Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Hundreds of communities in the Tierra Caliente de Guerrero, Mexico have been displaced by organized crime that wants to control territory to traffic drugs and exploit the natural resources. Refugees in a strange city, children reveal the humanitarian crisis of forced displacement and the consequences of relocation and violence in their lives.
Publisher
Juno Films
Language
Español
Formats
Description
The much-honored Spanish restaurant elBulli, which closed in 2011, was once considered the best in the world, but this intriguing foodie documentary reveals a rival - a sibling rival, that is. While elBulli's head chef Ferran Adria was proclaimed a genius, it seems that behind the scenes simmering wasn't confined to stockpots. Over a four-year period, filmmakers Collado and Loomis follow the story of Ferran's former partner and co-chef, younger brother...
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Systemic killings continue in Mexico - a genocide covered up or even perpetrated by the Mexican government. Carlos Spector, a U.S. immigration lawyer in El Paso, Texas fights to obtain political asylum for Mexicans fleeing the violence. Official Selection at the **Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival**.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
In 2009, organized crime took over the Mexican community of Ostula. Murders and enforced disappearances soon became part of daily life. The entire community was displaced and the drug cartel took over their land. In 2014, armed self-defense groups helped the community reclaim their land. Community members who had been terrorized felt safe enough to return and begin reconstruction of the village and their farms. RECOVERING PARADISE documents...
Publisher
Altered Innocence
Language
Español
Formats
Description
One of the best trans films you’ve likely never heard of, Antonio Giménez-Rico’s landmark 1983 documentary explores the lives and loves of a group of six transgender women living in Madrid in the years following Spain’s transition to democracy. But more than that, it’s a loving portrait of a culture finally emerging from the shadows after being hidden for far too long. Antonio's portrait of these women gave them the freedom to portray their...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
«"Ellos." Esta sola palabra, tan breve, resulta suficiente para explicar la grieta que se abrió entre la gente y quienes gobiernan. "Ellos" es distinto de aquel viejo y eufórico "nosotros". El "nosotros" de los muchachos de entonces, que marcharon victoriosos y juntos a La Habana. "Ellos" son ahora unos extraños.»
Con la aparente sencillez de una crónica de viaje, la protagonista narra su experiencia en la célebre Escuela Internacional de Cine...
Publisher
Indiepix Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Four Europeans from different cultures and fields of art set off in a minibus with a quality trove of world literature. They go in search, across a vast desert-like landscape, to find a place as remote as possible where they will establish the world's last bookshop. An isolated location is just perfect for their purpose, as there, the printed books of the world will be much safer from big city termites and the ups and downs of the internet. During...
8) Impulso
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
The spectacular avant-garde choreography of flamenco dancer Rocío Molina has electrified audiences around the world. The film is an intimate portrait of Molina, one the dance world's most passionate artists, as she travels the world to perform at unusual venues ranging from prisons to modern art museums.
Publisher
IndiePix Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
A creative documentary on the challenge of writing history to solidify peace amidst post-conflict reconciliation. Scientists, academics, and activists attempt to normalize war-torn Colombia as a group of mothers approaches their children's possible killers to find closure.
13) Mexico revealed
Publisher
distributed by Discovery Education
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"From the famous single cry 'Viva Mexico!' that sweeps the country every Independence Day, to the spectacle and pageantry summoned by reverence for the Virgin of Guadalupe, this fascinating voyage introduces you to storied traditions, rich heritage and unique citizens." -- container.
14) A taste of sky
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
It delicately details the journey of two students from GUSTU, the groundbreaking cooking school and fine-dining restaurant founded by NOMA's Claus Meyer in La Paz, Bolivia.
Publisher
EPF Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Documentary on the canto cardenche, an a capella song tradition of cotton farmers and miners in the arid Laguna Region of northern Mexico, now on the verge of extinction. Includes music by Juan Pablo Villa, Los Cardencheros de Sapioriz, Los Cardencheros de La Flor de Jimulco, and others.
16) América
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Three brothers confront the chasm between adolescent yearning and adult responsibilities when brought together to care for their charismatic ninety-three year old grandmother in this critically-acclaimed documentary. Forced English subtitles.
17) Batallas intimas
Publisher
Alfhaville Cinema
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
It is the story of five women from different countries who have survived or are trying to survive domestic violence.
18) Cielo
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
A cinematic reverie on the beauty of the night sky, as experienced in the Atacama Desert, Chile, one of the best places on the planet to contemplate its splendor. The film drifts between science and spirituality, the arid land, desert shores, and lush galaxies, expanding the imagination. From astrophysicists to the desert dwellers, all share their evocative visions of the stars and planets, their mythic stories and existential queries with remarkable...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Addressing climate change is the existential question of the time, but climate change and biodiversity loss are two sides to the same coin. The Land of Azaba is the first feature documentary on the subject of ecological restoration, and it is set in one of the world's first hot spots for increasing and maintaining bio-diversity, Campanarios de Azaba Nature Reserve in Western Spain. It immerses the viewer in a magical world where humans and wildlife...
20) La Danubio
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
A refreshing view of the Venezuelan crisis through the lens of a tenacious woman struggling to protect her legacy, the Danubio pastry shop: a landmark that continues to stand still as the country crumbles around it.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Jackson County Oregon can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request