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The center's videos are categorized by country and region, by theme, and by grade level as listed below.

   
Country and Region
Brazil Cuba
Central America Mexico
Caribbean South America (except Brazil)
 
   
Theme  
Arts and Literature Environment
Chicano and Latino Human Rights
Colonial Latin America Indigenous Peoples
Current Events Religion
Economics and Development Women
Encounter of Two Worlds  
   
   
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Brazil
2. Capital Sins ( America Series)
6. Miracles are Not Enough (Americas Series)
7. Builders of Images ( Americas Series)
15. The Return of Dr. Fritz: Healing by the Spirits in Brazil
16. Disappearing World – The Kayapó
26. Canudos Revisited
40. A Quiet Revolution
57. The Money Lenders
88. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
95. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
104. Retrato de Teresa
116. Light Memories of Rio
139. Alma Corsaria
150. Bananas is My Business
164. Bye Bye Brazil
172. Amazon: Paradise Lost?
178. El Viaje
179. Quilombo
192. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendez Story
197. Bossa Nova: Music and Reminiscences
223. Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)
224. Four Days in September (O que é isso, companheiro?)
229. Los Olvidados
257. Terra em Transe
258. Savage Capitalism
259. Pixote
263. Central Station
281, 282. Journey into Amazônia
293. Maria Bethânia: Ao Vivo
294. Gilberto Gil
295. The Mission
297. Hour of the Star
298. Isle of Flowers
302. Marisa Monte
303. Txai Macedo
304. Circulâdo Vivo Caetano
306. Vidas Secas
309. Capoeira Bahia
310. Moraes Moreira
314. O Amuleto de Ogum
332, 333. Panorama historico Brasilero Tomo I & II
337. Solo the Law of the Favela]
339. Trinkets and Beads
340. Produção da Fome
341. Memories of Prison
342. The Spirit of Samba
365. Hans Staden
368. Orfeu
376. O Amour Natural
393. Amazon journal

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Central America
32. Faces of War
39. Frontline: Crisis in Central America
144. Gringo in Mañanaland
183. Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics in Central America
399. Foods of Latin America

Belize
75. Best of Belize All Over Part I
76. Best of Belize All Over Part II
252. The Garifuna Journey

Costa Rica
35. Costa Rica : Child in the Wind
47. Costa Rica: Los Parques Nacionales
48. Costa Rica : The Land and Its People
49. National Parks and Wild Lands of Costa Rica
120. Costa Rica 's Mountain Coffee
231. Eulalia
235. Costa Rica : Democracy, Environment, and Peace

El Salvador
9. Fire in the Mind ( Americas Series)
16. Maria's Story
37. Is This Democracy? U.S. Policy and Central
63. Killing Priests is Good News
136. Romero

Guatemala
18. On the Trail of the Jaguar
20. Refugiados
30. Descubriendo Guatemala
34. Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
37. Is This Democracy? U.S. Policy and Central
41. The Dark Light of Dawn
58. The Real Thing
62. Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
145. The Long Road Home
209. The Silence of Neto
213. Quest: Lost World of the Maya
272. Día Sereno
326. Men With Guns
351. Popul Vuh
352. When the Mountains Tremble
353. El Norte
359. Haunted Land
399. Foods of Latin America

Honduras
21. Elvia: The Fight for Land and Liberty in Honduras
96. Honduras
213. Quest: Lost World of the Maya

Nicaragua
11. Por los Caminos Vive Nicaragua Part I
12. Por los Caminos Vive Nicaragua Part II
17. Political Communication in Revolutionary Nicaragua
19. Dawn of the People
36. The Secret Team Behind the Iran Contragate America
37. Is This Democracy? U.S. Policy and Central
38. Slender Wooden Crosses
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua , The World Bank and the IMF
232. Avancemos: Walking United in Nicaragua
373. Something Remains

Panama
22. The Panama Deception
32. Faces of War
33. A Man, A Plan, A Canal: Panama
37. Is This Democracy? U.S. Policy and Central
39. Frontline: Crisis in Central America
91. Panamanian Culture Night I
92. Panamanian Culture Night II
93. Panama I
94. Panama II

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Caribbean
4. Mirrors of the Heart ( Americas Series)
7. Builders of Images ( Americas Series)
8. Get up, Stand up (Americas Series)
10. The Latin American and Caribbean Presence in the U.S. ( Americas Series)
45. Salsa: Latin Pop Music in the Cities
84. Haiti : Killing the Dream
166. Mickey Mouse Goes to Haití
170. Nueba Yol
180. Inside the CIA: On Company Business. Part I: The History
181. Inside the CIA: On Company Business. Part II: Assassination
182. Inside the CIA: On Company Business. Part III: Subversion
185. Sugar Cane Alley
199. Roots of Rhythm: Across the Ocean
200. Roots of Rhythm: The Fiery Romance
201. Roots of Rhythm: To the Top of the Charts
203. Toured: The Other Side of Tourism in Barbados
227. Por Primera Vez (For the First Time)
256. Nueba Yol III
279. Puerto Rico
291. Latino Voices
305. Jamaican Folktales
350. In the Time of the Butterflies
361. Port-au-Prince is Mine
399. Foods of Latin America

