ABOUT THE FILM. Based on over 700 interviews in Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, The Other Side of Immigration asks why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. Through an approach that is both subtle and thought-provoking, filmmaker Roy Germano provides a perspective on undocumented immigration rarely witnessed by American eyes, challenging audiences to imagine more creative and effective solutions to the problem.
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SELENA
The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE – R
After Carlos – a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War – arrives at an ominous boys’ orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover.
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES -R
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The film is based on the books Diarios de motocicleta by Guevara, and Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado. It tells the story of a journey by motorcycle across South America in 1952 by young Ernesto “Fuser” Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. The film depicts the gradual development of Guevara’s political outlook, but his revolutionary exploits are not mentioned except in a caption at the end.
CITY OF GOD – R
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Welcome to the world’s most notorious slum; Rio de Janeiro’s City of God. A place where combat photographers fear to tread, where Police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. This is the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and ultimately may be his only way out.
LAND AND FREEDOM
Spring 1936, a young unemployed communist, David, leaves his hometown Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women
BEHIND THE SUN -R
In the brutal Brazilian badlands of 1910, two families are locked in a bloody, generations-old feud. The oldest remaining son of one family, distressed by the prospect of death and encouraged by his younger brother, begins to question the cycle of violence. When a beautiful young woman crosses his path, she opens his eyes to life outside his culture’s rigid code of honor. For more Behind the Sun: http://miram.ax/behindthesun
THE MISSION -R
18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
A BETTER LIFE – PG13
From the director of About a Boy comes A BETTER LIFE — a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father’s love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had.
SALT OF THE EARTH PG13
In New Mexico, Mexican zinc miners, fed up with the life-threatening conditions under which they work, organize a walk-out. The racist management of the company tries to end the strike, with a variety of extremely violent and cruel tactics.
A controversial drama about the struggles of striking mineworkers in a small New Mexico town whose views are socialistic and surprisingly feminist. Many of the actors and the film’s director were blacklisted after its release.