“…The man who certainly was the Chi's and the Castro brothers’ closest strategist in the Sierra Maestro, the man who was so popular that Fidel thought that he would overshadow him, the man who was sentenced to a twenty-year-long imprisonment for being too revolutionary, reexamines the history of the Cuban Revolution in this documentary, from the attack of the Moncada to the recent transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl.…”

“…Duration: 01:20:00 It began with a bus crashing through the gates of an embassy in Havana and unraveled into one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of human migrations. In a few short weeks, nearly 130,000 Cubans left their homeland in an unrelenting stream of vessels bound for America. …”

“…Printed portraits, slides and super 8 movies are hoarded there and it is through them that the history of that region in Santa Fe can be reconstructed. …”

“…It is also a movie about a young generation of archive workers willing to free their society from the stranglehold of its own history.…”

“…For the first time, these new governments are forging an alliance and their unity of purpose is not superficial: they intend to change the course of history and, by joining together, challenge North American hegemony in the region. …”

“…The second part introduces the members of the Bonaudi family and the history of the place.…”

“…First exploring the proud history and traditions of the community (both rural and urban), the film then looks at ongoing conflicts with the Chilean government and various companies who look to exploit their land.…”

“…The lesson covers not only the fighting techniques but its history too. The short film presents the connection between martial arts and wars, weapons, nations and state leaders. …”

“…The Final Image is a film about one of the most famous images in history. It is a film about a group of journalists’ attempt to record a continent sinking into violence. …”

“…The series ends with the testimony of Elda Bonaudi, daughter of one of the founders of the studio who lives in Santiago del Estero and is also one of the owners of the building. She reexamines the history from her own point of view and states her need to sell her piece of the property.…”

“…Soros Documentary Fund A short film about flamenco – its origins, development and future. The history of the Spanish Gypsies is the story of a collision between two cultures – the nomadic lifestyle and the sedentary one. …”

“…Verzio FF Submission The film examines the final hours of one of history's most enigmatic figures. Che Guevara was a poster boy for revolution, having abandoned a career in medicine to join Fidel Castro's revolutionary "26th of July" movement, which seized power in Cuba in 1959, deposing the dictator Batista and, in the following decade, joining revolutions in Congo-Kinshasa and Bolivia. …”

“…Verzio FF Submission “Hijos de la Guerra” is a documentary about the history of the MS-13. Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is an international Hispanic street gang founded by Salvadoran civil war refugees in Los Angeles during the late 1980s, which the U.S government singles out as the fastest-growing and most violent gang in the country. …”

“…As the women look back on their political past—the social injustices that led to their political activism, the moral dilemmas they faced, their imprisonment and torture—they speak intimately and openly about decisive moments that shaped their personal histories. Their stark memories of the group’s brutal suppression are interwoven with stories of the Tupamaros’ own political kidnappings, providing another vantage point on prisoner/guard interaction.…”

“…But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca. “A Little Bit of So Much Truth” captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.…”

“…Survivors of the last forty years of the troubled history of Peru, they tell us what they did to survive the gigantic inflation, the corruption, the violence of Shining Path and that of the army in Peru. …”

“…When disaster strikes and atrocities are committed, the world looks at the United Nations to intervene, react and to help, but for most of its history, the doors of the UN have been closed to indigenous peoples, and for decades they were left to fend for themselves. …”

“…Verzio FF Submission In the mountain desert of the Bolivian Andes female emancipation has a particular form and history. In the village of Chorolque (5,600m above sea level) the main way of earning a living is to work in tin mines, demanding work which gives women the chance to have the same status as men, feed families abandoned by husbands, or at least be able to afford a treat. …”

“…Some Kind of Sadness is Ramírez's poetic essay on the Peruvian soul, a series of fragments - history, scenery, and people. The documentary opens with images of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, where Peru beat Austria in football. …”