FILMOGRAPHY MEXICO
The videos contained in the list are produced in Mexico or are about Mexico, it includes culture, history, arts, literature, politics, etc. For further information on a title please use our online catalog or feel free to contact Cindy Badilla-Melendez, the Media Resources Librarian or call (651) 962-5464.
500 Nations: E77 .F57 1995 v.2
An eight-part documentary of life in North America before the arrival of Europeans and of the struggles of Indian Nations caused by their contact with other races.
The Alamo: F390 .A43 2004 DVD
Retells the story of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence. Facing 4,000 Mexican troops, 186 Texan soldiers and volunteers - including William Travis, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie - retreat within the walls of the Alamo, a Franciscan mission that was converted into a military fort. Once inside, the men prepare themselves for what will be a bloody battle to the death. U.S. General Sam Houston leads the charge from the outside. The Texans held the fort for 13 days under siege by General Santa Anna.
Art and Revolution: Mexico: N6555 .A78 1993
Shows how history and art have been brought together in Mexico by such painters as Rivera and Siqueiros. Demonstrates that plastic art is the shared possession of all social and educational levels in Mexico.
The Aztec Empire: F1219.73 .A98 1997
This is the definitive profile of one of the most fascinating civilizations of the Ancient World where beauty was balanced by savagery, and mysticism was soaked in blood. Leading scholars trace the rise of the Aztecs from their island in present-day Mexico City to the pre-eminent culture of ancient America, and reveal how the Spanish were able to bring this mighty society to its knees in mere months! Tour the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City, where ongoing excavations are unraveling some of the enduring enigmas of the Aztecs. Director Eduardo Matos Moctezuma provides a behind-the-scenes look at the seat of the ancient empire and reveals astonishing new discoveries.
Blossoms of Fire: F1221.Z3 B56 2006 DVD In Spanish with English subtitles
Author Elena Poniatowska described the legendary women of Juchitan, a city in Oaxaca, Mexico, as guardians of men, distributors of food. Artists like Miguel Covarrubias and Frida Kahlo celebrated their beauty and intelligence. Blossoms of Fire shows them in all their brightly colored, opinionated glory as they run their own businesses, embroider their signature fiery blossoms on clothing and comment with angry humor on articles in the foreign press that flippantly and inaccurately depict them as a promiscuous matriarchy. The people interviewed in this film share a strong work ethic and fierce independent streak rooted in Zapotec culture. These qualities have resulted not only in powerful women but also in the region₂s progressive politics, manifested in their unusual tolerance of homosexuality. Veteran film editor and former Les Blank collaborator Maureen Gosling and codirector Ellen Osborne illuminate the infectious self-confidence of the Juchitecan people. A midwife laughs over a young husband₂s behavior during birth, a gay man cheerfully asserts that, the mom's in charge, in Juchitecan society and many proudly describe the challenges they face in their work and their families. Their lives may be hard, and maintaining Zapotec culture and language may be an ongoing battle, but it₂s plain that not one of these individuals, man, woman, young, old, gay or straight, would willingly change places with anyone in the first world.
Borderline Cases: Environmental Matters at the United States-Mexico Border: TD897.8.M6 B6 1997
Nearly 2,000 factories-maquiladoras- have been built in Mexico at the US-Mexico border by companies from the US, Asia and Europe. For many years these factories did not need to comply with costly environmental regulations. The result is that the border became the open sewer, a vast toxic waste dump.
Carlos Fuentes: PQ7297.F793 .C3 1989
Bill Moyers interviews Carlos Fuentes. Fuentes discusses the relationship of the United States with Mexico and with Latin America generally and addresses the selective intervention of the U.S. in the affairs of Latin America which Fuentes believes stifles development in Latin America and damages the international relationship.
Carlos Fuentes: PQ7297.F793 Z4 1989
Carlos Fuentes, noted Mexican author talks about his life and his literary work. In addition, Mr. Fuentes gives readings in English & Spanish at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Celebrating the Day of the Dead: GT4995.A4 C4 1992
Presents Mexican customs relating to the care and remembrance of the dead. Discusses the imposition of Spanish Catholicism on traditional Indian beliefs and the purpose in celebrating the Day of the Dead.
Central America: F1433.2 .C46 2003 DVD In English
Traveler Justine Shapiro starts her journey in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan peninsula, where she takes in the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza and Tulum. She then travels south through Belize to Guatemala. Further south Neil Gibson begins his journey in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose traveling through the Monteverde Cloud Forest before ending his journey in turbulent Nicaragua.
