Educational Media Reviews Online

¡Quema Judas! : A Mexican Folk Tradition

2007, DVD, color, 47 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Curtis A. Craven

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Folk Art, Popular Culture
Date Entered:09/02/08

Argentina Hope in Hard Times

2005, VHS, color, 74 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Sociology, Globalization, Ethics, Economics, International Relations, Human Rights
Date Entered:04/20/05

Arte de las Americas

2008, DVD, color, b&w, 97 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Various Producers

Subjects: Film Studies, Communication, Journalism
Date Entered:02/12/09

Being Thunder

2021, Streaming, 85 mins
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Marc Berdugo, Barbara Conforti, and Mae Gammino

Subjects: Gender Identity; Adolescents; Gender Identity; LGBTQAI2S+; Native American Studies
Date Entered:02/02/23

Both/And

2011, DVD , color, 13 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Producer n/a

Subjects: Immigration, Sociology, American Studies, History, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:12/18/12

Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider

2007, DVD, color, 48 min.
Distributed by Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-703-8650
Produced by Curtis A. Craven

Subjects: Dance, Theater, Native American Studies
Date Entered:02/12/09

Cadejo Blanco

2021, Streaming, 125 mins
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by La Danta Films; Imperative Entertainment; 30 West

Subjects: Feature Films; Latin American Studies; Social Problems; Sociology; Violence
Date Entered:11/01/23

Canicula

2011, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Producer n/a

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Anthropology
Date Entered:09/04/12

Cocoon [Kokon]

2020, Streaming, 95 mins
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Jost Hering Filmproduktion (Filme)

Subjects: Feature Films; Foreign Films; Gender Identity; LGBTQ
Date Entered:09/09/22

Crònica d’una Mirada: Filmmaking in Franco's Spain, 1960 - 1975

2004, DVD, color and b&w, 620 min., 6 discs
Distributed by Pragda Films, 302 Bedford Avenue #136, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Produced by Manuel Barrios

Subjects: Film Studies
Date Entered:03/29/10

Crossing Our Borders: The Legacy of Dictators in Latin America

2009, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Landmark Media Inc., 3450 Slade Run Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336
Produced by Gladys Bensimon

Subjects: Latin American Studies
Date Entered:10/13/11

Dioses (Gods)

2008, DVD, color, 91 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by by José Méndez

Subjects: Feature Films, Latin American Studies, Film Studies
Date Entered:11/28/11

Dreams of Chonta

2020, Streaming, 88 mins
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by The Boom House/Monica Cohen

Subjects: Folk Music; Immigration; Latin American Studies
Date Entered:08/08/22

El Cuarto de Leo (Leo’s Room)

2009, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Producer n/a

Subjects: Latin American Studies; Gay and Lesbian Studies
Date Entered:03/14/12

Eye on the Guy: Alan B. Stone and the Age of Beefcake

2007, DVD, color, 49 min.
Distributed by Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-703-8650
Produced by Philip Lewis & jean-François Monette

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies
Date Entered:03/07/08

Hugo Chávez

2005, DVD, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Producer n/a

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Political Science, Peace & Justice Studies, South American Studies
Date Entered:04/04/07

I Exist: Voices from the Middle Eastern Lesbian & Gay Community in the United States

2003, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Produced by Peter Barbosa; EyeBite Productions

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Social Sciences, Social Work, Gender Studies
Date Entered:11/05/04

La Quinceañera

2007, DVD, color, 41 min.
Distribution via the La Quinceañera web site
Produced by Horizon Line Documentary

La Sierra

2005, VHS, color, 84 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Scott Dalton and Margarita Martínez

Subjects: Peace and Justice Studies, Human Rights, International Relations, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:03/22/06

Nema Problema

2001, VHS, color, 60 min.
Distributed by LAVA - Latin American Video Archives, 124 Washington Place, New York, NY 10014; 212-243-4804
Producer n/a

Subjects: Human Rights, International Relations, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:11/10/05

Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness

2012, DVD, color, 24 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Producer n/a

Subjects: Immigration, Sociology, American Studies, History, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:12/18/12

Novela, Novela

2002, VHS, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-703-8650
Produced by by Liz Miller

Subjects: Women's Studies, Latin American Studies, Human Rights, Communications, Social Work, Gay and Lesbian Studies
Date Entered:02/11/05

Ordinary People

2009, DVD, color, 70 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Producer n/a

Subjects: Political Science; Peace and Justice Studies; Military Studies
Date Entered:03/14/12

Paraíso for Sale

2011, DVD, color, 73 min.
Distributed by Impacto Films
Producer n/a

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Environmental Studies, Central American Studies, Real Property
Date Entered:09/04/12

Pink Sunset Villa: A Home for Gays and Lesbian Elders

1999, VHS, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Producer n/a

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Aging
Date Entered:08/06/04

Regretters: Sex Change Revisited

2010, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Kristina Åberg

Subjects: Gender Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies
Date Entered:06/13/11

Rules of the Game

1998, VHS, color and b&, 50 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Producer n/a

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Adolescence
Date Entered:08/06/04

The Gender Puzzle

2005, DVD, color, 46 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Janine Cohen

Subjects: Gender Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Biology
Date Entered:12/12/06

The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo

2003, VHS, color, 90 min.
Distributed by LAVA - Latin American Video Archives, 124 Washington Place, New York, NY 10014; 212-243-4804
Produced by Luis Ospina

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:08/09/05

Vaho (Becloud)

2009, DVD, color, 117 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Alejandro Gerber Bicecci

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Feature Films, Film Studies
Date Entered:11/28/11