Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022

Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Lisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?

" ... an inspiring road trip through modern-day 'Mexicanity'. Elders and youth come together to speak about their craft, their homeland and what it means to be Mexican. From poets and singers to actors and cultural leaders, Hecho en Mexico takes you into the inner circle of an extraordinarily rich and diverse culture"--Container.

Carlos Galindo (Demian Bichir), mexicano de cuarenta a©łos, es un trabajador inmigrante ilegal que reside en la ciudad de Los Angeles. Un hombre honrado y decente, lo ©ðnico que Carlos persigue es esforzarse al m©Łximo para dar la mejor calidad de vida posible a su hijo Luis (Jose Julian), por ofrecerle una vida que ©♭l nunca tuvo.-- veotrailers.com. Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed...

A dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Eleven-year-old Ofelia comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather, a sadistic captain in General Franco's army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a...

Así se quiere in Jalisco: "El fuerte rumor que circula en el rancho de Santa Rosa es que Lupita Rosales se marcha hacia Telatitlán por la falta de dinero de sus padres. El patrón del rancho, Don Luis se entera de la desagradable noticia y se acerca a los padres de Lupita ofreciéndoles un préstamo, siempre y cuando Lupita trabaje como ama de llaves en la casa grande del rancho. Lo que los padres no saben son las malas intenciones que Don Luis...

The greatest story ever told in the most acclaimed musical of all time! Experience every sensational song, dazzling dance number and magical movie moment of West Side Story in this 50th Anniversary Edition! This electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York.

Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Marcos is a young, alienated man with a blood phobia who works in a small prosthetics laboratory in a small town. Marcos' seemingly calm and monotonous life is completely disrupted when he finds a corpse while trying to handle the laboratory by himself for the first time. To make matters worse, the filming of a horror movie arrives at his small town, bringing in the presence of Ana, a beautiful, eccentric, and outgoing hairdresser who for some strange...

Raquel has worked as a housemaid for an upper-class Santiago, Chile, family for 23 years. On Raquel's 41st birthday, Pilar Valdez and family force the sullen, withdrawn maid to emerge from her kitchen sanctum and join the family for a celebration, but her discomfort is as strong as the family's need to acknowledge their awkward dependence on her. Raquel becomes unable to care for the house alone and new help is hired, which throws her into a jealous...

"Military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls for a referendum to decide his permanence in power in 1988, the leaders of the opposition persuade a young daring advertising executive - René Saavedra - to head their campaign. With limited resources and under the constant scrutiny of the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team conceive of a bold plan to win the election and free their country from oppression"--IMDb.