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Teresa is a Cuban housewife, mother, and employee in a textile factory whose involvement in political and cultural groups incurs the displeasure of her husband.

After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests believe themselves unable to leave the premises. As the days pass, the elaborate facades of their social positions collapse and they are forced to live like animals. Finally discovering they are actually free to leave, they go to church to give thanks, where they are again trapped.

Ronald has only two concerns in his life: his job as a bicycle-riding local advertiser, and Lady, the forlorn object of his affection. In an attempt to secure both of these, Ronald attains the promise of work outside his town, Paraiso. However, his departure proves to be immensely ill fated.

While waiting for his estranged son's visit, eighty-year-old Antonio walks in his fields, reminiscing about his life.

El Benny is a movie that travels through three stages of the life of the legendary Cuban musician Benny Moré, including the time when he lived in Mexico. El Benny shows the tragic life and deciation to art of one of the greatest myths in Latin America's 20th century music

When a misguided teenager commits his first armed robbery with four small-time criminals, their surefire plan goes wrong and escalates into a hostage situation. In true tabloid style, the standoff with the police becomes a media circus, turning Johnny into a reluctant celebrity.

The rule among criminals is don't steal from your own kind. But extreme situations call for extreme measures. And so it goes that a bunch of thieves decide to rob one of the best in the business.

The film is a dazzling moral tale of a pious slaveholder who decides to improve his soul and instruct his slaves in the glories of Christianity by inviting twelve of them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

Seven people are called for a job interview. They all take part in a psychological test known as the Gronholm Method, a series of questions, scenarios and bizarre test questions. People begin to take things personally as the competition becomes more intense.

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite.

Emilio, a teenager who often finds himself being sent to the principle's office, has a crush on Jacklynne, the most popular girl in school. He decides to run for Student Council President to win her heart, but he later finds out that she's his opponent.

Perelman Jr. chose a different path rather than follow in his father's shadow as an attorney. When his office is unexpectedly closed for several weeks, he doesn't tell his wife. Instead he spends time with his son at school, and his father's work.

On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Forced to leave her house, she finds a new family with her uncle and gay cousin.

When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself.

Laura decides to purchase her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. The new environment awakens the imagination of Laura's son. His ongoing fantasy games played with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing.

El Cordobes lives with three friends and his pregnant girfriend, Sandra. They roam the streets of Buenos Aires stealing for a living but always having to hand over the majority of the booty to a higher up. Their philosophy in life seems to be that as long as they have enough for pizza, beer, and cigarettes, life is bearable.

The portrait of Jose del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, one of Chile's most infamous murderers. While out walking, he meets a mother and four children. A night of debauchery leads to one of the most savage pointless killing sprees in Chilean history.

Includes Attack of the Aztec Mummy; Curse of the Aztec Mummy, and The Robot versus the Aztec Mummy.

The anchor of a popular news show flies to a small town in Ecuador to cover a story about a serial child killer. He saves a man after the town tries to lynch him. The man offers information about the case in exchange for a story about his innocence.

Traces the effects of sexual abuse and religious schooling on the lives of two lifelong friends.

An inspirational adventure, based on the true story of two young men whose thrilling and dangerous road trip across Latin America becomes a life-changing journey of self-discovery.

Del Rio plays Maria, a girl who has a hard time being accepted in society because of her mother's poor reputation. She is forced to work and save her money to be able to marry the man she loves.

A study of street gangs set in the outskirts of Mexico City. The film is part social commentary, part surrealistic art.

A widow, owner of a coffee estate, falls in love with a strange visitor. Her son disapproves of the affair.

A group of actors, amid the frenzy of a modernized Buenos Aires, trieds to save their theatre from being replaced by a shopping mall

From his childhood in Valparaiso to his suicide following the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of chilean president Salvador Allende.

Havana Kidz is the story of five young musicians living in Havana City.

The story of a group of young Argentine musicians who want to start a tango orchestra school but they need the "old guard" - the true tango maestros - to lead them, to transmit and pass on their teachings.

Carmita, an 80 year old Cuban actress exiled in Mexico lives in a mansion in ruins. She's strong enough to appear on TV, read her fan mail and complain about her ruined dream of a Hollywood career. The unexpected visit of Laura and Israel allows us to discover a world trapped in the golden age memories.

A group of girls from a Buenos Aires shantytown fight to play a sport off-limits for women in Argentina: football. With courage they overcome many obstacles to realize their dream of competing in the Homeless World Cup in Brazil.

The dramatic story of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite, born with what the doctors call 'ambiguous genitalia,' whose parents moved from Buenos Aires to an isolated cabin outside of Piriápolis, Uruguay, to protect their child from prejudice.

In 1985, the film LAS MADRES: THE MOTHERS OF PLAZA DE MAYO profiled the Argentinian mothers' movement to demand to know the fate of 30,000 "disappeared" sons and daughters. Now three decades later, Argentina's courageous Grandmothers, or "Abuelas", have been searching for their grandchildren.

A documentary on the all-Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment.

Six gay men describe their life in Cuba dealing with daily social exclusion by a machismo society and the Cuban government

Archival footage follows the history of the Dominican Republic between 1916 to 196. The 3-part documentary focuses on Trujillo's regime.

A biography of Argentina's famous swing guitarist, who achieved international acclaim and headed Josephine Baker's band in Paris in the 1930s.

Through interviews and film clips this documentary highlights the rich musical heritage of Cuba.

An examination of the rise to power, election, overthrow and exile of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán.

History and showcase of 2 dance music genres of Puerto Rico, bomba and plena, featuring contemporary performances and documentary footage; filmed in Puerto Rico and the Bronx, New York.

The story of two brothers as they working in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico (Potosí). Abandoning their Catholic beliefs, Cerro Rico miners believe that Satan, as represented by hundreds of statues constructed in the mines, determines whether they live or die there.

When María Elena's 3-year-old son Jorge is killed in a hit-and-run accident in Chihuahua, Mexico, she begins a quest for justice that brings her face to face with racism, corruption, and the traditional attitudes of her community.

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos