and international exchange)
who live there. (In Portuguese w/English subtitles)
Salvador - Description N/A
1932: Scars of Memory - January 22, 1932. An unprecedented peasant
uprising erupts in western El Salvador. Over a period of three days,
a ragtag group of Ladino and indigenous peasants take control over
several towns, cut supply lines, and attack a military garrison.
In 1932: SCARS OF MEMORY survivors of the uprising share their harrowing
memories - many for the first time. The brutal way in which the
uprising was crushed left many too scared to ever participate in
politics again. The trauma resonated through six decades of military
rule, until the 1992 peace accords ended a brutal, 12-year civil
war.
Secret Intelligence Intervention - Description N/A
Sentinels of Silence - Description N/A
Shaping Society Through Dance - Description N/A
Smithsonian Programa Frontera p1 and p2 - Description N/A
The Spanish-American War: A Conflict in Progress - This program
examines the conduct of the war, from Theodore Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, to the defeatist attitude of Spanish commander Admiral Cerveras,
to Cuban General Gomez and his decision to side with the Americans.
Actual footage taken at the battles of Las Guasimas, El Caney, and
San Juan Hill supports excellent historical commentary, including
photos, sketches, and firsthand accounts of the war by publishing
mogul William Randolph Hearst. The precise sequence of political
and military events leading to the Spanish defeat is carefully traced
up to the Treaty of Paris, where Spain relinquishes all rights to
Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Speech from the Cage - Description N/A
Stories from El Salvador 1988 - Description N/A
The Sugar Mill - Description N/A
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