Chiapas: Paisaje Despues de la Batalla: F1256 .C55 1999
Examines the 30 year rebellion and conflict between the Mexican government and the indigenous population in Chiapas through interviews with village residents, journalists, politicians, and rebel Zapatista leaders.
Chichen-Itza: F1435.1.C5 C4 1998
This program is the third in a three part series. It is the 13th Katun on the Mayan wheel of favorable times, in the 10th Mayan Katun, and the last days of the Mayan empire at Chichen Itza are at hand. This visually stunning reenactment examines the course of its demise through codices written by Chilam Balam, the last Mayan diviner.
Colorful Mexico: F1216.5 .C65 1986
A general overview of Mexican life, showing Aztec, Mayan, and Spanish influences. Visits a variety of locations including Mexico City, Chichen Itza, Merida, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Taxco, and Acapulco.
Conquistadors: F1411 .C67 2001
Four part series on the discovery of the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors and the subsequent fall of the Aztec and Inca empires.
El Corrido de la Revolucion Mexicana: PQ7180 .C67 1991
A documentary illustrated by Ignacio Lopez Tarso, telling in songs the struggles and triumphs of the Mexican revolution. These songs tell the stories of battles fought and lives lost, and of the men who changed the course of Mexican history.
Crossing Borders: the Journey of Carlos Fuentes: PQ7297.F793 Z4 1989
A portrait of Mexico's foremost novelist. Probes beneath the surreal surface of his work to expose the roots of his fiction and its place in the world of literature.
Day of the Dead: GT4995.A4 .D3 1999
Presents the annual commemoration of the Day of the Dead as it is celebrated on the island of La Picanda.
Day of the Dead: a Living Tradition: GT4995.A4 D2 1989
The colorful Mexican "Day of the Dead" rituals are explored through popular art and traditions. Experts on anthropology, history, and folk art express their views along with peasants, artisans and housewives who place offerings for their deceased relatives each year on the first and second of November.
Donde Digo Diego: ND259.R5 D6 1989
On a visit to the Rivera Museum, the life, works and pre-Columbian collections of Diego Rivera are presented.
End of a Culture: F1411 .E53 1988
The treasures brought back from Mexico by the Spaniards soon resulted in the arrival of more Europeans-adventurers, explorers, missionaries. The rush for gold and silver was on. European diseases and forced labor in the mines decimated the Indian populations. The treasure houses were looted and their contents melted down for bullion.
El Espejo Enterrado: Reflexiones Sobre Espana y el Nuevo Mundo: DP48 .E88 1991
El espejo--para los indios americanos simbolizaba el poder, el Sol, la Tierra y sus cuatro rincones, y su gente. Ahora se esta levantando ante el viejo y el nuevo mundo un "espejo" extraordinario para reflejar las difirentes culturas de los paises y pueblos hispanohablantes, junto con los temas, instituciones, creencias y simbolos que han permanecido o cambiado a traves del tiempo. Carlos Fuentes looks for his ancestors in the mix of people that created Latin America: Spanish, Arab, Jewish, Indian, and African. He asks what is unique in their culture that is cause for celebration in the 500th anniversary year of Columbus.
Frida Kahlo: Portrait of an Artist: ND259.K33 F7 2001
Documentary on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, incorporating archival material, journals and letters and interviews with friends and scholars.
Granito de Arena: LC92.M4 G73 2005 DVD
For more than 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance. This is the story of that resistance, the story of a grassroots, non-violent movement of public schoolteachers who took Mexico by surprise and who have endured brutal repression in their 25 year struggle to defend public education.
Great Decisions 2001: E744 .G74 2001 v.6
Mexico: Prospects for prosperity / Arturo Valenzuela, Doris Meissner.
Kilometer 0: HN113.5 .K55 2003
Protest against the World Trade Organization meeting held in Cancun in September 2003. "The WTO is not meeting in Mexico. It is meeting in a non place: a flat, cultural simulacra that appropriates culture and history only in order to destroy it. The WTO's Cancun is a thin strip of hotels looking out over the sea with its back to the city and the jungle. It is an illusion of a place outside of history and geography - where there is no poverty, no memory, and no need to change your dollars. This illusion is one tanned plastic face of the big lie of the Power. A lie that is repeated and enforced in different ways in different places. A lie that sustains and is sustained by massive systemic violence.
