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African
Influences in Latin America
Modern
Art
| Callnumber: |
AM
MEX 35 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
The
Life and Times of Frida Kahlo |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
The
Life and Times of Frida Kahlo chronicles the life and art of the
great Mexican painter as never before, framing Kahlo's life in
relationship to the historical and cultural influences that inspired
her and defined the first half of the 20th century. Kahlo became
an international sensation in the world of modern art and radical
politics. Her life was a drama of personal extremes lived against
a backdrop of political, social and artistic revolution. The film
is an intimate biography of a woman who gracefully balanced a
private life of illness and pain against a public persona that
was flamboyant, irreverent, and world-renowned. It documents the
career of the first modern Mexican painter to hang in the Louvre,
and looks at her ambiguous relationship to her contemporaries
and to avant-garde art, from Cubism, to Surrealism to the Mexican
Mural Movement. Filmmaker Amy Stechler uncovered thousands of
photographs, collected rare movie footage of the artist and her
era, and interviewed friends, students and experts to create a
profoundly new portrait of the legendary artist. Directed by Amy
Stechler, 2004. |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
90
min. |
| Callnumber: |
AM
MEX 36 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
Diego
Rivera: I Paint What I See |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
The
first biographical film on the famed Mexican artist, "DIEGO
RIVERA: I PAINT WHAT I SEE" traces his life from childhood
through his Cubist period, his leading role in the Mexican mural
renaissance, his fame as a muralist in the USA, and his later
years. The film explores Rivera's life and work, including his
stormy relationship with Frida Kahlo and the destruction of his
famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Shot on location in Mexico
and the United States, the film includes a remarkable collection
of archival film and photographs, much of which has not been seen
before. The text is drawn from the writings of Rivera and Kahlo
and from other historical texts. Using Rivera's own words, this
richly detailed film brings to life the difficulty he faced in
his transition from studio artist to public and political artist,
and the conflicts that arose from that point onward. English subtitles,
58 minutes, directed by Mary Lance, 1989. |
| Language: |
Spanish
with English subtitles |
| Length: |
58
min. |
Art,
Precolumbian; Anthropology/Archaeology (general)
| Callnumber: |
AP
HON 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
The
Rio Platano Biosphere in Search of: Ciudad Blanca |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Join
some intrepid members of SEPH (Society for the Exploration and
Preservation of Honduras) on a trek into the Honduran Mosquita
in search of a legendary lost city known as Ciudad Blanca. The
group explores the diminishing cultural and biological diversity
of this United Nations World Heritage Site in Danger. Also included
are collections of never before seen artifacts from the region.
2004 |
| Language: |
English
and Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
45
min. |
Curriculum Packets
Economic
Development
| Callnumber: |
DEV
BRA 12 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Reinventing
the World: Cities |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
"Cities"
is a one hour television documentary and part of a 5-part series
called "ReInventing the World". "Cities" is
a look at the phrase (considered an oxymoron by some), "urban
sustainability" to understand what's needed to make our cities
more livable, more affordable and more healthy and sustainable.
A third of the film was shot in Brazil to see how the cities of
Curitiba and Sao Paulo are dealing with questions of sustainability
through innovative transportation and how to balance questions
of affordable housing and social justice with the needs of protecting
the environment. 2002 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
55
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
BRA 13 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Esmereldas:
Petroleum and Poverty |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
A
film that portrays an intimate connection with a desperate community.
The bulk of Ecuador's petroleum is refined in an Afro-Ecuadorian
community in Esmeraldas. After years of illnesses from wastes
and spills, the refinery exploded, killing several people and
contaminating the river. Graphic depictions of illnesses caused
by the pollution accompany the story of this community's struggle
for health, safety and dignity. 2002 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
9
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
BRA 14 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Oleoducto
Contaminacíon y Pobreza (Amazon Oil Pipeline-Pollution
Corruption and Poverty) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
In
Ecuador in the year 2000 construction began on a heavy crude oil-pipeline,
the OCP. It is intended to double Ecuadorian oil output in order
to satisfy the energy requirements of the U.S. The oil will be
extracted from the Amazon headwaters, wiping our rainforests national
parks and indigenous cultures.This documentary testifies to the
reality of 30 years of oil exploitation in a country whose extremely
rich natural patrimony is being destroyed due to the greed of
transnational corporations and of the international banking system.
