LatinX Package, 10 Films, Educational Licenses
Product Description
Available in the US only.
This package includes:
If you'd like to purchase just 1 title, including 100+ other titles, please see our list of individual educational licenses offered HERE and even more HERE, and for libraries looking for more information on purchasing shelf copies, please contact rrieger@cinemalibrestudio.com
The Harvest (La Cosecha)
Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive.
USA 2011 | 80 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English
South of The Border
Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements and the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
USA 2010 | 78 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Paying The Price For Peace
In 1987, S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam veteran sat down on the railroad tracks outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California to protest a shipment of weapons intended to arm the Nicaraguan Contra army. Underestimating the U.S. Navy’s intolerance for peaceful protest, Willson lost both of his legs and suffered a fractured skull when the train was ordered not to stop. This is the story of one man who literally put his body on the line to dissent his country’s imperialistic nature after witnessing U.S. savagery during the Vietnam War that changed his political convictions. Realizing that his power came not from bearing arms, but from bearing the truth, Willson has become one of today’s most resolute voices against war. Including interviews with Martin Sheen, Daniel Ellsberg, Alice Walker, Ron Kovic, and narrated by Emmy Award-winner Peter Coyote, “Paying the Price for Peace” is a film that will embolden all people who strive for peace.
USA 2017 | 145 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | In English and Spanish Subtitles
I Am the Queen
In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/Sida Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its transgender participants. I Am The Queen follows Bianca, Julissa and Jolizza as they prepare for the pageant under the guidance of Ginger Valdez, an experienced transgender mentor from the neighborhood. These trans women share stories of their transition, their relatives’ varying reactions, and how they find support from within the community. Family dynamics, cultural heritage, and personal identity all play a part in how the contestants face the daily struggle that comes from being true to themselves.
USA 2015 | 75 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English
Genetically Modified Children
Around the world, low-income tobacco farmers face skyrocketing cancer rates with more devastating repercussions affecting their children. Choosing between poverty or poison, Latin American growers use chemicals such as Monsanto's glyphosate and Bayer's Confidor, in order to certify and sell their crops to Big Tobacco. These chemicals cause severe physical deformities and mental disabilities.
USA 2017 | 55 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | In English and Spanish Subtitles
Latino: America's Secret War in Nicaragua
From Haskell Wexler, one of the most respected cinematographers in the movie business, comes the director's cut of Latino: America's Secret War In Nicaragua. The film is set in the context of the battle between the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the U.S. backed Contra rebels.
USA 2011 | 98 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with Subtitles
Looking for Fidel
Academy-Award winner, Oliver Stone delivers a candid, in-depth conversation with one of the most controversial world leaders, Fidel Castro. Stone challenges Castro to explain actions following the execution of three political dissidents who attempted to hijack a ferry to the United States in April 2003. Is Castro a moral leader defending his small island against a superpower or is he an ironfisted tyrant who tolerates no criticism?
USA 2011 | 63 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Speaking Freely Volume Five: Hugo Chavez
In this special volume of the series, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to members of the international press core about the advantages of socialism over capitalism and explains why true democracy cannot exist under the latter. Noting that the American empire's practice of privatization, foreign intervention, and violence is not conducive to a humanistic society, Chavez instead offers that the healthiest government is one in which all of its citizens play a role in its construction and development - that the ultimate voice is the voice of the people and that Venezuela will always be committed to maintaining that ideal.
USA 2008 | 52 min. | Documentary
NTSC DVD | Not Rated | Spanish with English Subtitles
Olvidados
Retired General José Mendieta is haunted by his past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of repression in Latin America. In a letter to his son, he confesses his role in executions, torture, and imprisonments during the 70's.
USA 2012 | 112 min. | Narrative film
DVD NTSC | Spanish with English Subtitles
Companeros De Lucha (Brothers In Arms)
Playa Pal Pueblo is the name given to a small circle of tents on the beach in Carolina, Puerto Rico, where a handful of environmental activists have lived for six years, weathering mosquitoes, hurricanes and heat, to protest the development of a Marriott hotel. United by their belief that that this unassuming beach belongs to the people, this tenacious ‘band of brothers’ have held off construction of the new hotel -- despite constant pressure from Marriott managers -- and the Puerto Rican tourism board. Filmmaker Juan C. Davila moves into the camp and explores the unique personalities, deep passions and determination of the people who are fighting to protect the beach. In the shadow of a multi-million dollar construction project, a rag tag group of concerned activists come together and show how the power of the people can defeat a giant.