The Last Zapatista: F1234 .L37 1996
Emilio Zapata, southern leader of the 1910-20 Mexican Revolution, has inspired millions ... and the revolution lives on through this myth. This video tells the history of Zapata and the agrarian revolution he led. Zapata's legacy lives on in old Emeterio Pantale?n, who rode with Zapata.
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo: ND259.K33 L5 2005 DVD
Frida Kahlo was more than a great painter: her life and art reflected the maelstrom of the revolution and culture that defined the first half of the twentieth century. This film combines Kahlo's artwork with photos, archival films and interviews.
Maya: the Blood of Kings: F1435 .M39 1995
While Europe was in the midst of the Dark Ages, the Maya of Central America were developing a culture responsible for a complicated writing system, mathematic and astrological calculations and archeological marvels. Explore ruins in the jungles of Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to understand a people both sophisticated and bloodthirsty and a society that collapsed with mysterious speed.
Mexico a Presentation of Wall Street Journal Video: HC131 .E44 1996
Examines the rise of Mexico's economy, and the series of crises which led to economic collapse. Includes interviews with members of Mexico's finance community and its micro-business association CAME.
Mexico: Rebellion of the Llorona: F1208 .M49 2003 DVD
This is the story of Mexican women who have fought, and continue to fight, for equality and women's rights. They are women looking for children kidnapped during political pogroms, journalists, writers, and political activists.
El Nuevo Mundo: F1231 .N88 2002 DVD
As Mexico was born through the fusion of two traditions, a unique culture emerged-- one that embraced liberal philosophies, such as those promulgated by Rousseau and Voltaire. Just as the Catholic Church once targeted the indigenous cultures, so too did it seek to suppress this new tradition. Nonetheless, Mexico during this period gave birth to such great philosophers as Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. This program examines the clash between the emerging culture of the New World and the conquerors from the Old World, who imported the Inquisition.
Octavio Paz: PQ7297.P285 Z4 1989
Octavio Paz reads from the Collected Works of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987.
Octavio Paz: Mexico's Muse: PQ7297.P285 Z4 2004 DVD
This program examines the influences of Marxism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, along with existentialism and surrealism, throughout Octavio Paz's work. Archival material and commentary from friends, family, and scholars provide a comprehensive portrait of this extraordinary man and his work.
Once on a Barren Hill: The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe: BT660.G8 O53 1985
Filmed over 25 years ago. The film dramatizes the story of Juan Diego, a simple Aztec Indian who lived in sixteenth century Mexico in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest. It relates the story of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531.
Palenque: the Walls of Mayan History: F1435.1.P2 P3 1998
This program is part two of a three part series. Using the first known settlement of the Mayan culture as a setting, this program illuminates several important rites and rituals of the Mayans who lived there through the interpretations of the many inscriptions found on the walls of its main buildings. The rituals that are explained and reenacted include the daily blood ritual, at which Mayan warriors, slicing into their own flesh, hoped to secure everlasting life and perpetuate the seasonal corn crop essential to the culture's existence.
Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero: F1234 .P36 1997
He led the first raid of a foreign force onto U.S. soil since the war of 1812. Outlaw, soldier, general and politician, he led a life that ended in violence but left him a legend. Pancho Villa is one of the most compelling figures of the century. A notorious outlaw, he rose to the rank of general during the Mexican Revolution and later was governor of Chihuahua.
A Place Called Chiapas: F1256 .P53 1998
On January 1st, 1994, the indigenous Zapatista National Liberation Army took over five towns and five hundred ranches in southern Mexico. Three years later the Zapatistas and their charismatic leader, guerrila poet subcomandante Marcos, are trapped in the Lacandora jungle. Surrounded by 30,000 Mexican army troops, they struggle to maintain a nervous cease-fire.
Remember the Alamo: F390 .R46 2004 DVD
In the early 1830s Texas was about to explode. Although under Mexican rule, the region was home to more than 20,000 U.S. settlers agitated by what they saw as restrictive Mexican policies. Mexican officials, concerned with illegal trading and immigration in Texas, were prepared to fight hard to keep the province under their control. Caught in the middle were the area's 4,000 Mexican Texans or Tejanos who were forced to choose a side. The conflict pitted brother against brother and devastated the community. This film shows the Tejano gamble for a more prosperous future in an independent Texas proved tragic.
