Search results: Latin American Studies

The Years of Fierro (Los Ańos de Fierro) The story of César Fierro. He spent four decades on Texas’s death row for a murder that evidence shows he did not commit.
Voices from the Abyss (Las voces del despeñadero) Cliff divers in Acapulco, Guerrero, earn their living by diving 100 feet into the sea from a dangerous cliff as part of a thrilling show at La Quebrada.
Maduro: The Indestructible From pariah to power player, Nicolás Maduro clings to Venezuela's socialist revolution as war and oil reshape his global standing in this portrait of survival, repression, and political reinvention.
The Route: China to America Thousands of Chinese asylum seekers are taking a perilous journey through Latin America, known as “zouxian” or “the walking route,” to reach the United States. They traverse nine countries facing harsh terrain and criminal gangs.
Sisters of the Trees Families in the village of Rajasthan, India no longer believe that the birth of a girl is a curse. Now to celebrate their birth, 111 trees are planted. This act has created an oasis and empowered the women of the community.
Map of Latin American Dreams / Mapa de sueños latinoamericanos From 1992 to 2013, Argentine artist Martín Weber asked people throughout Latin America to write their dreams on a wooden chalkboard. Decades later, Martin embarked on a search for the same individuals to see if their dreams had come true.
Guañuna After police wrongfully arrested Paúl Guañuna, his body was found the next day at the bottom of a ravine. Guañuna follows a father's relentless fight for justice, uniting youth and a wounded community to confront racism, police brutality, and impunity in Ecuador.
Unforgivable (Imperdonable) A ruthless hitman for the 18th Street gang deals with his sexuality inside an evangelical Salvadoran prison, where he is not just guilty of crimes, but of an unforgivable sin under God and gang: being gay
CACHADA – The Opportunity A stunningly honest portrait of five incredible women who offer poignant and unthinkable memories in a documentary full of emotion and hope.
The Invention of the Other (A Invenção Do Outro / La invención del Otro) An expedition into the Amazon, led by Bruno Pereira, seeks to find the isolated Korubo tribe and reunite them with other indigenous family members.
Kenya: The Struggle for Justice After witnessing the murder of her friend, Kenya, a transgender sex worker, embarks on a journey of struggle and the pursuit of justice.
The Woman of Stars and Mountains (Mukí Sopalírili Aligué Gawichí Nirúgame) A Mexican indigenous woman left her mountain community. She was discovered and detained in a Kansas psychiatric hospital for 12 years. Authorities couldn't determine her identity or language. This documentary explores her story and the racism and discrimination she faced.
To See You Again (Volverte a ver) Against a backdrop of epidemic levels of disappearances and deaths in Mexico—an estimated 360,000 have died since 2006—a group of women put pressure on the government in this powerful portrait of female solidarity.
Judged Bodies: The Fight for Reproductive Rights (Cuerpos Juzgados) In El Salvador, where abortion is completely illegal, women who have had obstetric emergencies have been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison. The Citizen Group fights for women’s reproductive rights and works to free women unjustly imprisoned.
We Are Guardians We Are Guardians follows Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé as they fight deforestation and illegal loggers. The film explores the Amazon Rainforest's role in climate stability and the economic drivers of deforestation.
Onanya Onanya is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of an Amazonian tribe that has stood the test of time. The Shipibo are indigenous gatekeepers of the natural kingdom and its medicinal plants whose way of life is under threat.
Running for the Revolution Cuba’s greatest ever track athlete Alberto Juantorena shares his remarkable personal journey through a cauldron of sport & politics - offering a fresh and engaging insight into his unique country, and its tangled relationship with the USA
Clean Hands What happens when your wildest dreams come true? From living on a garbage dump, a philanthropist builds them a house and farm. Shot over the course of seven years, ‘Clean Hands’ is an award-winning account of family, extreme poverty and the hope and innocence of children.
Latin America: A Giant In Turmoil An inside view on the new challenges the continent is facing
Solo – Out of a Dream A story of poverty, violence, and escape from the slums of Rio de Janeiro
DOLORES Dolores Huerta fought tirelessly alongside Chavez for racial and labor justice and became one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. The fight continues...
Life Is Sacred The fearless Colombian philosopher-politician-teacher Antanas Mockus and his followers struggle for peace in a country with the longest running internal conflict in the world. This is a story about 4 years that changed a country forever.
Karla’s Arrival Teenager Sujeylin Aguilar raises her newborn daughter Karla on the same streets she has been calling home for the past eight years. Mother and baby struggle to reach the little one’s first birthday.
The Lifeguard A tale of two lifeguards, Mauricio and Jean Pierre, who occupy neighbouring lookout towers and bring very different approaches to their job
Toxic Playground Toxic waste was sent from Sweden to Chile in the 80's. Children began to play amongst the waste; when they get sick where does the finger of blame point?
Unwanted Witness A candid portrait of Hollman Morris, a journalist in Columbia who speaks out about the violence in his country on his weekly television show. For this he has received both international acclaim and death threats.