Last updated November 21, 2017 – not comprehensive:
Category Archives: LCS 200
Latin American and Caribbean Films
List of Films available from Berry College through the online video service Kanopy:
A Zest for Life – Afro-Peruvian Rhythms
Black and Cuba – Students Explore Race and Society in Cuba
Chinese Take-Away – Un Cuento Chino
Connected by Coffee – Latin American Coffee Farmers
El Cacao: The Challenge of Fair Trade
Gods and Kings – Mass Media and Tradition in Guatemala
Habeas Corpus – Protecting the Persecuted After the 1973 Chilean Military Coup
I Will Be Murdered – Murder in Guatemala
In the Shadows – Undocumented Immigration in America
Maquilapolis: City of Factories
Mayan Renaissance – The Untold Story of the Maya
Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America
Oscar Arias: Without A Shot Fired – Trying to Stop the Proliferation of Weapons
The Garifuna Journey – Celebrating the Resiliency of the Indigenous People of Belize
The Last Colony – Puerto Rico’s Unique Relationship With The United States
The Longing – The Forgotten Jews of South America
The Struggle For Sustainable Tourism
Venezuela: Revolution From the Inside Out
When Two Worlds Collide – A Battle for Indigenous Amazonian Land
LCS Collection
These films are held in the LCS Program collection. Please see the professor.
Botín de guerra / Spoils of War (Argentina, 2007)
Soy Cuba / I am cuba (Cuba, 1964)
Sin nombre / Without a name (Mexico/U.S.A, 2009)
Mexico 68 (Mexico)
María llena eres de gracia / Maria full of grace (Colombia/U.S.A., 2004)
La ley de Herodes / Herod’s Law (Mexico, 1999)
Guadalupe (Mexico, 2006)
El secreto de sus ojos / The secret in their eyes (Argentina, 2009)
El minero del Diablo / The Devil’s Miner (Bolivia, 2005)
Cocalero (Bolivia, 2007)
Ciudad de Dios / City of God (Brazil, 2003)
Bolívar soy yo / Bolivar I am (Colombia/France, 2002)
Alamar/ To the sea (Mexico, 2009)
Tambien la Lluvia/ Even the Rain (Bolivia; Environment; Feature Film)
Un Cuento Chino (Argentina; Migration; Magical Realism; feature film)
The Harvest/ La Cosecha (U.S.; Migration; Economics; Documentary)
Love in the Time of Cholera (Colombia; Literature; Adaptation of Novel)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Argentina +; Politics; Biographical feature film)
Sugar (DR + US; Sports; Feature Film
The Agronomist (Haiti; Politics; Documentary)
NPR Code Switch: Who Put The ‘Hispanic’ In Hispanic Heritage Month?
Hispanic Heritage Month is a nationally recognized, not-quite-a-month. (It’s the back half of September and the front half of October).
That, according to the government’s website, is because Sept. 15 marks the anniversary of Independence from Spain in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica. (Mexico declared its independence a day later). And Oct. 12 is Día de la Raza, loosely translated as Day of the Race, or “Columbus Day” — a national holiday in a number of Latin American countries.
Read More: “Who Put The ‘Hispanic’ In Hispanic Heritage Month?”