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Brazil

Chronically Unfeasible   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Sergio Bianchi
Feature   101 minutes   1998
With English subtitles
Director Sergio Bianchi throws down the gauntlet in an explosive and stridently political docudrama, a critical look at inequality, corruption and hypocrisy in contemporary Brazil. A mosaic of characters, spanning all five regions of the enormous country and all classes, interact in pointedly loaded situations, as they struggle to survive, mentally and physically, within their chaotic society.
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Battle of Canudos, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Sergio Rezende
Feature   165 minutes   1997
With English subtitles
October 5, 1897: the citizens of the Belo Monte empire -- the town known as Canudos -- under their mystical leader Antonio Coselheiro, brace for the assault of the soldiers of the newly created Brazilian republic. Roughly based on Euclides da Cunha's classic Os Sertóes (Revolt in the Backlands), the film follows a single family, with daughter Luiza caught between both camps. At the time of its production, this was the biggest-budget film in Brazilian history.
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Lamarca   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Sergio Rezende
feature   125 minutes   1994
With English subtitles
Adaptated from the book Lamarca, o capitao da guerrilha, by Emiliano Jose and Oldack Miranda, the film follows the last two years of Captain Carlos Lamarca who, inspired by the fiery rhetoric of Che Guevara, walked away from his brilliant career in the Brazilian military in 1969 to become a charismatic guerrilla leader of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard.
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Bolivia

Question of Faith, A   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Marcos Loayza
feature   88 minutes   1995
With English subtitles
This film chronicles the adventures of Domingo, the village saint maker and his partner, Pepelucho. When the two are ordered by a local mobster to construct a life-sized virgin and deliver it to a village in the heart of the jungle, or else pay with their lives, they embark on a journey that has unexpected consequences. Featuring beautiful cinematography and strong performances, the film explores the bonds of friendship and the strength of faith.
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Uruguay

Vineyard, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Esteban Schroeder
Feature   88 minutes   2000
With English subtitles
Based on true events, this film tells the story of a young boy who steals grapes from the nearby vineyard. He and his friends are discovered by guards nearby who chase after them and open fire. Soon after, the boy disappears. Joaquin, a local journalist, decides to follow the case to find out what actually happened.
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Peru

Bait, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Marianne Eyde
Feature   103 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
María's life is as unpredictable as the sea. As a baby she was found abandoned and floating on a raft and, as a result of living in a small fishing village, she turned fishing into her skilled craft. Against her traditional ways, her husband Juan becomes part of an industrial fishing crew and their paths begin to splinter. María tries to keep her dreams alive despite the hardship of being alone while her husband is out on fishing expeditions.
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