This beautiful documentary explores the actions that 13 indigenous communities in Mexico are collectively taking to defend their environments from destruction and contamination by industrial and commercial projects that are threatening the water, air and land where they live. Francesco Yaboada Yabone. Mexico. 62min

‘Los Paraguayos’ takes us on an audiovisual journey showing us the Guarani nation and contemporary Paraguay: historians, anthropologists, writers and artists’ attempt to untie the knots of a reality full of contrasts.

El estado de las cosas / The State of Things

(Marcos Loayza, 2007, 76 min)

Documentary that explores the social, cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity of Bolivia. Class and regional divisions of the Bolivian state are questioned in this film that investigates the aspirations of the people in relation to the state and to the universal rights of every individual.

Director: Eduardo Carrillo
Duration: 20min

The conflict in Colombia through the eyes of displaced children.
Eduardo Carrillo's short film Little Voices.

Little Voices is a film made with children who are displaced and victims of violence in Colombia. This film is driven by children's stories, which they told using their own voices and drawings. The result is a unique and powerful hybrid of documentary and computer animation, rooted in the real experiences of displaced children in Colombia.

Little Voices has won several prices in Spain and Italy and a special mention by UNICEF prize International Television Festival in 2003.

2006, Brasil, USA
by Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary

FAVELA RISING celebrates the strength of the human spirit to assert itself in the face of human rights violations, social injustice, and unexpected adversity. Chronicling the rise to greatness of the AfroReggae movement, the film shows how the music and culture of Brazil's underclass transform into a catalyst for grassroots social-change. But most of all, FAVELA RISING is the story of a community that works. The success of the film should be judged on how well it serves to activate its viewers; how well it inspires action.
Jeff Zimbalist (Co-Director)

The Take
by Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis
2004, Argentina, 89 minutes

About the 'recovered factory movement' in Argentina

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave.

All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.

2004, Cuba – France, 133 min
Director: Maurice Dugowson

Based on the book “Che, Ernesto Guevara, una legende du siede” (by Pierre Kalfon)

A prismatic portrait of both the man and the myth of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

This documentary retraces Guevara’s life and political career, beginning with his youth in 1950’s Argentina, when he set out on the road, writing travel diaries, poetry, and stories. His wanderings through the Andes, Patagonia, Peru, and the Chilean desert informed his identity not as a citizen of one nation but as a Latin American. Following his medical studies, he left Argentina forever, dedicating his life to fighting imperialism, poverty, and social injustice throughout the continent.

Dir: David Caneva,
2006, Colombia

A documentary about the women who had to assume the status of head of the refugee families because of the loss of men due to the armed conflict in Colombia. The film exposes the crude reality of the manner in which the Colombian government has abandoned these communities, while attempting to help integrate them with the society that denies their existence.

Dir. Ishmail Blagrove Jr,
Cuba - UK, 2005, 58 mins, Colour

Hasta Siempre takes the viewer on a journey through the lives of ordinary Cubans, examining the results of the Cuban revolution from the perspective of the Cuban people, and asks the question: Can the revolution survive after the death of Fidel Castro?