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Cuba
31. The Last Supper
35. Castro's Cuba : Two Views
42. Portrait of the World: Castro's Cuba
60. Cuba Va
79. Hasta Cierto Punto (Up to a Certain Point)
99. Lucía
104. Retrato de Teresa
133. Havana Nagila: The Jews in Cuba
137. The Mambo Kings
155. Improper Conduct
156. Fresa y Chocolate
161. Ochoa
202. Azucar Amarga (Bitter Sugar)
205. Guantanamera
208. Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
221. Fidel Castro
239. Memories of Underdevelopment
280. Cuba
318. Plaff!
336. Everyday Art
338. Our House in Havana
349. The Death of a Bureaucrat
374. Fond Memories of Cuba
399. Foods of Latin America
401. Cuba : the 40 years war
402. Conga Lessons at the Bay of Pigs
409. Video de Familia & Dos Hermanos (two films on the same video)
410. Historias de la Revolución
411. Reyna y Rey
412. Se Permuta
413. Lista de espera

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Mexico
3. Continent on the Move ( Americas Series)
7. Builders of Images ( Americas Series
18. The Mystery of the Feathered Snake
20. Refugiados
46. Viaje al Centro de La Selva: Memorial Zapatista
56. Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of a Mexican Community
61. A Skirt Full of Butterflies
67. Mexico Part I (1910-1940)
68. Mexico Part II (1940-1982)
69. Mexico Part III (1982-1988)
71. Conflict of the Gods ( Americas Series)
83. Yo, la Peor de Todas (without subtitles)
98. Como Agua Para Chocolate
100a. City of the Gods
100b. The Aztecs
100c. Teotihuacan and El Tajin
101a. Searching for the Mayas
101b. Teotihuacan and El Tajin
107. Mexican Prehispanic Cultures
109. Emerging Powers: Mexico
112. Mexican Popular Customs
115. The Chinampas
121. Enamorada
122. Crepúsculo
123. Historia de un Gran Amor
124. María Candelaria
125. La Ofrenda
126. Ahora Soy Rico
127. Infamia
128. Ay! Qué Tiempos Señor Don Simon
129. Su Precio Unos Dolares
130. Reed: Mexico Insurgente
131. Pueblo de Madera
132. Espejismo de la Ciudad
134. Danzón
135. I, the Worst of All (Sp. with Eng. subtitles)
140. Cronos
141. Diego Rivera
143. Frida Kahlo
144. The Gringo in Mañanaland
153. Border Brujo
155. Improper Conduct
157. Frida. Naturaleza Viva
159. Borderline Cases
165. The Human Race: Escaping from History
178. El Viaje
187. Julio and His Angel
189. Seguin
206. Cinco de Mayo: Holidays for Children
211. The Roots (Mexico-1958)
212. The Ties that Bind: Stories Behind the Immigration Controversy
225. Midoq Alley (Callejón de los Milagros)
228. The Devil Never Sleeps
229. Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned)
242. Veronico Cruz
243. Vamonos con Pancho Villa
254. An End to Silence
255. Video in the Village
266. El Padrecito
267. El Profe
268. El Ministro Y Yo
274. Trav's Travels to Mexico
276. Food for the Ancestors
277. The Aztec Empire
278. Chapultepec Castle
292. Zapatista
296. Tree of Life
300. El Mercado: Mexican Marketplace
316, 317. US-Mexican War
334. Mexico City
345. Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
351. Popul Vuh--Sacred Games
360. A Day Without a Mexican
362. Macario
364. Untamed Women
375.The Couple in the Cage
392. Frida
393. Amazon Journal
395. Y tu mamá también.
397. Días de Muertos en Oaxaca
399. Foods of Latin America
400. A tour of a Mexican food store
407. Inside Mexico: Mexican popular customs
408. Mexico 's Day of the Dead

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South America (except Brazil)
399. Foods of Latin America
404. Music of the Devil, the Bear, and the Condor