2003 |
| Language: |
Spanish
w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
33
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
DOM 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Donde
No Hay Agua (Where There is No Water) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Donde
No Hay Agua is a documentary that explores water scarcity issues
in the Dominican Republic. This island nation is known for its
tropical climate, but in some parts of the country, citizens struggle
to find water to meet their day to day needs. This struggle is
best represented in Oviedo, a small town in the poor southwestern
region of the country. Oviedo's water is dependent on an agricultural
canal that is fed from a diminishing watershed in the nearby mountains
of Paraiso. The citizens of Oviedo receive bathing and cleaning
water from the canal as well as subterranean salt-water wells.
Most drinking water comes from cistern trucks that sell water
at 30 pesos a barrel. The water challenge in Oviedo is due to
various factors including: politics, economics, and location,
but the overarching factor is the environment. Whether an aqueduct
is built in Oviedo or not, if the watershed is deforested, the
water will disappear. This documentary shows how slash and burn
agricultural techniques have damaged nearby watersheds. If the
remaining watersheds are not protected, the already precarious
water sources will vanish forever. Though local institutions and
residents are working to save the watershed, there is still much
work to be done. This is not only a local problem, but a national
problem for the Dominican Republic, and an international issue,
where water is quickly becoming a scarcity. This documentary shows
the challenges of life 'Donde No Hay Agua', and explores the complexities
of water scarcity in the developing world. 2005 |
| Language: |
Spanish
w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
23
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
ECU 01 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
Burlington
Resources in Ecuador / ChevronTexaco: On Trial in Ecuador |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Burlington
Resources in Ecuador: Burlington Resources, a Houston-based oil
company with record annual earnings of some $1.2 billion in 2003,
has plans to explore for oil in three highly controversial oil
concessions in remote Amazon regions of Ecuador and Peru. These
concessions were carved out of the traditional territories of
four indigenous nations--the Shuar, Achuar, Kichwa, and Zapara--without
their consultation or consent. The indigenous federations representing
the peoples that have lived in these extraordinarily biodiverse
areas for thousands of years are opposed to oil projects on their
lands. They point to the fate of other forest communities living
near the major oil producing regions of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian
Amazon, where wide-spread oil and toxic contamination has caused
increased incidents of cancer and other illnesses among the local
peoples who have no option but to bathe, fish and drink from polluted
rivers. ChevronTexaco: On Trial in Ecuador: A quick clip protesting
ChevronTexaco's actions in Ecudaor. 2004 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
12
min./4 min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
HON 04 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
Lucha
Garifuna (Garifunas Holding Ground) |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
This
video was co-produced by a group which is part of the Afro-Indigenous
community in Honduras, the Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras
(Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras). We Garifuna are descendants
of Indigenous Arawaks and Caribs, and Africans, and we maintain
our unique culture, in addition to protecting the natural resources,
living in harmony with the sea and the land. In this video, the
communities themselves explain our struggles to protect our ancestral
lands and environment against multiple threats, like the usurpation
of land by large land-owners by violent means, cattle ranchers
who pollute our water supplies with an illegal highway. In spite
of the indifference of the government and the risk we face – one
of the colleagues who is seen in the video has since been brutally
assassinated – we continue to struggle. As we say in Garifuna,
“Wabaruagon!”, or we go together forward. 2002 |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
11
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
NIC 06 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Halvan
kahvin uhrit (Victims of Cheap Coffee) |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Collapsing
prices on the world coffee market have plunged millions of growers
in many countries into poverty. In Nicaragua, Rosa Maria Mendez
buried her 6-year-old son, who had died of starvation. ”We have
nothing left but to wait for death,” she says, as she looks after
her five surviving children. Coffee plantation owners are bankrupt,
the workers are starving. The programme reports on the victims
of cheap coffee and tells about the consequences that collapse
of coffee prices has caused in producer countries. The programme
was filmed in Nicaragua and Vietnam. 2003 |
| Language: |
Finnish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
50
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
PER 06 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
Peru's
Camisea Project: Risky Business |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Peru's
Camisea Gas Project is currently the most damaging project in
the Amazon Basin. Located in the remote Urubamba Valley in the
south-east Peruvian Amazon, the $1.6 billion project includes
two pipelines to the Peruvian coast cutting through an Amazon
biodiversity hotspot described by scientists as "the last
place on earth" to drill for fossil fuels. Nearly 75 percent
of gas extraction operations are located inside a State Reserve
for indigenous peoples living with little or no contact with the
outside world, who have been forcibly contacted by the Camisea
consortia in violation of their internationally recognized rights.
