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Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Felipe, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, has reached a crossroad. After living 16 years in Brooklyn, working three-paying jobs, and sending the bulk of his earnings to his wife and children in Mexico, he's decided to return home to the family he hasn't seen in almost two decades. But when he informs them of his plans, he discovers that they've squandered the money, are deeply in debt and don’t want him to return. They need him to stay in the U.S....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Costa Rica’s motto is Pura Vida - Pure Life - and it boasts some of the most spectacular wildlife in the world. Venture across the nation’s rugged landscapes, from volcanic peaks to coastal jungle to misty cloud forests and get to know Costa Rica’s dazzling diversity of hummingbirds. Discover these astonishing little birds’ outsize ripple effects on macaws, quetzals, monkeys, tapirs and more.
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Series
Language
English
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Fighting for funding for her local clinic, Dr. Natalía Navarro never expected her ex-surgeon Leo Espinoza--to show up in her ER! Five years earlier, Nati knew the only way to compel Leo toward the prestigious future he'd been working towards was to set him free. But with Leo back in East Ward, the duo's long-dormant electricity sparks into instant flame. Now Leo not only holds the clinic's future in the balance...but might also have Nati's heart!...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
With visually stunning landscapes and immersive sound, GODS OF MEXICO is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several communities of rural Mexico. Using richly saturated color and hypnotic black-and-white interludes, filmmaker Helmut Dosantos takes viewers through salt pans, deserts, highlands, jungle, and underground mines—paying tribute to those who fight to preserve their cultural identity amidst the shadows of modernization....
7) Borrufa
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Shot on 16mm film in long, thoughtful takes, Roland Dahwen’s debut feature tells the story of an immigrant family in Oregon whose life is disrupted when it’s revealed that the father has a second family. Reeling from this news, his wife Leonora must choose to either leave her husband, her dying mother, and her son, who has a mysterious illness—or to move on, and let her husband take responsibility for the family he’s destroyed. With a pace...
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After his terminal cancer diagnosis in 2017, the late Indigenous screen legend David Gulpilil sits down in front of the camera one last time to tell his story in his own words, taking us boldly on the journey that is his extraordinary life and career.
9) 499
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Exactly 499 years after the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, an unnamed conquistador washes up on the east coast of Mexico as if ejected from a time machine. In his period costume, he treks over the mountains, from Veracruz to Mexico City, the same route Hernán Cortés took to conquer Tenochtitlan.
10) Road Runners
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Montego Bay, young athletes prepare to compete in the island’s greatest sporting event: Champs. Through a story of hope, struggle, and identity, see what it means to grow up in Jamaica, and learn why these young athletes are striving for success that could determine the rest of their lives.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Savor the sights, sounds and flavors of the U.S.-Mexico border alongside acclaimed chef and James Beard Award-winning host Pati Jinich as she experiences the region’s rich culture, people and cuisine. Travel with Pati as she shares meals with locals from all walks of life and reflects on the melding of cultures.
Publisher
Pavilion Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Derek Walcott, Literature Nobel Laureate travelled the world while remaining closely connected to his beloved island St. Lucia. As a poet, playwright, painter and even filmmaker, Derek Walcott hymned the Caribbean for over 60 years. This documentary presents an intimate portrait of him, set in his beloved native island St. Lucia. This film explores the poetry of Derek Walcott, the landscapes and people that inspired it.
Publisher
Pavilion Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
So we meet the characters one at a time. Bogart is grumbling about everything being so late. Robby has been in a state of sustained carnival wonder since the early 80s. Paul is jammin’ in Trinidad with Mac Farlane for the first time, lookin’ forward to the party. Jhawhan is a folk dancer with dreams of being the king of carnival. Brian is ambitious and determined and Jenette is a first-time costume maker with stars in her eyes and memories of...
18) Panama Dreams
Publisher
Pavilion Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Transports the viewer on filmmaker Alison Saunders’ modern-day search for descendants of an ancestor who left Barbados in the early 1900s to build the Panama Canal – one of the seven wonders of the modern world. After five years of creating compelling re-enactments and collecting archival film and photos, as well as contemporary images and interviews, she tells a larger, poignant story of strength, endurance and sacrifice and uncovers troubling...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Visit the Pacific coast and the volcanoes of the Andes. Along the coast humpback whales give birth and fish crabs in the mangrove forests. The ascent into the Andes is like a journey to a different planet. Snow-capped, 13,000 feet high volcanoes known as the Los Nevados are surrounded by the Paramó, a magical landscape of giant flowers. Here we observe bears, condors and stunning hummingbirds.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the Pacific coast to the snow-covered volcanoes of the Andes, from the plains of the Orinoco region deep into the rainforests of the Amazon, this documentary offers captivating insights into a natural paradise that, due to decades of civil war, remained largely inaccessible. Conditions are ideal for a wealth of flora and fauna, including jaguars, anacondas, condors and hammerhead sharks.
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