Argentina
1. The Garden of Forking Paths ( Americas Series)
7. Builders of Images ( Americas Series)
14. The Search for the Disappeared
44. Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
59. Todo es Ausenscia (Evertything is Absence)
64. Camila
73. The Price of Freedom (Buried Mirror Series)
77. Man Facing Southeast
78. The Yidishe Gauchos
80. Zerda's Children
81. Un Lugar en el Mundo ( A Place in the World)
82. La Nave de los Locos (The Ship of the Insane)
85. Gatica “El Mono” (Part I)
86. Gatica “El Mono” (Part II)
87. Sur
108. El Muerto
113. La Guerra de Cerdo (The War of Pigs)
114. La historia oficial (The Official Story)
138. Lo que Vendrá (Times to Come)
142. Evita
152. Tangos: The Exile of Gardel
154. Borges
160. Argentina
162. Funny Dirty Little War
163. Miss Mary
175. Casas de fuego
176. El Censor
177. Eva Perón
178. El Viaje
190. Juan Perón
194. El Charanguero
195. Wars In Peace: The Falklands/Special Forces
196. Tangos: Our Dance
204. Caballos Salvajes (Wild Horses)
242. Veronico Cruz (VHS)
414. Veronico cruz (DVD)
260, 261. Cazadores de Utopias
265. Apartment Zero
269, 270, 271. An Argentine Journey
275. Tango
283. Crossing Borders: Carlos Fuentes
311. Autumn Sun
325. Perfumes de Tango
335. Frontera Sur
372. Throw a dime (Tire Dié)
398. Argentina bird's-eye view (south)
406. Esperando la Carroza.
414. Verónico Cruz (DVD)
415. Waiting for the Messiah
430. La vida según Muriel
431. El faro
432. Plazas de almas
433. Córdoba--Heart of Argentina
434. The Pilot Guide to Argentina
435. La Sonambula

 Bolivia
4. Mirrors of the Heart ( Americas Series)
51. Bolivia Summer 1993
57. The Money Lenders
191. Ernesto Che Guevara: The Bolivian Diary
313. Orphans of the Sun
346. Mama Coca
347. The Day Silence Died
403. Courage of the people

Chile
5. In Women's Hands (Americas Series)
118. Isabel Allende: An Extraordinary Life
146. Missing
186. Chile: ¿Hasta cuando?
236. Chile: Obstinate Memory
237. Battle of Chile : Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie
238. Battle of Chile : the Coup d'etat.
264. La Frontera
396. Nuestro Siglo: The History of the Chilean People


Colombia
8. Get Up, Stand Up ( Americas Series)
13. Columbia: The Untold Story
29. Rodrigo D: No Futuro
167. From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brother's Warning
207. The Courageous Women of Colombia
230. Confesión a Laura
358. Colombia's Guerilla War: A Sundered Nation
405. Resistencia: hip-hop in Colombia

Ecuador
40. A Quiet Revolution
174. Quichua Language Puppet Show
240a. The Accident of Freedom, Love of Volcanoes
240b. Shuar, Children of the Jungle, The Enchanted Islands
241a. El Accidente de la Libertad, Amor De Volcanoes
241b. Shuar, Hijos de la Selva, Las Encantadas
244. Ballet Folclórico Nacional “Jacchigua”
245. Colección Ecológica
246. Etnia y costumbres Amazonia Ecuatoriana
247. Cultura Indigena de Ecuador
248. Cultura Nacional Mestiza
249. Colección Afro-Ecuatoriana
250. Colección Ecológica: Parques y Reservas Nacionales
251. Colección Ecológica: Aves de Ecuador
288. Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands
321. Cultura Indígena #1
322. Cultura Indígena #2
394. Ratas, ratones y rateros

Paraguay
24. Our Lady of Caacupé
25. Peregrinación a Caacupé

Peru
9. Fore in the Mind ( Americas
Series)
40. A Quiet Revolution
55. La Boca del Lobo
117. Martín Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas
119. Villa el Salvador: A Desert Dream
148. Inca: Secrets of the Ancestors
254. An End to Silence
289. Peru
290. Mountain Music of Peru
301. Metal y Meloncolia
356. Solidarity Isn't Something That Happens in Books

Uruguay
193. Eduardo Galeano

Venezuela
151. Oriane
363. The Track of the Ants

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Arts and Literature

Art
7. Builders of Images ( Americas Series)
65. Barroco
89. Diverse Roots, Diverse Forms
90. Raíces Diversas, Formas Diversas
141. Diego Rivera
143. Frida Kahlo
157. Frida. Naturaleza Viva.
291. Latino Voices
392. Frida

Dance
87. Sur
134. Danzón
152. Tangos: The Exile of Gardel
196. Tango: Our Dance
198. JVC Video Anth. of World Music/Dance
244. Ballet Folclórico Nacional “Jacchigua”
275. Tango
309. Capoeira Bahia
325. Perfumes de Tango
327. Ballet Folclórico
368. Orfeu
405. Resistencia : hip-hop in Colombia

Film Studies
79. Hasta Cierto Punto (Up to a Certain Point)
144. The Gringo in Mañanaland
227. Por Primera Vez (For the First Time)
255. Video in the Village
357. Telenovelas: Love, TV, and Power