A gas processing plant is being built on the Peruvian coast within
the buffer zone of a marine reserve of international significance.
2004 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
13
min. |
| Callnumber: |
DEV
PER 07 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Black
Plague |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
This
documentary shows the destruction of the Amazon in Ecuador by
Chevron/Texaco during their 20 years of oil exploitation. It also
shows the campesino and indigenous movement in Ecuador against
this giant oil company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It
was made for the International Campaign against Chevron/Texaco
organized by Amazon Watch. 2002 |
| Language: |
English and Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
10
min. |
-
Education,
International
Dance
and Festivals
Folk
Arts
| Callnumber: |
FA
ARG 02 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Oscar |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Oscar
Brahim is a taxi driver in Buenos Aires and works twelve hours
a day. Ever irritated by the constant bombarding of advertisements
- indeed a visual form of pollution - he transports modified posters,
scissors, and glue in the trunk of his car, that will allow him
to "alter" the ads and transform them into veritable
works of art, visual pamphlets to denounce the leeway of the Argentine
society. He leaves room for hop that even an individual initiative,
and an artistic one at that, can change our vision of the world
and awaken our conscience. 2005 |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
61
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FA
CUB 01 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
Sin
embargo (Nevertheless) |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
After
the revolution of 1959 and the U.S. embargo that followed, the
people of Cuba were left to fend for themselves. Deprived of even
the most basic goods, they scavenge the alleys and scrap heaps,
giving new vitality to the discarded. Their recycled products
are often remarkably ingenious and creative. For Andrs the sculptor,
Tomas the canary breeder, and the other subjects of Sin Embargo,
even the greatest pressure – whether levied by government or circumstance
– cannot crush the spirit nor quash the desire to forge a better
life for themselves and their families. Shot entirely in Cuba,
Sin Embargo is a look into the hearts and dreams of struggling
peoples and a tribute to their optimistic and resourceful determination
to survive. 2003 |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
49
min. |
Food
and Drink
| Callnumber: |
FD
01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
The
Future of Food |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
THE
FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing
truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods
that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past
decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields
of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives
and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology.
The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization
are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed about the
introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico in digital beta-cam
in 16x9 format, The Future of Food examines the complex web of market
and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational
corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also
explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing
organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm
crisis today. The Future of Food reveals that there is a revolution
going on in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America,
a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we
eat. We feel that this film is of great interest to everyone who
eats. 2004 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
89
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FD
AND 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Big
Spuds Little Spuds |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
BIG
SPUDS, LITTLE SPUDS takes a close look at the potato to examine
the effects of climate change and monoculture on one of the world's
staple food crops. With half the planet's population dependent on
rice, wheat, potatoes, and corn, to what extent are pests and disease
- often exacerbated by climate change - threatening world food security?
