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The Latin American Video Archives continues to bring you exciting new documentaries and feature films from Latin America. Below is a selection of our new releases. To order these tapes contact us by email at info@lavavideo.org, by phone 212-243-4804, by fax 212-243-2007. Our website at www.latinamericanvideo.org united the collections of all US distributors that handle Latin American titles listing thousands of titles from throughout Latin America.

Brazil

Cine Mambembe: Cinema Discovers Brazil   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Lais Bodanzky & Luiz Bolognesi
Documentary   56 minutes   1998
With English subtitles
Two filmmakers embark on a journey to the interior of Brazil, screening short films to different audiences in public squares. From the southern Bahia to the distant edges of the Amazon, they meet many people who experience the big screen for the first time.
Purchase Price: $ 99.95

BRAZIL - The Center for Indigenous Work

Thank you, Brother   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Divino Tserewahu
Documentary   19 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
"Filming is my profession, that's what I was born to do ... not for work with the axe. I wasn't born to plant," explains Divino. Today, he dominates the language of video and its filming and editing techniques. In this documentary, he describes the development of video works in partnership with his community.
Purchase Price: $ 79.95


Rainy Season, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Isaac Valdete
Documentary   38 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
A day in the life of the Ashaninka community during the rainy season. Filmed during a workshop held in a village on the Amônia river in the state of Acre , the rapport established between the filmmakers and community members makes this documentary more than merely descriptive; it captures the rhythm of village life and the villagers' sense of humor.
Purchase Price: $ 99.95


Xavante Initiation, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Bartolomeu Patira,Caimi Waiasse, Divino Tserewahú, Jorge Protodi, Winti Suyá
Documentary   75 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
A documentary about an ear piercing initiation ritual of young Xavante Indians, realized by one Suyá and four Xavante filmmakers during a training workshop of the Video in the Villages project.
Purchase Price: $ 99.95


Indians in Brazil: Have a Nice Trip Ibantu!   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Vincent Carelli
Documentary   18 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
"Indians in Brazil" is an educational series produced for Brazilian Public SchoolsThis is a highly emotional account of a meeting of four teenagers with the Kraho Indians. The Krahô received them warmly and they integrate immediately. The youth took part in the works and ceremonies of the village. They were painted and received Indian names. The departure was pure emotion.
Purchase Price: $ 79.95


Indians in Brazil: When God Visits the Village   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Vincent Carelli
Documentary   18 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
This is a highly emotional account of a meeting with the Kraho. The documentary is hosted by Ailton Krenak. This series shows how nine different ethnic indigenous groups live and think in different parts of Brazil.
Purchase Price: $ 79.95

Dominican Republic

History of Jazz, The   Get Details
Chuchy Gonzalez
Documentary   50 minutes   1991
With English subtitles
A documentary that details the contribution of Latin musicians from the birth of Brazz Bands in New Orleans in 1895 until the birth of Latin jazz by the founding father Mario Bauza in the 1940's. The first segment of this documentary examines the colonial slavery period from the beginning to the end, sharing the development of the creative forces in that period. In summary, it focuses on how the African black and the "Criollo" create their own music based upon their ancestral traditions and whatever was offered and permitted from the land of America. The second segment narrates the development of jazz, and how the Caribbean traditions and musical creations feed and bejewel jazz from its very beginning. In the third segment, the video shows how Latino jazz is born, with the support of the creator of this genre, Mr. Mario Bauza.

Peru

Apu Inca of Sapallanga, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Raul Gallegos and Wilma Feliciano
Documentary   15 minutes   1999
Dubbed into English
The Spanish/Quechua dance drama known as "The Death of Atawalpa" is seen from an Andean perspective.
Purchase Price: $ 79.95

US/Latino

Someday   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Pepe Urquijo
Fiction   28 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
In "Algun Dia" we see as the Gonzalez family strives to overcome xenophobic injustices running rabid through a neighborhood confused about the "immigrant problem." The Gonzalez's like the majority of other immigrant families must battle the claims that immigrants take all the jobs, live off welfare, ruin schools and tarnish good neighborhoods.
Purchase Price: $ 200.00

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• Jewish Studies (April 2004)
  
• Classic Latin American Cinema (March 2004)
  
• Women's Studies (February 2004)
  
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• The Vision of Manuel Antin (November 2003)
  
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• Recent Chilean Cinema (October 2003)
  
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• The Pinochet Case (September 2002)
  
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• New Documentaries (April 2002)
  
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• New Feature Films from LAVA (November 2001)
  
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• Work from Peru (April 2001)
  
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• THE LATIN AMERICAN VIDEO ARCHIVES (February 2001)
  
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• This Month's Featured Artist (November 2000)
  
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• Featured Titles at LAVA, Fall 2000 (September 2000)
  
• New Release of Mexican Feature Films (September 2000)
  
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• New Titles at LAVA (March 2000)
  
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• Puerto Rico (November 1999)
  
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• Films Based on Books (February 1998)
  
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