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The Latin American Studies Collection

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The Latin American Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth - imageHeart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth

Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 98 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Housemaids - imageHousemaids

Seven Brazilian teenagers film their housemaids, exposing issues of class, race, and gender in their families, and in their country.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 76 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Impunity - imageImpunity
What is the cost of truth for families damaged by Colombia's violent past?
Icarus Films | 2010 | 85 minutes | 9-12, college, adult
In the Ashes of the Forest (Part 1) - imageIn the Ashes of the Forest (Part 1)

Saga of two colonists in the Amazon rainforest.

Bullfrog Films | 1990 | 55 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
In the Ashes of the Forest (Part 2) - imageIn the Ashes of the Forest (Part 2)

Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.

Bullfrog Films | 1990 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
In the Name of the People - imageIn the Name of the People

An evocative vision of El Salvador and its tragic civil conflict.

Icarus Films | 1984 | 75 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Islas Hermanas - imageIslas Hermanas

Ometepe, Nicaragua, and Bainbridge Island near Seattle work together for a better life for both communities.

Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 28 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Justice - imageJustice

Takes a camera where few have been, a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro, to record the social theatre, the structures of power, what is usually invisible.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 102 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Justice and the Generals - imageJustice and the Generals

Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals are sued in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 86 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Keepers of the Future - imageKeepers of the Future

Following El Salvador's civil war, a farmers' cooperative puts down roots, builds resilience and provides a model of how to mitigate climate change and resist unsustainable, extractive development.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 24 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults

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