The people of the Andes in Peru have raised more than 5,000 varieties
of potatoes. During the Green Revolution of the 1960s they were
urged to adopt a handful of new high-yielding varieties, that proved
to be highly vulnerable to the harsh mountain weather, and to pests
and diseases. The new varieties also require massive inputs of chemicals
and water. In 1997 El Nino had a dramatic impact on the climate
both in Peru, and Idaho, home of the US potato industry. In Peru,
El Nino brought drought and killer frosts to the highlands: in Idaho,
it brought persistent rains. With the wet weather came the blight
that caused the Irish potato famine. Idaho's potato farmers were
totally unprepared. The film looks at traditional methods of potato
farming where Andean families grow their own varieties, practice
crop rotation, and utilize a minimum of inputs. In sharp contrast
is the industrial method of production used in Idaho, and increasingly
in Peru, where just a few high-yielding varieties are grown, where
soil fertility decreases, pesticides lose their effectiveness, and
campesinos wind up working as laborers on their own land. But there
is a new pride in the old varieties of potatoes. People are documenting
the characteristics of different varieties in an attempt to preserve
genetic diversity, and with it perhaps world food security. 1999 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
52
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FD
BRA 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Reinventing
the World: Food |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
This
film asks the question: how can we reinvent the food system so it's
affordable, healthy and sustainable? It asks such food writers and
activists such as Frances Moore Lappe and Brewster Kneen for their
ideas and goes to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where the municipal government
boldly asked: why can't food be a human right - and then set about
making changes so that everyone in the city (of over a million)
had access to affordable and locally produced food. By encouraging
local farmers to keep on growing food they were able to ensure them
on-going buyers. And by keeping rural, agricultural life viable,
they are stemming the tide to the city. It's been a win-win all
round and a story we in the North can learn from. 2001 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
55
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FD
CA 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Coffee
with the Taste of the Moon |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
This
film looks into the faces of people who are at times "consumers"
and "producers' of what is known as the most traded commodity
in the world after oil- coffee. From the point of view of the narrator
who one day ponders the impact of his morning cup, We begin to see
that coffee is an entry point for considering the impact of our
consumption choices in the United States on social justice issues
and ecological concerns across the Americas and around the world.
We begin to see what makes specialty coffee special, to consider
claims of corporate social responsibility and to understand how
an industry that has questionable impacts on people and the planet
is also has a thriving sustainability movement comprised of a number
of grassroots campaigns and product certification programs, including
Fair Trade and Organic. The narrator's quest takes us to communities
of farmers in Central America that each are in some way envisioning
improving their quality of life as they improve the quality of their
coffee and conserve the land. Through the stories of engaging, often
endearing inviduals, "Coffee with the taste of the Moon"
explores topics like market consolidation, food safety and the short-sighted
risks of the agrochemical industry's Green Revolution. The viewer
may see that the nuances of flavor in quality coffee are a result
of artisan craftsmanship and wisdom passed down generation to generation
all while also questioning some of the core underlying assumptions
of globalization. It is the story of poetic social activists, entrepreneurs,
earnest and innovative farmers, scientists, and the coffee drinkers
who connect them. This is a small story of awareness about how we
treat our neighbors, and about how our purchases represent our values.
2005 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
57
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FD
COS 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
The
Story of Chocolate |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
From
the pre-Columbian dawn to the Age of Exploration, and from the scientific
laboratory to modern manufacturing, chocolate has fascinated everyone
with a taste for enchantment. “The Story of Chocolate” begins deep
in the tropical forest, travels through the sacred rituals of the
Aztecs and the intrigue of European royalty, and emerges into our
modern popular culture. This magical food has held a special place
in our lives for more than 2000 years. Even scientists refer to
it as Theobroma cacao, “the food of the gods.” All of the cacao
growing and cocoa harvesting footage was shot on location in the
Talamanca region of Costa Rica, a remote and mountainous rainforest
area. The video shows how small family farmers are using sustainable
farming methods to help preserve tropical forests while maintaining
a steady supply of cocoa beans. This program was part of a project
designed to show sustainable cocoa farming in Costa Rica. Clips
from the program and additional information can be found at www.cocoatree.org.
2003 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
15
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FD
NIC 01 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Islas
Hermanas (Sister Islands) |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Celebrating
a unique 13 year relationship between Bainbridge Island, Washington
and Ometepe Island in Nicaragua, ISLAS HERMANAS travels from the
volcanic slopes of Nicaragua, where the Ometepe community cultivates
organic coffee beans, to the Pegasus Coffee Company, on Bainbridge,
where volunteers roast, pack and distribute the fair-trade commodity.
