October 7, 2010 – October 17, 2010
Hispanic Latino Heritage Month – Part 2
In the News: FAU continues to celebrate Hispanic Latino Heritage Month. (September 15-October 15, 2010) Our first post for this celebration focused on book titles. Now, we feature some DVDs on this subject that are available from the Boca Raton Media Center.
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El Beso que Me Diste
Directed by Sonia Fritz. Vanguard Cinema, 2002 (released 2000)
Call Number: PN1997. B44173 2002
Bitter Cane
Directed by Jacques Arcelin. Cinema Guild, 1983
Call Number: F1921 .B47 1983
Bread & Roses
Directed by Ken Loach. Lions Gate, 2001 (released 2000)
Call Number: PN1997. B73 2001
Buena Vista Social Club
Directed by Wim Wenders. Artisan Entertainment, 1999
Call Number: ML207 .C85 B84 1999
Che
Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Criterion Collection, 2009 (released 2008)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .C4384 2009
El Che
Produced by Cinétévé. White Star, 1997
Call Number: F2849.22 .G85 C435 1997
Che Guevara: A Guerrilla to the End
Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004
Call Number: F2849.22 .G85 C438 2004
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
Directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller. PBS, 2009
Call Number: KF224 .H468 C55 2009
Cuba: The Children of Fidel
Directed by Carmen Sarmiento. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: HQ1460.5 .W63225 2004
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
Directed by Glenn Gebhard. The Cinema Guild, 2008 (released 2006)
Call Number: F1788 .C73 2008
Cuba: Pictures from the Revolution
Directed by Laura Abeyta and Peter Ochs. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: F1788 .C817 2004
Diarios de Motocicleta: Motorcycle Diaries
Directed by Walter Salles. Universal, 2005 (released 2004)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .M676 2005
Edwidge Danticat Visits Her Haitian Roots, June, 2003
Directed by Susan Wilcox. Full Duck Productions, 2006
Call Number: PS3554 .A5815 Z464 2006
Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
Directed by Noland Walker. PBS Home Video, 2009
Call Number: F1923 .E33 2009
Failing Haiti
Directed by Rod Paul. Filmakers Library, 2005 (released 2006)
Call Number: F1928.2 .F356 2005
Fidel Castro—A Life of Revolution
Directed by Terence McKenna. Filmakers Library, 2008
Call Number: F1788.22 .C3 F524 2008
Fire & Ink: The Legacy of Latin American Literature (13-part series)
Produced by Eliseo Alvarez. Films Media Group, 2008
Call Number: Available on DVD and via Films on Demand database
El Gallo de Oro: The Golden Cockerel
Directed by Roberto Gavaldón. Facets Video, 2003 (released 1964)
Call Number: PN1997 .G2556 2003
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Directed by Asger Leth. Thinkfilm, LLC, 2007 (released 2006)
Call Number: HV6439 .H32 G56 2007
The Golden Coach
Directed by Jean Renoir. Criterion Collection, 2004 (Released 1952)
Call Number: PN1997. C3475 2004
The Greening of Cuba
Directed by Jaime Kibben. Food First, 2005
Call Number: S477 .C8 G74 2005
Hispanic Americans: the New Frontier
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: E184 .S75 H628224 2004
Historic Guatemala Films
Quality Information Publishers, 2007
Call Number: F1463 .H57 2007
Historic Puerto Rico Films
Quality Information Publishers, 2007
Call Number: F1958 .H57 2007
Hugo Chavez
Directed by Ligia Blanco. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2006
Call Number: F2329.22 .C54 H84 2006
Hugo Chavez: World Social Forum 2005, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Z Video Productions, 2005
Call Number: F2328.52 .C48 H85 2005
The Hugo Chavez Show
Directed by Ofra Bikel. PBS, 2008
Call Number: F2329.22 .C54 H845 2008
I Am Cuba
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozishvili. New Yorker Video, 2007 (released 1964)
Call Number: PN1997 .I258 2007
Isabel Allende
Directed by Paula Rodriguez Sickert. Filmakers Library, 2007
Call Number: PQ8098.1 .L54 Z695 2007
Latin Music USA
PBS, 2009
Call Number: ML3558 .L37 2009
Made in L.A.: Hecho en Los Angeles
Directed by Almudena Carracedo. California Newsreel, 2007
Call Number: HD6073 .C62 M33 2007
Mexico, la Revolucion Congelada: Mexico, the Frozen Revolution
Directed by Raymundo Gleyzer. Facets Video, 2007
Call Number: F1414.2 .M49 2007
Nada +
Directed by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti. First Run Features, 2003
Call Number: PN1997.2 .N333 2003
Nobody Listened: Nadie Escuchaba
Directed by Jorge Ulla and Nestor Almendros. Facets Video, 2004 (released 1987)
Call Number: JC599 .C85 N63 2004
Nueba Yol 1 & 3
Directed by Angel Muñiz. Venevision International, 2006
Call Number: P1997 .N8532 2006
Orfeu Negro: Black Orpheus
Directed by Marcel Camus. Criterion Collection, 1999 (released 1959)
Call Number: PN1997 .O647 1999
Piñero
Directed by Leon Ichaso. Miramax, 2001
Call Number: PN1997.2 .P5647 2002
Puerto Rican Bomba: In Search of Our Roots
Directed by Madeleine Richeport-Haley. Filmakers Library, 2008
Call Number GV1632 .P8 P84 2008
Quien Diablos es Juliette?: Who the Hell is Juliette?
Directed by Carlos Macovich. Kino International, 2000 (released 1997)
Call Number: F1760 .Q54 2000
Sacred Choreographies of Cuba and Haiti
Insight Media, 2005
Call Number: BL605 .S237 2005
Seres Extravagantes: Odd People Out
Directed by Manuel Zayes. Frameline, 2007
Call Number: PQ7390 .A72 S474 2007
Simón Bolívar: El Libertador
Directed by Paul A. Roselli. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: F2235.3 .S56 2004
Stand and Deliver
Directed by Ramon Menendez. Warner Home Video, 1998 (released 1988)
Call Number: PN1997 .S65925 1998
The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic
Directed by Amy Serrano. Siren Studio, 2007
Call Number: HD8039 .S86 D65 2007
Tal Como Somos: Just As We Are
Directed by Heidi Zersen. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2008
Call Number: HQ76.2 .U5 T36 2008
Venezuelan Bolivariana: Pueblo y Lucha de la IV Guerra Mundial/Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggle of the Fourth World War
Directed by Marcelo Andrade Arreaza, 2004
Call Number: F2329 .V46 2004
Waiting for Fidel
Directed by Michael Rubbo. Facets Video, 2004 (released 1974)
Call Number: F1765.2 .W35 2004
Y Tu Mamá También
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. MGM Home Entertainment, 2002 (released 2001)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .Y228 2002
¡Yo Soy Boricua, Pa’que To lo Sepas!
Directed by Rosie Perez. Genius Entertainment, 2007 (released 2006)
Call Number: F1971 .Y6 2007
I highly suggest Bread and Roses. It is one of my favorites. (both ways)
-Brian