Rufino Tamayo: ND259.T3 R8 1989
Discusses the life and work of artist Rufino Tamayo. Tamayo, a native of Oaxaca, Mexico, was noted for his portrayal of indigenous Mexican culture in modern forms.
The Sea of Cortez: QL225 .S43 1996
The Sea of Cortez, alongside Baja California, is a biological wonderland that supports vast numbers of sea birds and marine mammals. This program takes us close to sea lions, blue-footed boobies, and various gull species, the camera and narrative track explains the relationships between members of the same species, different species, and between the animal life and its environment.
Senorita Extraviada: Missing Young Woman: HV6535.M43 S4 2001 DVD English and Spanish with English subtitles
This film "tells the haunting story of the more than 350 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women of Juárez, Mexico. Visually poetic, yet unflinching in its gaze, this compelling investigation unravels the layers of complicity that have allowed for the brutal murders of women living along the Mexico-U.S. border. In the midst of Juárez's international mystique and high profile job market, there exists a murky history of grossly underreported human rights abuses and violence against women. The climate of violence and impunity continues to grow, and the murders of women continue to this day. Relying on what Portillo comes to see as the most reliable of sources, the testimonies of the families of the victims, Señorita Extraviada documents a two-year search for the truth in the underbelly of the new global economy.The perpetrators of these crimes have not been apprehended, even though these crimes have been occurring regularly since 1993.
Siqueiros: ND259.S56 S5 1989
Discusses the life and work of Jose David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of Mexico's foremost artists of the twentieth century, and how he played a leading role in the political revolution of the '30's.
The Sonora Desert: GB613 .S66 1996
The Sonora Desert runs from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico-part of the thirst belt in the northern hemisphere. The program describes the plant and animal life of the Sonoran Desert and shows how living things adapt to their sparse water supply.
Su Alteza Serenisima: F1232 .S83 2004 DVD
Despite defeating the Texians of the Alamo, he lost the war of Texas Independence and gave away half of Mexico (including Texas, New Mexico, and Oregon).
Teotihuacan: El Caracol Alado: F1219.1.T27 T4 1998
This program, part one of a three part series, dramatizes the history of Teotihuacan through reenactments of the everyday life of its multicultural inhabitants. Traces the events leading to its eventual rise to dominance as the stronghold of Aztec rule in Central Mexico and the city's abandonment in the face of barbarian invasions by tribes from the north.
The Ties that Bind: Immigration Stories: JV6483 .T54 1998
This program looks at the human drama behind current debate over U.S. immigration policy. Presents the story of people and immigrants on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border.
U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848: E405 .U86 1998
Tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to the United States. This critically-acclaimed documentary series explores the events surrounding the conflict between two neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity.
Victims of the War in Chiapas: F1256 .V53 1998
This video details the sufferings of impoverished, indigenous peoples at the hands of paramilitary forces in this region of southern Mexico, an outgrowth of the Mexican government's four-and-a-half-year conflict with the Zapatista Army for National Liberation. Those interviewed include survivors of a Dec. 22 massacre that left 45 unarmed villagers dead in Acteal.
Zapata: Amor en Rebeldia: F1234 .Z37 2004 DVD.
Features the life of Mexico's revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, who works for the son-in-law of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. He is in love with the wealthy Rosa Rendon, daughter of a rich land owner of English descent. However, they realize that their relationship cannot be a lasting one as they face many problems.
Zapatista: F1256 .Z37 1998 DVD
Zapatista is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a standstill and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.
Amores Perros: PN1997 .A46 2001 DVD.
Three people are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a Rotweiler with a gunshot wound.
Aventurera: PN1997 .A98 2004 DVD.
Elena tries to make a new life for herself after her mother leaves her alone, but she is drugged, seduced, and forced to work as a dancer/call girl in a nightclub. She soon rises to stardom as a dancer, but still plots revenge and escape.
El Callejon de los Milagros: PJ7846.A46 C3 1999 DVD
This is the story of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined. Rutilio, the family man who experiences homosexual feelings that shatter his domestic life; Susanita, the spinster who dreams of getting married and falls prey to a thief; and Alma, the virgin who becomes cocaine addicted prostitute.
El Cometa: PN1997 .C65 2003 DVD.
In 1910 General Porfirio DIaz had been in power for 30 years. Madero headed the democratic movement from exile in San Antonio, Texas. A clamor for revolution was heard throughout the nation. The beginning of the film takes place in Mexico, when a teenage couple decides to help Madero in his battle against dictatorship.