Literature
50. I'm the One You Are Looking For
52. Eréndira
54. Gallo de Oro
66. Kiss of the Spider Woman
70. The Virgin and The Bull (Buried Mirror Series)
72. The Age of Gold (Buried Mirror Series)
73. The Price of Freedom (Buried Mirror Series)
74. Unfinished Business (Buried Mirror Series)
80. Yo la Peor de Todas (without subtitles)
98. Como Agua Para Chocolate
105. Pubis Angelical
106. La Ciudad y los Perros (The City and the Dogs)
108. El Muerto (The Dead Man)
113. La Guerra del Cerdo (The War of Pigs)
118. Isabel Allende: An Extraordinary Life
135. Yo la Peor de Todas (with Subtitles)
154. Borges
193. Eduardo Galeano
211. The Roots
214. Place Without Limits
272. Día Sereno
283. Carlos Fuentes
368. Orfeu
376. O Amour Natural

Music
29. Rodrigo D: No Futuro
45. Salsa: Latin Pop Music in the Cities
98. Music in Latin America (seminar lectures)
137. The Mambo Kings
194. El Charanguero
197. Bossa Nova
198. JVC Video Anthology of World Music & Dance
199. Roots of Rhythm: Across the Ocean
200. Roots of Rhythm: The Fiery Romance
201. Roots of Rhythm: To the Top of the Charts
208. Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
269, 270, 271. An Argentine Journey
273. Music of Latin America
286. New Audiences for Mexican Music
290. Moutain Music of Peru
291. Latino Voices
293. Maria Bethânia: Ao Vivo
294. Gilberto Gil
302. Marisa Monte
304. Circulâdo Vivo Caetano
305. Jamaican Folktales
336. Everyday Art
342. The Spirit of Samba
368. Orfeu
380. Alma y Corázon
381. Salsa y Tropical
402. Conga Lessons at the Bay of Pigs
404. Music of the devil, bear & condor
405. Resistencia : hip-hop in Colombia

Photography
116. Light Memories of Rio
117. Martin Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas

Theater
218. Carmelita Tropicana: Your Kunst is Your Waffen

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Chicano and Latino
10. The Latin American and Caribbean Prescence in the US ( Americas Series)
45. Salsa: Latino Pop Music in The Cities
74. Unfinished Business (Buried Mirror Series)
89. Diverse Roots, Diverse Forms
90. Raíces Diversas, Formas Diversas
111. Chicano! History of the Mexican-Amer. Human Rights Movement
127. Infamia
137. The Mambo Kings
145. The Long Road Home
147. Mexican Americans
149. My Family
153. Border Brujo
158. Salt of the Earth
159. Borderline Cases
170. Nueba Yol
188. Requiem 29
189. Seguin
199. Roots of Rhythm: Across the Ocean
200. Roots of Rhythm: The Fiery Romance
201. Roots of Rhythm: To the Top of the Charts
208. Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
210. Yo Soy Chicano
212. The Ties the Bind: Stories behind the Immigration Controversy
218. Carmelita Tropicana
219. In the Shadow of the Law
228. The Devil Never Sleeps
233. Corpus
360. A Day Without a Mexican

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Colonial Latin America
43. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
53. Cabeza de Vaca
64. Camila
65. Barroco
72. The Age of Gold (Buried Mirror Series)
73. Price of Freedom (Buried Mirror Series)
83. Yo, la Peor de Todas
88. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
135. Yo la peor de todas
169. Spanish Empire in the New World
179. Quilombo
277. The Aztec Empire
278. Chapultepec Castle
295. The Mission

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Current Events
3. Continent on the Move ( Americas Series)
9. Fire in the Mind ( Americas Series)
14. The Search for the Disappeared
16a. María's Story
16b. Disappearing World – The Kayapó
20. Refugiados
21. Elvia: The Fight for Land in Honduras
22. The Panama Deception
27. Columbus Didn't Discover Us
29. Rodrigo D.: No Futuro
32. Faces of War
35. a. Castro's Cuba : Two Views
37. Is This Democracy?
38. Slender Wooden Crosses
39. Frontline: Crisis in Central America
41. The Dark Light of Dawn
42. Portrait of the World: Castro's Cuba
44. Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
46. Viaje al Centro de la Selva: Memorial Zapatista
55. La Boca del Lobo
57. The Money Lenders
60. Cuba Va
63. Killing Priests is Good News
74. Unfinished Business
81. Un Lugar en el Mundo ( A Place in the World)
84. Haiti : Killing the Dream
111. Chicano: History of the Mexican-American Civil Right Movement
114. La Historia Oficial
115. The Chinampas
119. Villa el Salvador: A Desert Dream
136. Romero
138. Lo que Vendrá (Times to come)
145. The Long Road Home
156. Fresa y Chocolate
159. Borderline Cases
161. Ochoa
165. The Human Race: Escaping from History
166. Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti
167. From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brother's warning
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua , The World Bank and the IMF
172. Amazon: Paradise Lost?
178. El Viaje
183. Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics in Central America
187. Julio and His Angel
415. Waiting for the Messiah
195. Wars In Peace: the Falklands/Special Forces
203. Toured: The Other Side of Tourism in Barbados
207. The Courageous Women of Colombia
212. The Ties that Bind: Stories behind the Immigration Controversy
214. Place Without Limits
215. School of the Americas: An Insider Speaks Out
216. School of Assassins
219. In the Shadow of the Law
220. The US in Latin America : Yankee Go Home
353. El Norte
354. Building links for the common good
355. Millennium: The IMF in the New Century
358. Colombia 's Guerilla War: A Sundered Nation
369. Road to Prosperity
375. The Couple in the Cage
394. Ratas, ratones y rateros
395. Y tu mamá también
396. Nuestro Siglo: The history of the Chilean People
405. Resistencia: hip-hop in Colombia

