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Fighting Cholitas
Fighting Cholitas is a documentary short produced by Mariam Jobrani, Kenneth Krauss and Teresa Deskins, about a group of bold and fierce female Bolivian wrestlers. These indigenous, Indian women jump into the ring every Sunday in their traditional, vibrant multilayered skirts and perform the acrobatic maneuvers of Lucha Libre (a blend of Mexican and American professional wrestling). Fighting Cholitas documents this weekly fight and goes behind the scenes to find out who these women are and what draws them to this unusual sport.
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BANANAS!*
Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it? In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.
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Who Am I? The Found Children of Argentina/Missing Children
Together on one DVD, LAFN presents the 1985 documentary by Estela Bravo, MISSING CHILDREN and her 2010 follow-up feature, WHO AM I? In WHO AM I?, the children of Argentina's disappeared are now young adults struggling with the discovery that the people who raised them were not actually their parents, but supporters of the military junta that killed their biological families. MISSING CHILDREN tells the story just as the search for their true identities begins. WHO AM I? brings us up-to-date with some of the children who have been found.
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Through the Lens Latin American Film Series in Jackson, MS
For those of you in the Jackson, Mississippi area June 5-10th please make sure to check out the Summer Film series, “Through the Lens” at Millsaps College sponsored by Tulane University, Vanderbilt University and Millsaps College.
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ANDERSON SÁ TO SPEAK AT TULANE UNIVERSITY
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Favela Rising to Air on LinkTV
Las Americas' powerful Brazilian documentary Favela Rising will continue to reach new audiences after landing in LinkTV's DOC-DEBUT slot for January and Febuary! The film is first set to air on Sunday, January 23 at 8 pm Eastern Time, and will continue to air throughout January and Febuary. To find out more about future airdates, check out LinkTV's DOC-DEBUT page.
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"De Nadie" to be Shown at Rafto Symposium
Tin Dardinal's "De Nadie" will be presented as part of the Rafto Symposium on Friday, November 5 in Bergen, Norway. The symposium examines "The exploitation of migrants in Mexico's war on drugs" and honors 2010 Rafto Prize laureate Fr. José Raúl Vera López.
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Tijuana Project to screen at Ybor Film Festival
The Tijuana Project will continue its festival run at the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image in 2011. See you in Tampa!
