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Elefante Blanco (2012) Argentina; pobreza, villas miserias, iglesia 106 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrn_6mZCEs
católica
Historias Mínimas (
Intimate Argentina; mundo rural; costumbres; pobreza; 92 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4506Q9Sm0A
Storys
) (2002) Patagonia
The Take (2004) Argentina; labour rights; unions; globalization 87 mins
Un lugar en el Mundo (1992) Argentina; Patagonia; memoria 120 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0mUN_I6uY
White, Blue and White (2015) Argentina; soccer; Falkland Islands war 52 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHibzBDujkg
Infancia Clandestina (2011) Argentina; Dirty War; memory; guerrilla; 112 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqB5COiCkRw
Montoneros; Exilio
Cocalero (2007) Bolivia; Evo Morales 2005 campaign 94 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VboA34PMnpU
Los hermanos Cartagena (1981) Bolivia; Revolution 1952; 20th century history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w80Cv22cxwY
Our Brand is Crisis (2005) Bolivia; Sánchez de Lozada 2002 campaign; US 85 mins
campaign marketing
También la Lluvia (2010) Bolivia; colonialism; water rights 104 mins https://vimeo.com/43191063
Estado de Sitio (1973) Uruguay; Golpe de Estado; authoritarism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuIM3fD4rB8
Batismo de Sangue Brazil; Catholic opposition to the military 2006
regime; human rights abuses/torture
Black Orpheus ( Orfeu Negro
) Brazil; art film 107 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwn4vYR_3Y4
(1959)
Bus 174 (2002) Brazil; poverty; crime and violence 150 mins
Central Station (1998) Brazil; poverty; illiteracy; migration from the 115 mins
Northeast
Cidade de Deus
City of God ( ) Brazil; poverty; crime and violence 135 mins
(2003)
Entreatos (2004) Brazil; Lula; PT; documentary; 2002 117 mins
presidential campaign
Elite Squad (2007) Brazil; corruption and police violence 120 mins
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Brazil; corruption and police violence 116 mins
(2010)
Four Days in September (O Que Brazil; dictatorship; guerrilla resistance 110 mins
É Isso, Companheiro) (1997)
El bien amado Brazil; local politics
Getúlio (2014) Brazil; Getulio Vargas (democratic period and 101 mins
suicide)
Lula, the Son of Brazil (2009) Brazil; Lula 130 mins
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Olga (2004) Brazil; Vargas presidency; communist 141 mins
insurgency; romance
Peões(2004) Brazil; Lula; labor organizing 85 mins
The Year My Parents Went on Brazil; military regime; 1970 World Cup; 110 mins
Vacation (2006) human rights abuses
Cabra Marcado para Morrer Brazil: military regime, peasants unions, 119 mins
(1984) poverty, rural conflict
News from a Personal War Brazil: drug violence, poverty, favelas 57 mins
(1999)
La casa de los espíritus (
The Chile: 19th century history, dictatorship, Dirty 146 mins
House of Spirits
) (1993) War
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Cóndores no entierran todos los Colombia; political violence; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2ggwf4Sb0&feature=y
días (1984) outu.be
The Two Escobars ( Los dos Colombia; drug trafficking; soccer; crime; 104 mins
Escobar ) (30 for 30 Soccer violence
Stories) (2010)
Paraiso Travel (2007) Colombia: migración ilegal a Estados Unidos, 114 mins
latinos
The War We are Living (2011) Colombia; environmental justice in rural areas; 52 mins http://www.pbs.org/wnet/womenwarandpeace/fullepisodes/
land rights thewarweareliving/
El abrazo de la serpiente (2015) Colombia: colonialismo; indígenas 125 mins
Lucía (1968) Cuba; 19th Century History; Guerra de 160 mins
Independencia; Revolution;
The Lost City (
La ciudad Cuba, Revolution; Burguesía 144 mins
perdida) (2005)
Soy Cuba (1964) Cuban Revolution; art film 141 mins
When Castro Seized the Hilton Cuban Revolution 53 mins
(2009)
Memorias del Subdesarrollo Cuba; Burguesía 95 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezOiMnDyHQ
(1968)
Qué tan Lejos! (2006) Ecuador; Migration, economic crises 92 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsWW3nMMW8
(Trailer)
Romero (1989) El Salvador; Bishop Oscar Romero; liberation 104 mins
theology; civil war
Voces Inocentes (2004) El Salvador; civil war 152 mins
Salvador (1986) El Salvador; civil war 123 mins
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator Guatemala; Rios Montt; prosecution of human 103 mins
(2011) rights violations; role of media
Ixcanul (2015) Guatemala; indigenous; civil war; racism; 110 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkE1TGFuvAA
machism
El Norte (1983) Guatemala; migration through Mexico to US; 141 mins
civil war
Mexico: Crimes at the Border Mexico; human smuggling; migration; 7 mins http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico704/
(2008) USMexico border
Maquilapolis (2006) México; maquilas; USMexico border; labor 70 mins http://www.pbs.org/pov/maquilapolis/
Y tu mamá también! (2001) Mexico; social life (coming of age story about a 106 mins
road trip); comedy
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Rojo Amanecer (1989) Mexico; Tlalteloco massacre of 1968; 96 mins
authoritarianism; human rights abuses
Pan y Rosas (2000) Mexico; latinos; labour rights;
Gimme the Power!! ( ) Mexico; politics power;
El atentado (2010) Mexico; politics power; 19th century history 120 mins http://www.sipeliculas.com/elatentado
La sombra del caudillo (1960) Mexico; politics power; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2HHSuwmDJg
The Perfect Dictatorship (2014) Mexico; corruption; Televisa’s control of the 143 mins
country's politics; satire
La jaula de oro (2013) Mexico; CentroAmérica; migration through 110 mins
Mexico to US; latinos
El infierno
Hell ( ) (2010) México; return migrant who gets involved with 145 mins
the drug trade; lots of sex and violence
Cartel Land (2015) Mexico; vigilante justice; USMexico border 100 mins
La Ley de Herodes (1999) Mexico; corruption in small town politics; 120 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU2Yrii13_M
1940s PRI; crime; clientelism; satire
Sin Nombre (2009) Mexico and Honduras; migration; crime and 96 mins
violence
El Violin
The Violin ( ) (2007) Mexico; PRI authoritarianism; guerrilla 98 mins
resistance
DANGER: Journalists Crossing Mexico; Central American migration; 15 mins https://www.youtube.com/narconewstv
(2015) journalism; funny
NN: sin identidad (2012) Peru:
Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1999) Peru; machismo; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_DqXCPsVf8
The Milk of Sorrow ( La Teta Peru; aftermath of civil war; women recovering 95 mins
Asustada ) (2009) from war rape and violence
The Fall of Fujimori (2005) Peru; Fujimori 84 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Aiq6GqrpE
State of Fear (2005) Peru; Shining Path; human rights abuses; 94 mins
authoritarianism
The Last Colony (2015) Puerto Rico’s relationship to the US 90 mins https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thelastcolony
En el tiempo de las mariposas República Dominicana: Trujillo, guerrilla, 135 mins
(2001) movimiento feminista
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Secuestro Express (2005) Venezuela; crime and violence 86 mins
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