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Economics and Development
1. Garden of the Forking Paths ( Americas Series)
2. Capital Sins ( Americas Series)
3. Continent on the Move ( Americas Series)
8. Get Up, Stand Up ( Americas Series)
21. Elvia: Fight for Land and Liberty in Honduras
57. The Money Lenders
58. The Real Thing
68. Mexico: From Boom to Bust
109. Emerging Powers
119. Villa El Salvador: A Desert Dream
120. Costa Rica 's Mountain Coffee
142. Evita
145. The Long Road Home
159. Borderline Cases
165. The Human Race: Escaping From History
166. Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and the IMF
172. Amazon: Paradise Lost?
173. Return to Mocha
175. Casas de Fuego
177. Eva Peron
178. El Viaje
184. Common Table: What is the Third World?
186. Chile : Hasta Cuando?
192. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
301. Metal y Meloncolia
331. Coffee Break
339. Producao da Fome
369. Road to prosperity
354. Building Links for the Common Good
355. Millennium: The IMF in the New Century
369. Road to Prosperity
393. Amazon Journal
396. Nuestro Siglo: The history of the Chilean People

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Encounter of Two Worlds
27. Columbus Didn't Discover Us
28. Columbus and the Age of Discovery: An Idea Takes Shape
43. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
53. Cabeza de Vaca
70. The Virgin and the Bull (Buried Mirror Series)
71. Conflict of the Gods (Buried Mirror Series)
72. The Age of Gold (Buried Mirror Series
115. The Chinampas
148. Inca: Secrets of the Ancestors
167. From the Heart of the World. The Elder Brother's Warning
169. Spanish Empire in the New World
199. Roots of Rhythm: Across the Ocean
200. Roots of Rhythm: The Fiery Romance
201. Roots of Rhythm: To the Top of the Charts
213. Quest: The Lost World of the Maya
222. Qeros: The Shape of Survival
234. Columbus on Trial
277. The Aztec Empire
295. The Mission
326. Men With Guns
343, 344. Conquistadors. Part I and II
351. Popul Vuh--Sacred Games
375.The Couple in the Cage
382. Americana; Forever a Rebel
397. Días de Muertos en Oaxaca
400. A tour of a Mexican food store
408. Mexico 's Day of the Dead

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Environment
16. Disappearing World: The Kayapó
47. Costa Rica: Los Parques Nacionales
49. National Parks and Wild Lands of Costa Rica
56. Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of a Mexican Community
80. Zerda's Children
103. Flight of the Condors
115. The Chinampas
120. Costa Rica 's Mountain Coffee
144. The Gringo in Mañanaland
159. Borderline Cases
165. The Human Race: Escaping from History
167. From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers Warning
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank and The IMF
172. Amazon: Paradise Lost?
173. Return to Mocha
178. El Viaje
183. Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics in Central America
188. Requiem 29
192. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
249. Cultura Afro-Ecuatoriana
250. Parques y reservas nacionales de Ecuador
251. Aves de Ecuador
281, 282. Journey into Amazonia
303. Txai Macedo
340. Pruducão da Fome
393. Amazon Journal