But it's more than coffee. These "sister" communities
have become a part of each other's consciousness. Bainbridge students
raise money to send to Ometepe, and in turn Ometepe families open
their homes to the students, for whom a visit to the village can
be a priceless look into another world. 1999 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
28
min. |
Feature
Films
| Callnumber: |
FF
COL 09 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
Maria
Full of Grace |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Maria Alvarez is a Colombian teenager who lives with three generations
of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia. Desperate
to leave her job stripping thorns from roses, Maria accepts a
large paycheck, agrees to be a mule for drug-runners: she has
to swallow dozens of thumb-sized capsules of heroin and smuggle
them into New York. This debilitating process is painstakingly
described, and of course not everything goes as planned when Maria
and her fellow mules land in America. The trump card is the lead
performance of Catalina Sandrino Moreno, who won awards at the
Seattle and Newport Film Festivals.. Her empathetic face carries
us along on Maria's journey, and humanizes a problem that is too
easily relegated to a headline. The dramatic thriller builds toward
a conclusion that could only be based on a thousand true stories.
Directed by: Joshua Martin. |
| Language: |
Spanish
w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
101
mins. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
HON 01 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
El
espíritu de mi mamá (Spirit of My Mother) |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Sonia, a young Garifuna woman, a Latin woman of African ancestry,
leads a troubled life as a house worker in Los Angeles and is
plagued by a haunting memory from her past of a relationship with
an American soldier. Her efforts to escape her present circumstance
and past trauma are fruitless until she has a dream of her deceased
mother who calls upon her with a sacred request; to return to
the coast of Honduras on a journey of self discovery and spiritual
rebirth. |
| Language: |
Spanish
w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
60
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
LA 06 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
The
Motorcycle Diaries |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
This film tells the incredible true story of a 23-year-old medical
student from Argentina, Che Guevara (yes, that Che, played here
by Gael Garcia Bernal), who motorcycled across South America with
his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) in 1951-52. The
trek became a personal odyssey that ultimately crystallized the
young man's budding revolutionary beliefs. Based on Che's own
diaries of the trip. 2004 |
| Language: |
Spanish
w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
127
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
PAR 02 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
The
Mission: Omnibus |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Disc 2 extras for the movie "The Mission" (FF PAR 01).
Bonus documentary which visits the film's South Americna location
shott and examines the heartrending lives of the Waunana Indians
who portrayed the film's Guarani tribespeople. |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
|
| Callnumber: |
FF
SPA 15 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Profilaxis
(Prophylaxis) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Pedro Pérez, a 34 year-old an electronic engineer, is here
to tell us something. Nervously, he sits on a chair that seems
to be more comfortable than it really is. He looks around, but
he cannot see anything. The lights blind him. He wonders why he
has to agreed to do all this. However, it is too late now. And
he starts by saying "Well, I don’t know, I felt uncomfortable,
like bored, depressed..." 2003 |
| Language: |
Spanish
w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
10
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
US 15 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
A
Day Without a Mexican |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
The California Dream becomes a hilarious nightmare when the Golden
State's entire Latin American population mysteriously vanishes.
For most, "the disappearance"forces the cracks in their
private lives wide open, including TV news reporter Lila Rodriguez,
the state's last remaining Hispanic, and Senator Steven Abercrombie
III, who becomes governor pro tem despite his anti-immigrant stance.
