Editor's Note:
SPEAKING TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT THE VICTORY AT SAN SALVADOR ATENCO, MEXICO: A NATIONAL FILM SCREENING AND SPEAKING TOUR

Beginning on March 17, 2003, Greg Berger will be launching a U.S. national tour of two half-hour films about San Salvador Atenco, "Tierra, si! Aviones, no!" and "La rebelión de los machetes".

The story of the victory at Atenco demonstrates the power and viability of popular struggle during a time when the will of the people has been brushed aside by a political agenda.

Screenings will be organized on university campuses, independent media facilities, and at other venues where similar independent media tours have been hosted.

For more information, please contact Greg Berger at: gringoyo_2000@yahoo.com or 646 279 3763.

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New from Lisandro Duque Naranjo

Invisible Children, The   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Lisandro Duque Naranjo
Feature   90 minutes   2001
With English subtitles
Set in a small town in Colombia in the 1950s, three children named Rafael, Gonzalo, and Fernando, all eight years old, try to make themselves invisible by following instructions from a black magic book given to them by a swindler pretending to be a medicine man. They are forced to face fear head on by sacrificing animals in a cemetery and gutting them at midnight. The protagonist's motivation is the secret love he has for his neighbor, a very beautiful but unkind little girl (only she is also secretly in love with him) who he desires to get close to. Reminiscent of the tales of Colombia's master novelist Gabriel García Márquez, the story is narrated by this protagonist some fifty year later, and the tone of the story is the part tender, part hilarious, part wistful.
Purchase Price: $ 99.95

Soccer and Nationalism

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Jorge Echeverry
Feature   82 minutes   2001
With English subtitles
Once again, the Colombian national soccer team has a shot at the World Cup but they must face off against the powerful Argentine team to qualify. As Colombians celebrate the upcoming match with fervor, Mariano Concha, a shady public service employee, becomes obsessed with the game, and thus begins the starting point of a radical and dramatic change in his life.Confident that his team will win, Mariano begins preparations for the final match. Slacking off at work and ignoring his family obligations, Mariano buys the tickets, asks his local priest to pray for the team, and in an act of exaggerated self-confidence he places a ludicrous bet all to ensure his attendance at the game and guarantee the team's victory. He also risks the one thing that he values above all else and gives meaning to his existence: his wife's love.
Purchase Price: $ 130.00

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