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Human Rights
4. Mirrors of the Heart ( Americas Series)
5. In Women's Hands (Americas Series)
9. Fire in the Mind ( Americas Series)
14. The Search for the Disappeared
16a. Maria's Story
16b. Disappearing World – The Kayapó
19. Dawn of the People
20. Refugiados
21. Elvia: Fight for Land and Liberty in Honduras
22. The Panama Deception
32. Faces of War
37. Is This Democracy? U.S. Policy, Democracy and Central America
38. Slender Wooden Crosses
41. The Dark Light of Dawn
44. Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
55. La Boca del Lobo
56. Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of a Mexican Community
59. Todo es Ausencia (Everything is Absence)
62. Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
63. Killing Priests is Good News
80. Zedra's Children
82. La Nave de los Locos
87. Sur
111. Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Right Movement
114. La Historia Oficial
118. Isabel Allende: An Extraordinary Life
119. Villa El Salvador: A Desert Dream
127. Infamia
136. Romero
138. Lo que Vendrá (Times to come)
145. The Long Road Home
146. Missing
152. Tangos: The Exile of Gardel
156. Fresa y Chocolate
158. Salt of the Earth
159. Borderline Cases
161. Ochoa
165. The Human Race: Escaping from History
166. Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank and the IMF
169. Spanish Empire in the New World
170. Nueva Yol
175. Casas de fuego
180. Inside the CIA: On Company Business. Part I: The History
181. Inside the CIA: On Company Business. Part II: Assassination
182. Inside the CIA: On Company Business. Part III: Subversion
184. Common Table: What is the Third World ?
186. Chile: hasta cuando?
187. Julio and His Angel
188. Requiem 29
190. Juan Peron
191. Ernesto Che Guevara: The Bolivian Diary
192. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
207. The Courageous Women of Colombia
210. Yo Soy Chicano
212. The Ties that Bind: Stories behind the Immigration Controversy
215. School of the Americas: An Insider Speaks Out
216. School of the Assassins
220. The US in Latin America: Yankee Go Home
239. Memories of Underdevelopment
272. Día Sereno
292. Zapatista
297. Hour of the Star
298. Isle of Flowers
341. Memories of Prison
369. Road to Prosperity
403. Courage of the people

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Indigenous Peoples
4. Mirrors of the Heart ( Americas Series)
16b. Disappearing World- The Kayapó
18a. In the Shadow of the Incas
18b. On the Trail of the Jaguar
27. Columbus Didn't Discover Us
34. Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
46. Viaje al Centro de la Selva: Memorial Zapatista
51. Bolivia Summer 1993
61. A Skirt Full of Butterflies
62. Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
71. Conflict of the Gods (Buried Mirror Series)
82. La Nave de los Locos
88. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
100a. City of the Gods
100b. The Aztecs
101a. Searching for the Maya
101b. Teotihuacan and El Tajin
102a. Canals
102b. Roads Without Wheels
102c. Secrets of the Moche
103. Flight of the Condor
107. Mexican Prehispanic Cultures
110. The Incas
115. The Chinampas
117. Martin Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas
145. The Long Road Home
148. Inca: Secrets of the Moche
167. From the Heart of the World. The Elder Brother's Warning
169. Spanish Empire in the New World
172. Amazon: Paradise Lost?
174. Quichua Language Puppet Show
175. Casas de fuego
176. El Censor
187. Julio and His Angel
192. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
213. Quest: The Lost World of the Maya
217. Transnational Fiesta: 1992
222. Qeros: The Shape of Survival
240, 241. Shuar, Children of the Jungle
247. Cultura Indigena de Ecuador
252. The Garifuna Journey
253. Yakoana: The Voice of Indigenous People
255. Video in the Village
260, 261. Cazadores de Utopías (Hunters of Utopia)
272. Día Sereno
277. The Aztec Empire
290. Mountain Music of Peru
292. Zapatista
295. The Mission
296. Tree of Life
303. Txai Macedo
312. The Incas Remembered
313. Orphans of the Sun
326. Men With Guns
330. Cachiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo
339. Trinkets and Beads
353. El Norte
359. Haunted Land
365. Hans Staden
370. Teotihuacán
375.The Couple in the Cage
397. Días de Muertos en Oaxaca
400. A tour of a Mexican food store
408. Mexico 's Day of the Dead.

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Religion
6. Miracles Are Not Enough ( Americas Series)
15. The Return of Dr. Fritz: Healing Spirits in Brazil
20. Refugiados
24. Our Lady of Caacupé
25. Peregrinación a Caacupé
40. A Quiet Revolution
78. The Yiddish Gauchos
83. Yo, la Peor de Todas (without subtitles)
125. La Ofrenda
133. Havana Nagila: The Jews in Cuba
135. Yo, la Peor de Todas (with subtitles)
136. Romero
169. Spanish Empire in the New World
187. Julio and His Angel
295. The Mission
314. O Amuleto de Ogum
328. Cuestión de fe
351. Popul Vuh: Sacred Games
370. Televangelism in Brazil

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Women
5. In Women's Hands (Americas Series)
16. Maria's Story
21. Elvia: The Fight for Land and Liberty
23. Women in Latin America
44. Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
52. Eréndira
59. Todo es Ausencia (Everything is Absence)
61. A Skirt Full of Butterflies
62. Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
64. Camila
79. Hasta Cierto Punto (Up to a Certain Point)
83. Yo, la Peor de Todas (without subtitles)
99. Lucía
104. Retrato de Teresa
114. La historia oficial (The Official Story)
118. Isabel Allende: An Extraordinary Life
127. Infamia
134. Danzón
135. I, the Worst of All (Sp. with Eng. subtitles)
142. Evita
143. Frida Kahlo
144. The Gringo in Mañanaland
150. Bananas is my Business
151. Oriane
157. Frida. Naturaleza Viva.
177. Eva Perón
186. Chile : hasta cuando?
207. The Courageous Women of Colombia
217. Transnational Fiestas: 1992
218. Carmelita Tropicana: Your Kunst is Your Waffen
222. Qeros: The Shape of Survival
254. An End to Silence
272. Día Sereno
297. Hour of the Star
356. Solidarity Isn't Something That Happens in Books
392. Frida

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Elementary School
Note: This categorization is intended as a guide only. The center has judged the following films to be particularly suitable for elementary school students based on content. But the center cannot guarantee that a certain film is suitable for a particular class. A brief description of each film is available in the alphabetical index and teachers are encouraged to preview videos before showing them. All educators with questions or concerns are encouraged to contact the center.