El Crimen del Padre Amaro: PQ9261.E3 C7 2003 DVD
A recently ordained priest is sent to a small parish church in rural Mexico to help an aging priest. Upon arriving at his new post, he meets a beautiful young woman with a religious passion that borders on obsession. Quickly her passion for her faith becomes entangled in a growing attraction to the new priest. When the priest crosses the line that separates temptation from sin, he finds himself torn between the divine and the carnal, the righteous and the unjust.
De la Calle: PQ7298.17.O428 D4 2003 DVD
Rufino is 15 and lives on the streets of Mexico City. He gets money by doing odd jobs and participating in the drug deals of La Seno and El Ochoa, a judicial policeman without scruples who controls the neighborhood in which they live. One day, driven by circumstances, Rufino steals money from El Ochoa, unleashing the persecution and harassment of the policeman.
Como Agua para Chocolate: PQ7298.15.S638 C6 2000 DVD.
Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
De Ida y Vuelta: PN1997 .D444 2002 DVD
Filiberto, a Mexican migrant worker, returns to his home town after working for three years in the United States.
Dona Perfecta: PQ6555 .D66 2003 DVD Region 2
A young engineer, Pepe Rey, goes to the provincial town of Orbajosa at his father's suggestion to seek the hand of his cousin Rosario, who lives there with her wealthy mother Dona Perfecta and Perfecta's brother-in-law, an engaging bibliophile called Cayetano Polentinos. But Dona Perfecta is quickly induced by her confessor Padre Inocencio (another ironical name) to favour the claims of Jacintillo (son of his niece Maria Remedios) as a suitor for Rosario.
Un Dulce Olor a la Muerte: PQ7298.1.R753 D8 2005 DVD
Early one morning Ramon finds the dead body of his secret teenage love, Adela, in the oat fields of Carranco. He covers the naked body with his shirt. Of course the gossip in town is that Ramon's girlfriend has been found murdered and the prime murder suspect, the Gitano (the gypsy) has left town. Later at the local bar, where Justino, the town sheriff and other regular customers discuss what should be done, La Amistad, pointing his flashlight to them shouts "el gitano murdered the girl". Marcelino, a bitter old man pushes Ramon to avenge his girlfriend's murder. Now Ramon will have to prove to the people in his town that he is now a man or leave the town in shame.
The Exterminating Angel: PQ6603.U56 E9 1991
A group of wealthy dinner party guests are psychologically unable to leave the home of their hosts and panic sets in as they are trapped there for many days.
Flores de Otro Mundo: PN1997 .F59 2005 DVD
A group of young women take a bus trip to a remote Spanish village overwhelmingly populated by men. The women dream of a better life while the men ache with more romantic yearnings.
Frida: ND259.K33 F7 2003 DVD
The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
The Gatekeeper: PN1997 .G37 2004 DVD
A racist, bitter U.S. Border Patrol Agent, moonlighting with a vigilante group, goes undercover posing as a Mexican migrant worker in an effort to expose an illegal alien smuggling operation. When the plan blows up, he is trapped with the aliens, in a web of desperation and tyranny that forces him to confront his secret past.
Un Hombre Llamado el Diablo: PQ7297.G768 H6 2005 DVD In Spanish with No English subtitles
Stepping into a small town with the intent of getting revenge, a suspicious man interrupts the lives of the local men and women by summoning their deepest fears and desires.
El Imperio de la Fortuna: PQ7297.R89 I4 2005 DVD
Dionisio Pinzon is a poor peasant living in a small Mexican town with his mother. Born with a deformed hand, and living a very meager life, Dionisio's luck turns around when he is given a losing gamecock which he nurses back to health. He trains the bird for fighting, begins to make money, and begins a relationship with a gold-digging singer. As he makes money, though, he begins to become more and more corrupt--and it becomes apparent that his winning streak will not last.
El Jardin del Eden: PN1997 J37 2001 DVD
Three border-crossing stories are intertwined on the contemporary U.S.-Mexican border at Tijuana: those of a young Mexican mother with three children, seeking to start a new life after her husband's death; of a gringa adventurer looking for her whale-watching brother and for a Chicana friend in search of her roots; and of a campesino seeking to cross the border for better living conditions.
Julio y Su Angel: PN1997.J85 1996
A heart-warming story of a Mexican orphan who finds a guardian angel.
La Ley de Herodes: PN1997 .L49 2003 DVD.