In ensuing panic, dubious experts pose some colorful theories:
it's an alien abduction; an act of bioterrorism; "The Rapture"
has begun and Latinos are God's chosen. 2004 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
98
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
US 16 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
My
Family |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
Francis Ford Coppola produced this sprawling immigrant saga that
tells the stories of three generations of the Sanchez family as
they migrate to California during the 1920s, weather the Depression
and a world war and look to the future. Lured by the promise of
the "American Dream," patriarch Jimmy Sanchez (Edward
James Olmos) begins the saga by emigrating from revolutionary
Mexico to East Los Angeles. 1995 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
127
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
BRA 67 VIDEO C02 |
| Title: |
Carandiru |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Murderers, rapists, stool pigeons, drug addicts. They were the
feared ones, the criminals who really ran Carandiru, Brazil's
largest correctional facility: Ebony, an honorable thief and respected
leader; Highness, a smooth operator with two families to support;
Ezequiel, an ex-surfer turned crack addict; Dagger, a brutal killer
with God on his side. They were among the prison's elite, the
select few who ruled Carandiru by their own codes and laws. A
rule that would end in bloodshed when 300 policemen stormed the
facility and brutally murdered 111 unarmed inmates. This is the
true story of that infamous day in October 1992, a day that shocked
the world. The day of the Carandiru Massacre. Directed by Hector
Babenco, Brazil, 2003. |
| Language: |
Portuguese w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
145
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
BRA 68 VIDEO C02 |
| Title: |
God
Is Brazilian |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
God is stressed and needs a break from the endless toil of minding
the Earth and the troublesome human race. But before he can go
on vacation, he must find a temporary replacement. To track down
the person best suited for the job, God heads to Brazil, a country
that, despite being very religious, has never had an official
saint. Joined by a conniving fisherman and a soul-searching young
woman, he embarks on a spirited road trip in search of his ideal
stand-in. Directed by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Carlos
Diegues, this delightful fantasy mixes humor and social commentary
against the backdrop of Brazil's scenic countryside. Directed
by Carlos Diegues, 2002. |
| Language: |
Portuguese w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
110
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
BRA 69 VIDEO C02 |
| Title: |
Savage
Capitalism |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
This blockbuster Brazilian feature uses soap-opera melodrama to
tell the story of a beautiful romance between a reporter and a
mining company executive. But the romance crumbles when the executive's
wife, long presumed dead, returns and drives the couple the company,
and the country to the brink of a national disaster. Portuguese
with English subtitles, 86 minutes, directed by André Klotzel,
1993. |
| Language: |
Portuguese w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
86
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
MEX 76 VIDEO C02 |
| Title: |
Todo
el Poder (All the Power) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
When his ex-wife's car is stolen, Mexico City filmmaker Gabriel
decides to grab his camera and hunt down the thieves. Enlisting
the help of a young actress, he discovers an organized band of
robbers operating from within the local police department. And
when he gets too close to the truth, it's a tense game of cat-and-mouse
to see who will prevail in this entertaining, spine-tingling drama.
A big hit in Mexico, the film depicts realities of crime and corruption
faced by residents of Mexico City. Spanish with English subtitles,
102 minutes, directed by Fernando Sariñana, 2000. |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
102
min. |
| Callnumber: |
FF
URU 03 VIDEO C02 |
| Title: |
25
Watts |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Twenty-four hours in the lives of three young, wayward friends
are chronicled in this impressive, low-budget charmer from Uruguay.
Directors Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll follow the trio's
drift through existence, which allows them time to ponder their
state of chronic boredom, wax philosophic on life, and encounter
a variety of bizarre characters. Winner of the Youth Jury Prize
at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival. Spanish with English subtitles,
94 minutes, directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, 2001. |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
94
min. |
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Geography
and Environment
| Callnumber: |
GE
BRA 13 VIDEO C 02 |
| Title: |
The
Shaman's Apprentice |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Renowned
ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin first traveled to the Amazon twenty
years ago seeking a cure for diabetes. There he found extraordinary
biological riches and a mysterious world of shape-shifting shamans
who healed with sophisticated plant medicines. Mark was to learn
that these indigenous people have an astonishing ability to understand
and manage their fragile rainforest environment -- but they are
disappearing faster than the forests themselves. Could he save
their world from extinction? 2001 |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
54
min. |
| Callnumber: |
GE
BRA 14 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Wildes
Rio (Wild Rio) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
Rio
de Janiero, "the marvalous city", is well known for
its glamorous life, the extraordinary carnival, beaches, and beach
beauties. But few people know that the wildlife of the city is
equally flamboyant. The city crowned by the spectacular Christ
statue is indeed the greenest metropolis in the world, for in
it live an enormous number of wild animals. Tijuca National Park
is the wild heart of Rio de Janeiro. This mystic rainforest lies
on steep hills in the middle of the city, surrounded by a sea
of stone. As part of the Atlantic rainforest it is a hot spot
of biodiversity. Here the rare Blue Manakin dancer bird performs
its spectacular dance, army ants swarm out for a hunt and large
groups of coatis enjoy their life as the main predator - the jaguar
- became extinct decades ago. Due to Rio's unique neighborhood
of rainforest and city, encounters between people and wild animals
are common. Capuchin monkeys often enter houses and create a mess
and sometimes caimans end up in peoples' swimming pools. The close
proximity of nature in Rio de Janeiro inspires also the makers
of Carnival. While the preparations for the city's biggest annual
event are going on, the film shows intimate moments in the life
of Rios wild inhabitants, revealing many interesting facts of
their biology. 2004 |
| Language: |
German w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
50
min. |
| Callnumber: |
GE
CHI 02 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Net
Loss |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
The
salmon aquaculture industry produces huge quantities of cheap
farm raised fish but in the process threatens the economies of
local coastal fishing communities, and the fragile marine environment.