125. La Ofrenda
377. Hola Amigos Vol. 1
378. Hola Amigos Vol. 2
379. Hola Amigos Vol. 3
383. Teacher's Discovery: Kitchen Nouns
384. Teacher's Discovery: Me Gusta
385. Teacher's Discovery: Body Parts Nouns
386. Teacher's Discovery: Junk Food Nouns
387. Teacher's Discovery: Professions Nouns
388. Teacher's Discovery: Fruit and Veggies
389. Teacher's Discovery: Food Nouns
390. Teacher's Discovery: Transportation Nouns
391. Teacher's Discovery: Clothing Nouns
398. Argentina bird's-eye view (south)
399. Foods of Latin America

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Middle School
Note: This categorization is intended as a guide only. The center has judged the following films to be particularly suitable for middle school students based on content. But the center cannot guarantee that a certain film is right for a particular class. A brief description of each film is available in the alphabetical index and teachers are encouraged to preview videos before showing them. All educators with questions or concerns are encouraged to contact the center.

1. Garden of the Forking Paths
2. Capital Sins
3. Continent on the Move
5. In Women's Hands (" Americas" series, Part V)
6. Miracles Are Not Enough (" Americas " series - Part VI).
7. Builders of Images (" Americas" series, Part VII)
8. Get Up, Stand Up
10. Latin American and Caribbean Presence in the US (“Americas” Series, Part X)
17. Political Communication in Revolutionary Nicaragua
18. Trail of the Jaguar, Mystery of the Feathered Snake, Shadow of the Incas
21. Elvia: the Fight for Land and Liberty
20. Refugiados
23. Women in Latin America
24. Our Lady of Caacupé: Pilgrimage in Paraguay
25. Peregrinación a Caacupé
26. Canudos Revisited
27. Columbus Didn't Discover Us: Native People's Perspectives on the Columbus Quincentennial
34. Lost Kingdom of the Maya
35. Castro's Cuba: Two Views
37. Is This Democracy? U.S. Policy, Democracy, and Central America
39. Frontline: Crisis in Central America Part II: Castro's Challenge
43. Aguirre: Wrath of God
46. Viaje al Centro de la Selva: Memorial Zapatista
48. Costa Rica : the Land and Its People
47. Costa Rica : los Parques Nacionales
51. Bolivia Summer 1993
55. La Boca Del Lobo (The Lion's Den)
56. Stepan Chemical: The Poisoning of a Mexican Community
57. The Money Lenders
59. Todo Es Ausencia (Everything is Absence)
62. Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
64. Camila
67. Mexico: Revolution: 1910-1940
68. Mexico: From Boom to Bust: 1940-1982
69.Mexico: End of an Era: 1982-1988
70. The Virgin and the Bull
71. Conflict of the Gods
72. The Age of Gold
73. The Price of Freedom
74. Unfinished Business
78. The Yiddish Gauchos
84. Haiti: Killing the Dream
85, 86. Gatica “El Mono” (2copies)
95. Universidade federal de Santa Catarina
90. Raíces Diversas, Formas Diversas
100, 101. Searching for the Maya and Teotihuacan & El Tajin
102. Canals, Roads without Wheels, Secrets of the Moche (3 segments in one video)
106. La Ciudad y los Perros (The City and the Dogs)
110. Odyssey: The Incas
109. Emerging Powers, Mexico
111. Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement
115. The Chinampas
116. Light Memories of Rio
117. Martín Chambí and the Heirs of the Incas
120. Costa Rica 's Mountain Coffee
124. María Candelaria
126. Ahora Soy Rico
133. Havana Nagila: The Jews in Cuba
139. Alma Corsaria
142. Evita: the Woman Behind the Myth
143. Frida Kahlo: A Portrait of an Artist
148. Inca: Secret of the Ancestors
150. Bananas Is My Business
152. Tangos, The Exile of Gardel
153. Border Brujo
154. Borges
157. Frida: Naturaleza Viva
159. Borderline Cases
164. Bye Bye Brazil
165. The Human Race: Escaping From History
167. From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
177. Eva Perón
180. Inside the CIA: On Company Business Part I History
181. Inside the CIA: On Company Business Part II Assassination
182. Inside the CIA: On Company Business Part 3 Subversion
190. Juan Perón
193. Eduardo Galeano
194. El Charanguero: Jaime Torres, the Charango Player
196. Tango: Our Dance
204. Caballos Salvajes (Wild Horses)
208. Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
215. School of the Americas: An Insider Speaks Out
212. The Ties that Bind: Stories Behind the Immigration Controversy
217. Transational Fiesta
218. Carmelita Tropicana: Your Kunst Is Your Waffen
220. The U.S. in Latin America: Yankee Go Home
221. Fidel Castro
225. El Callejón de los Milagros (Midaq Alley)
226. Golpes a Mi Puerta (Knocks at my Door)
233. Corpus
234. Columbus on Trial
235. Costa Rica : Democracy, Environment & Peace
237. Battle of Chile: the Insurrection of the Burgeoisie
238. Battle of Chile: The Coup d'Etat
240, 241. Shuar, Children of the Jungle. Shuar Los Hijos de la Selva
252. The Garifuna Journey
254. An End to Silence
255. Video in the Village
260, 261. Cazadores de Utopias
272. Rigoberta Menchú: Día Sereno
274. Trav's Travels: Mexico
279. Puerto Rico
281, 282. Journey Into Amazônia
286. New Audiences for Mexican Music
287. El Che: Investigating a Legend
294. Gilberto Gil
297. Hour of the Star
304. Caetano: Circulâdo Vivo
305. Jamaican Folktales
309. Capoeira Bahia
311. Autumn Sun
314. O Amuleto de Ogum
317. US-Mexican War
320. Costa Rica
324. The Promised Ship
331. Coffee Break
332. 333. Histórico Brasileiro
336. Everyday Art
337. Solo: The Law of the Favela
338. Our House in Havana
349. Death of a Bureaucrat
354. Building Links for the Common Good
356. Solidarity Isn't Something in Books
357. Etnias y Costumbres Amazonia Ecuatoriana
360. A Day Without a Mexican
375. Couple in the Cage
392. Frida
342. The Spirit of Samba
357. Telenovelas: Love, TV and Power
355. Millennium: The IMF in the New Century
356. Solidarity Isn't Something that Happens in Books: Women of Lima Battle for Survival
367. Now: With Bill Moyers
369. Road to Prosperity
371. Televangelism in Brazil
382. Americana: Forever a Rebel
401. Cuba: the 40 Years War
404. Music of the Devil, the Bear, and the Condor
405. Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia
407. Incide Mexico: Mexican Popular Customs

