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Hispanic Heritage Month

Films about the Hispanic and Latinx experience in the US as well as films about Latin America and its people, politics and history. (51 films)

Portrait of a Search

Portrait of a Search

More than 20,000 people disappeared in Mexico during the horrifically violent war on drugs waged by former President Calderon

The Room of Bones

The Room of Bones

Follows the passage of four mothers in the Institute for Legal Medicine as they search for their children’s remains in the midst of three decades of social violence in El Salvador.

A Thousand Pines

A Thousand Pines

A Thousand Pines shows the lives of migrants who depend on the controversial guest worker visa program.

Under Construction (The Place I Was Born No Longer Exists)

Under Construction (The Place I Was Born No Longer Exists)

From filmmaker Ignacio Aguero, UNDER CONSTRUCTION is about the passing of time and the transformation of a space where minor and major events occur: a death and a birth; neighborhoods disappearing; buildings being demolished and built; winters and springs passing.

Where Can We Live In Peace?

Where Can We Live In Peace?

The moving and inspirational story of the ABBA migrant shelter in Celaya, Mexico, where Pastor Ignacio helps thousands of migrants.

Stateless

Stateless

Through the grassroots campaign of attorney Rosa Iris, STATELESS reveals the depths of racial hatred and institutionalized oppression that divide Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende

Patricio Guzmán tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973.

Viva la Causa

Viva la Causa

A colorful record of the making of a mural in Chicago's Pilsen community by Ray Patlán, and the roots of the mural movement of the mid-1970's in Mexico.

Which Way Home

Which Way Home

The personal side of immigration as child migrants from Mexico and Central America risk everything to make it to the US riding atop freight trains.

La Americana

La Americana

The immigration debate gains a human face in this intimate cinema-vérité tale of Carmen's dangerous and illegal journey from Bolivia to New York in hopes of earning enough to support her ailing daughter back home.