FILMOGRAPHY URUGUAY
The videos contained in the list are produced in Uruguay or are about Uruguay, 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.
Eduardo Galeano: PQ8520.17.A4 Z4 1995
Eduardo Galeano reads from Walking Words, The Book of Embraces, and from Memory of Fire.
Rituales Sonoros: Candombe: F2554.U8 R5 2007 DVD In Spanish with English subtitles
This documentary explores the history and modern reality of candombe, the drum music of Uruguay's black parade bands. It is a way of life that was born in the musical gatherings of slaves in urban marketplaces and plazas. Despite persistent racism, past and present, the 200,000 Uruguayans of African descent experience candombe as a way of life, as part of the cast of characters that inhabit the tenements of Montevideo's Reus and Ansina neighborhoods, where parents rock cradles with drummed lullabies, and children learn to play drums on oil cans. Moving from riveting musical performances to detailed discussions of the history of slavery and the historical development of candombe, Ritual Rhythms is an exciting and informative introduction to candombe, the music of Afro-Uruguay.
25 Watts: PN1997 .T84 2004 DVD
Three young men in Montevideo drink beer, avoid responsibility, talk nonsense, encounter weird characters from the neighborhood and drift in a state of chronic boredom.
Whisky: PN1997 .W44 2006 DVD
Lonely Jacobo Koller is the owner of a struggling sock company. His brother is coming to visit, and he doesn't want him to know that he isn't married, so he asks Marta to pretend that she is his wife and surprisingly she says yes.
Compiled by
Cindy Badilla-Melendez
Media Resources Librarian