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High School and Introductory College
Note: This categorization is intended as a guide only. The center has judged the following films to be particularly suitable for high school and first or second-year college students based on content. But the center cannot guarantee that a certain film is right for a particular class. A brief description of each film is available in the alphabetical index and teachers are encouraged to preview videos before showing them. All educators with questions or concerns are encouraged to contact the center.

1. Garden of Forking Paths ( Americas Series)
2. Capital Sins ( Americas Series)
3. Continent on the Move ( Americas Series)
4. Mirrors of the Heart ( Americas Series)
5. In Women's Hands (Americas Series)
6. Miracles Are Not Enough ( Americas Series)
7. Builders of Images ( Americas Series)
8. Get Up, Stand Up ( Americas Series)
9. Fire in the Mind ( Americas Series)
10. The Latin American and Caribbean Presence in the US ( Americas Series)
21. Elvia: The Fight for Land and Liberty in Honduras
27. Columbus Didn't Discover Us
34. Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
48. Costa Rica : The Land and Its People
62. Rigobert Menchú: Broken Silence
102a. Canals
102b. Roads Without Wheels
102c. Secrets of the Moche
107. Mexican Prehispanic Cultures
111. Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Right Movement
112. Mexican Popular Culture
115. Chinampas
119. Villa el Salvador: A Desert Dream
125. La Ofrenda
141. Diego Rivera
143. Frida Kahlo
145. The Long Road Home
147. Mexican Americans
148. Inca: Secrets of the Ancestors
160. Argentina
168. Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank, and The IMF
169. Spanish Empire in the New World
170. Nueba Yol
172. Amazon: Paradise Lost?
173. Return to Mocha
198. The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance
199. The Roots of Rhythm: Across the Ocean
200. The Roots of Rhythm: The Fiery Romance
201. The Roots of Rhythm: To the Top of the Charts
206. Cinco de Mayo: Holidays for Children
213. Quest: Lost World of the Maya
222. Qeros: The Shape of Survival
236. Chile: Obstinate Memory
237. The Battle of Chile (Part 1)
238. The Battle of Chile (Part 2)
284, 285. Mafalda #1, #2
392. Frida
394. Ratas, ratones y rateros
395. Y tu mamá también
396. Nuestro Siglo: The History of the Chilean People
398. Argentina Bird's-Eye View (south)
399. Foods of Latin America
401. Cuba: the 40 Years War
403. Courage of the People
405. Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia
407. Inside Mexico: Mexican Popular Customs

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