FILMOGRAPHY UNITED STATES/HISPANIC
The videos contained in the list are produced in United States/Hispanic or are about United States/ Hispanic, 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.
The Blending of Culture: Latino Influence on America: E184.S75 B5 2002 DVD
This program looks at the "Three houses of Latino culture" -Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American - and their widespread influence from entertainment to politics and to economics.
El Contrato: HD1530.O6 C6 2003 DVD
Mexican citizens working in the United States and Canada can face difficult conditions, even when they are employed legally. Filmed over an entire growing season, El Contrato documents the experiences of a group of laborers contracted to work in a sprawling tomato greenhouse. Tensions between workers, growers, and government officials reveal disturbing aspects of the hugely profitable greenhouse industry, including the abuse of employees whom even the local Mexican consul seems to view as expended.
Crucible of Empire: the Spanish-American War: E715 .C79 2007 DVD In English
An account of the United States' war with Spain beginning in 1898 which eventually led to U.S. control of Cuba and the Philippines, and later resulted in the independence of those two countries. Using reenactments, interviews with noted authors and historians, and more than a dozen newly arranged popular songs from the period. The film looks at the influence of race, economics, new technologies and the news media on America's decision to go to war. Filmed in Cuba and the Philippines.
De Nadie (Border Crossing): JV6456 .D45 2007 DVD In Spanish with English subtitles
The dangerous journey of poor Central Americans though Mexico as they attempt to sneak into America in search of a better life is brought to the screen in this documentary. The majority of Central Americans live below the poverty line and most are in a constant struggle for survival; desperate to improve their circumstances, many try to leave their home behind and attempt to improve their circumstances by joining the underground economy in America. However, the path through Mexico to America is not a safe or simple one to follow, and each year an estimated 145,000 Central Americans are captured by Mexican police and sent back home. Many suffer brutal treatment at the hands of Mexican authorities, and hunger, disease, and exposure also claims the lives of many undocumented immigrants. Filmmaker Tin Dirdamal interviews a number of Central Americans trying to make their way through Mexico, as well as others who were unsuccessful in their efforts, and a handful of Mexicans sympathetic to the plight of the immigrants.
Fidel: F1788.22.C3 F5 2003 DVD In English
The film offers a look at Fidel Castro through interviews with Castro himself, historians, public figures and close friends, with footage from the Cuban State archives. Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, and Sydney Pollack discuss the personality of the man. Former and current US government figures including Arthur Schlesinger, Ramsey Clark, Wayne Smith,Congressman Charles Rangel and a former CIA agent offer political and historical perspectives on Castro and the long-standing US embargo against Cuba. Family members and close friends, including Noel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, offer a window into the personal life of Fidel. We see Fidel swimming with bodyguards, visiting his childhood home and school, joking with Nelson Mandela, Ted Turner and Muhammad Ali, meeting Elian Gonzalez, and celebrating his birthday with members of the Buena Vista Social Club.
Hidden in Plain Sight: U428.A75 H5 2003 DVD In English
The documentary that looks at the nature of U.S. policy in Latin American through the prism of the School of the Americas, the controversial military school that trains Latin American soldiers in the USA. The film presents different points of view on the School, US policy, and US involvement in Latin America. It includes interviews with a variety of scholars, legislators and activists as well as victims of the violence and repression in Latin America.
Hispanic/Latino Americans: E184.S75 H5 2001
Deals with the socio-economic, cultural and educational demography of divergent Hispanic and Latino populations within the United States, whose common link is sharing the Spanish language. Part 2 of this series deals exclusively with analyzing the Hispanic/Latino community, from a New York point-of-view.
Hispanics: the Changing Role of Women: E184.S75 H5 2004 DVD
In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the center of family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male perspective.
A History of Hispanic Achievement in America: E184.S75 H5 2006 v.1-4 DVD In English
This eight-part series examines 500 years of Hispanic history in
Issues of Latino Identity: the Yearning To Be: E184.S75 I8 2002 DVD
This program takes a detailed look at the fastest-growing minority in the U.S. and what it means to be Latino and American.