USA 2012 | 58 min. | Narrative film
DVD NTSC | English & Spanish w/Subtitles
This package includes:
- The Harvest (La Cosecha)
- South of The Border
- Paying The Price For Peace
- I Am the Queen
- Genetically Modified Children
- Latino: America's Secret War in Nicaragua
- Looking for Fidel
- Speaking Freely Volume Five: Hugo Chavez
- Olvidados
- Companeros De Lucha (Brothers In Arms)
If you'd like to purchase just 1 title, including 100+ other titles, please see our list of individual educational licenses offered HERE and even more HERE, and for libraries looking for more information on purchasing shelf copies, please contact rrieger@cinemalibrestudio.com
The Harvest (La Cosecha)
Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive.
USA 2011 | 80 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English
South of The Border
Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements and the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
USA 2010 | 78 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Paying The Price For Peace
In 1987, S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam veteran sat down on the railroad tracks outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California to protest a shipment of weapons intended to arm the Nicaraguan Contra army. Underestimating the U.S. Navy’s intolerance for peaceful protest, Willson lost both of his legs and suffered a fractured skull when the train was ordered not to stop. This is the story of one man who literally put his body on the line to dissent his country’s imperialistic nature after witnessing U.S. savagery during the Vietnam War that changed his political convictions. Realizing that his power came not from bearing arms, but from bearing the truth, Willson has become one of today’s most resolute voices against war. Including interviews with Martin Sheen, Daniel Ellsberg, Alice Walker, Ron Kovic, and narrated by Emmy Award-winner Peter Coyote, “Paying the Price for Peace” is a film that will embolden all people who strive for peace.
USA 2017 | 145 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | In English and Spanish Subtitles
I Am the Queen
In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/Sida Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its transgender participants. I Am The Queen follows Bianca, Julissa and Jolizza as they prepare for the pageant under the guidance of Ginger Valdez, an experienced transgender mentor from the neighborhood. These trans women share stories of their transition, their relatives’ varying reactions, and how they find support from within the community. Family dynamics, cultural heritage, and personal identity all play a part in how the contestants face the daily struggle that comes from being true to themselves.
USA 2015 | 75 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English
Genetically Modified Children
Around the world, low-income tobacco farmers face skyrocketing cancer rates with more devastating repercussions affecting their children. Choosing between poverty or poison, Latin American growers use chemicals such as Monsanto's glyphosate and Bayer's Confidor, in order to certify and sell their crops to Big Tobacco. These chemicals cause severe physical deformities and mental disabilities.
USA 2017 | 55 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | In English and Spanish Subtitles
Latino: America's Secret War in Nicaragua
From Haskell Wexler, one of the most respected cinematographers in the movie business, comes the director's cut of Latino: America's Secret War In Nicaragua. The film is set in the context of the battle between the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the U.S. backed Contra rebels.
USA 2011 | 98 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with Subtitles
Looking for Fidel
Academy-Award winner, Oliver Stone delivers a candid, in-depth conversation with one of the most controversial world leaders, Fidel Castro. Stone challenges Castro to explain actions following the execution of three political dissidents who attempted to hijack a ferry to the United States in April 2003. Is Castro a moral leader defending his small island against a superpower or is he an ironfisted tyrant who tolerates no criticism?
USA 2011 | 63 min. | Documentary
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Speaking Freely Volume Five: Hugo Chavez
In this special volume of the series, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to members of the international press core about the advantages of socialism over capitalism and explains why true democracy cannot exist under the latter. Noting that the American empire's practice of privatization, foreign intervention, and violence is not conducive to a humanistic society, Chavez instead offers that the healthiest government is one in which all of its citizens play a role in its construction and development - that the ultimate voice is the voice of the people and that Venezuela will always be committed to maintaining that ideal.
USA 2008 | 52 min. | Documentary
NTSC DVD | Not Rated | Spanish with English Subtitles
Olvidados
Retired General José Mendieta is haunted by his past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of repression in Latin America. In a letter to his son, he confesses his role in executions, torture, and imprisonments during the 70's.
USA 2012 | 112 min. | Narrative film
DVD NTSC | Spanish with English Subtitles
Companeros De Lucha (Brothers In Arms)
Playa Pal Pueblo is the name given to a small circle of tents on the beach in Carolina, Puerto Rico, where a handful of environmental activists have lived for six years, weathering mosquitoes, hurricanes and heat, to protest the development of a Marriott hotel. United by their belief that that this unassuming beach belongs to the people, this tenacious ‘band of brothers’ have held off construction of the new hotel -- despite constant pressure from Marriott managers -- and the Puerto Rican tourism board. Filmmaker Juan C. Davila moves into the camp and explores the unique personalities, deep passions and determination of the people who are fighting to protect the beach. In the shadow of a multi-million dollar construction project, a rag tag group of concerned activists come together and show how the power of the people can defeat a giant.
USA 2012 | 58 min. | Narrative film
DVD NTSC | English & Spanish w/Subtitles