By visiting Chile, British Columbia and Washington State, the
film provides both global and local perspectives on this industrial
approach to producing salmon. "Net Loss probes one of the
most important and cautionary tales for the future relationship
between humanity and the sea. We need to think long and hard about
this film." Carl Safina, Blue Ocean Institute. 2003 |
| Language: |
English
and Spanish w/ English Subtitles |
| Length: |
52
min. |
| Callnumber: |
GE
CHI 03 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
El
sueño del agua (The Dream of Water) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
This
film will expose the political and social problems related to
water resources. Expert voices from personalities such as William
Cosgrove: President of the World Water Council, Mikhail Gorbachev:
President of Green Cross International, Jean-Michel Cousteau,
President of Ocean Futures Society and Rita Levi-Montalcini, winner
of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, will contribute their ideas for
solutions to avoid the conflcts that arise in the wake of water
division. In parallel, boys and girls from different parts of
the world will speak in first person about the water problems
that they confront daily. En Benin, Crepin will explain to us
how the pollution of this lake is reducing the number of fish.
En Holland, Muriel will tell us how she is forced to evacuate
her home because of the need to reenforce the dyke that protects
her house from the sea. Nandini, in India, will detail for us
her daily odyssey just to be able to provide water for her family.
On the Gaza Strip, Isam and Anath will explain how the distribution
of potable water mounts the tension in one of the most untable
regions of the world. And in the desert of Atacama, in Chile,
Julio will show us how they have decided to combat drought through
imagination. |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
57
min. |
| Callnumber: |
GE
CHI 04 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Life
of the River: The Futaleufú |
| Mediatype: |
VHS |
| Description: |
"Life
of the River - The Futaleufu" goes south of south with travel
writer Rick Montgomery to do a story about a remote and raging
river in southern Chile known as "the greatest whitewater
on earth”… the great Futaleufu. While getting up close and personal
with some of the finest class V rapids on the globe, Rick finds
out about the plans for a dam on the river. Through conversations
with the local people of Futaleufu, Rick learns about the real
threat of a dam, the promise of eco-tourism and the preparations
for the upcoming battle. Produced by BoonDocs with Equilibrio
Producciones, S.A., "Life of the River The Futaleufu"
strives to bridge the gap between entertainment and environmental
content. 2001 |
| Language: |
English and Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
54
min. |
| Callnumber: |
GE
HON 02 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Cuando
el Rio y el Mar Se Unieron (When the River Met the Sea) |
| Mediatype: |
DVD |
| Description: |
This
video was co-produced by a group which is part of the Afro-Indigenous
community in Honduras, the Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras
(Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras). We Garifuna are descendants
of Indigenous Arawaks and Caribs, and Africans, and we maintain
our culture, in addition to protecting the natural resources,
living in harmony with the sea and the land. Our communities were
battered by Level 5 Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which stalled over
our coastal area for 3 days, resulting in the loss of lives, homes,
livelihoods and entire neighborhoods. In this video, the communities
themselves report on the struggle during and after Mitch, including
especially the voices of women and children. Working together,
the community is still struggling for survival, to recover and
to preserve our unique culture. We face hostility and negligence
by the government, usurpation of our ancestral lands, and abuses
by national and international agencies. Nevertheless, as we say
in Garifuna, “Wabaruagon!”, or we go together forward. 2004 |
| Language: |
Spanish w/ English subtitles |
| Length: |
15
min. |
| Callnumber: |
GE
LA 20 VIDEO C 01 |
| Title: |
Hot
Potatoes |
| Mediatype: |
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