Latinos, The Life of the Spirit: BX1407.H55 L3 2003 DVD
Hispanics and Catholicism are no longer synonymous. This program explores the recent trend among Latinos to leave the Catholic Church for Evangelical or Protestant religions; the rediscovery by Chicanos in California of native spiritual and religious rituals that predate the arrival of Columbus; and the traditional Good Friday pilgrimage to the sanctuary at Chimayo, New Mexico, which shows that traditional spirituality is alive and well in modern times.
Maid in America: HD6072.2.U52 M3 2004 DVD
This documentary explores the lives of three Latina immigrant women who work as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, California. Through these women's lives, this documentary explores the globalization of motherhood, the challenges they face while pursuing the American dream and the significant role they play in American households today.
Maquilapolis: HD6073.O332 M3 2006 DVD
Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Maquiladora workers produce televisions, electrical cables, toys, clothes, batteries and IV tubes, they weave the very fabric of life for consumer nations. They also confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos -- life on the frontier of the global economy. Carmen and her colleague Lourdes reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize for change: Carmen takes a major television manufacturer to task for violating her labor rights. Lourdes pressures the government to clean up a toxic waste dump left behind by a departing factory. Incorporates video diaries by the women.
The Panama Deception: F1567 .P36 2007 DVD In English
Offers a view of the 1989 invasion of Panama that was not given by the American media. Presents evidence of mass burials of civilian casualties and internment of homeless civilians which was concealed by the U.S. military or went unreported. Also claims to reveal President Bush's "secret agenda" behind the invasion: to keep U.S. military bases in Panama after the year 2000 in defiance of canal treaties.
Performing the Border: HN120.C48 P4 1999 DVD
Set in Ciudad Juarez, where U.S. multinational corporations assemble equipment across the border from El Paso, Texas, this work investigates the growing impact of the global economy on Mexican women who live and work in the area. The video explores the sexualization of the border through labor division, prostitution, the expression of female desires in the entertainment industry, and sexual violence in the public sphere.
School of the Americas, School of Assassins: U428.U5 S3 1994
Did you know that U.S. taxpayers foot the bill for a school on U.S. soil that has graduated some of the worst human rights violators in the hemisphere? Since it was established in 1946, the United States Army School of the Americas has trained thousands of Latin American and Caribbean soldiers. Among them, we learn in the expose, are the former dictators of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras and Panama.
Sin Fronteras: HN17.5 .S56 2006 DVD
Cruzando Fronteras/Border Crossings. "US-Mexico activists struggle for dignity and human rights along the border. This documentary examines abuses by U.S. immigration agents and infringements on the sovereignty of Native American nations as a result of the militarization of the region." Resistencia! Derribando barreras/Tearing down fences. "A personal account of the anti-globalization movement, Resistencia covers ground from the anti WTO actions in Cancun to the anti-FTAA demonstrations in Miami during fall of 2003, with a focus on popular movements in Mexico and the United States." Immokalee: una historia de esclavitud y libertad/a story of slavery and freedom. "The Coalition of Immokalee Workers struggles to build solidarity and fight back against the brutal exploitation of thousands of farmworkers in the fields and groves of southern Florida.
Bread and Roses: PN1997 .B74 2001 DVD
Maya is an illegal alien who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union agitator whom the service-workers' union has assigned to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, Maya and Sam team up to fight her employer.
La Ciudad: PN1997 .C5333 2005 In Spanish and English with English subtitles
Tells four stories about recent immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.
A Day Without a Mexican: PN1997 .D41 2004 DVD In English with Spanish subtitles
California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.
My Family: PN1997 .M94 2004 DVD In English
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 realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished for Paco Sanchez and his family.
Compiled by
Cindy Badilla-Melendez
Media Resources Librarian