When in San Pedro de los Saguaros, the mayor is lynched by a group of indigenous people, the old junkyard operator Juan Vargas is named the Temporary Municipal President. This makes him believe that his dream of power is going to come true; but when confronted with the problems of the place, he decides to resign. However, his boss obliges him to stay by telling him that he's been touched by Herodes Law and gives to him the constitution as an aid and a gun. He soon discovers the delights of power applying the law along the way and provoking reactions that get out of control.
Mi Familia: PN1997 .M94 1995
Presents the three-generation saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the beginnings of his father's journey from Mexico to California in the 1920s, to his brother Chucho's tragic rebellion of the 1950s, to the stark realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished for Paco Sanchez and his family.
Macario: PT3919.T7 M3 2003 DVD In Spanish with English subtitles
Set in a small 16th century Mexican village. Macario is a poverty-stricken peasant who goes on a hunger strike, hoping that someone will take pity on him and give him a turkey dinner. Macario's wife steals a turkey, and just as Macario is about to eat his food, he is visited by Death. The grim reaper offers to bestow magical powers upon Macario in exchange for part of the meal. Macario is gifted with the ability to restore health to sick people, but he is permitted to utilize this gift only upon persons of Death's choosing. At first, Macario is lauded as a hero, but before long he is being shunned as an instrument of Satan. Macario's last effort to redeem himself causes him to renege on his bargain with Death.
Milagro Beanfield War: PS3564.I274 M5 2005 DVD
A small Mexican village threatened by development and how a single act of rebellion rekindles its pride and strength of spirit.
The Night of the Iguana: PS3545.I5365 N5 1991
Richard Burton plays a defrocked clergyman who travels to Mexico to become a tour guide for a busload of spinster school teachers.
Novia que Te Vea: PN1997 .N70 2004 DVD
A delightful depiction of the adventures, suffering, love affairs and difficulties of two Mexican Jewish girls in the early 1960s.
Los Olvidados: PN6603.U56 Y6 1996
Part social commentary, part surrealistic art, this film features a group of juvenile delinquents who live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City.
Al Otro Lado = To the Other Side: PN1997 .A439 2007 DVD
Three cultures, three countries, three realities introduce us to the lives of three children (one Mexican, one Cuban and one Moroccan girl) that all share the same sentiment, dealing with the absence of a loved one and the need to bring them back home.
Rojo amanecer: PN1997 .R65 2006 DVD
Set entirely in the city residence of a notable, but not ruling-class family of Mexico, this drama explores what happened during a 1968 student uprising, which was brutally suppressed by the government. In the story, the family's two college-aged boys are ardent advocates of change. Despite the vigorous warnings of their parents, the boys have left to attend a street meeting. The family looks out onto the streets as the dramatic events of that time unfold.
Sin Destino: PN1997.S558 2002 DVD
Fifteen-year-old Frank sells his body to men to survive, but still can't afford his own drug habit. His best friend and dealer helps him out with loans and offers advice on how to bed a woman, something the young gay hustler knows nothing about. Frank's obsession with the pretty blonde, Angelica blossoms, but an older man from Frank's past turns up again, the young boy becomes even more sexually confused and fierce.
Todo el Poder: PN1997 .T63 2003 DVD
A comedy about crime in Mexico City and its effects on the city's inhabitants. A filmmaker finds himself the victim of crime and violence as frequently as three times a day.
Todo un Hombre: PQ6639.N3 T6 1991
Out of his love for her, but without any sentimentality, a strong-willed man imposes his dominating will on his weak and sentimental wife, thus bringing her to adultery, almost to insanity, and finally to her death. (No English subtitles)
Ultimas Tardes con Teresa: PQ6623.A745 U4 1988
Presents the story of an ill-fated love between Teresa, a student activist, and Manolo, an ambitious petty criminal. Takes place in 1957 Barcelona during the Franco dictatorship.
Vamanos con Pancho Villa: PQ7297.M76 V3 2005 DVD
This classic of Mexican cinema follows the adventures of six young men who leave their rural homes to join Pancho Villa's army. Together the men endure hardship, tragedy, and disillusionment for the cause of the Mexican Revolution.
Yo, la Peor de Todas: PQ7296.J6 Z7 1990
This historical drama tells the story of Juana Ines de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.
Y tu Mama Tambien: PN1997 .Y78 2002 DVD
Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Lisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?
Compiled by
Cindy Badilla-Melendez
Media Resources Librarian
