- Due to the flood of the river Salado, the Gaitáns, a poor family living in the North of Argentina, have lost their house. Forced to make multiple train rides in order to escape the rising waters, they discover the people of the hinterland.…
- Narrated [not only] with puppets, a dramatic vision of Latin America throughout the 20th century with its constant ferment of dictatorships, hunger, corruption, civil wars, heroic episodes and spilled blood.
- Portrait of 100 years of latin american cinema.This movie, Enredando sombras, is a medly of short-lenght movies which gives 12 different director's perspectives about latin american cinema. His part is called Jugando en Serio (Playing seriously) which explains the difficulties and joys of movie making.It's really good,…
- Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.The film was banned for years by Glauber's family, since it includes scenes of Glauber's funeral. While alive, Glauber was victim o…
- CHE, MUERTE DE LA UTOPIA? (CHE, DEATH OF A UTOPIA?)Argentina, 1997, Documentary, Color/B&W, 90 minutes.On the 30th Anniversary of the death of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, one of Argentina's major filmmakers, Fernando Birri, traveled camera in hand to follow the footprints of this legendary figure. In Birri's view it is appr…
