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- DirectorMark HendersonKate HorneIn 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage in Colombia. One year after his release one of his kidnappers contacted him by email. Now he's going back to meet him and finally close this chapter in his life.
- DirectorPierantonio MicciarelliStarsDon Josè Conrado AlegreJuan Juan AlmeidaJosè Alberto Alvarez BravoA romantic Cuban Revolution's lover climbs the Sierra Maestra, meets old guerrilla veterans, listens to their stories and cooks for them; At his arrival in La Habana, after 7000km along the island, he understands that there is a different Cuba, a hidden one, the one that communist propaganda and fake intellectuals all over the world try to hide. He discovers the 'Other' Cuba, the one that belongs to independent journalists, bloggers and human rights activists, political prisoners and simple people who talk about their condition in the 'Paradise of Caribbeans...' Local heroes are now young guys who scream to the world that all the promises told on the Sierra have never been fulfilled. Then, after a terrible and mysterious accident, he leaves Cuba.
- DirectorVitaliy ManskiyPeople born in Cuba before the revolution near the end of their lives and realize the battle cry "patria o muerte" means death.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaFelipe LacerdaStarsSandro do NascimentoRodrigo PimentelLuiz Eduardo SoaresOn June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
- DirectorSimon HartogStarsLeonel BrizolaChico BuarqueWalter ClarkDetails the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group, the largest in Brazil, and discusses its influence, power and political connections.
- DirectorPamela YatesA story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.
- DirectorDan DeVivoJoseph MathewA collection of personal accounts stemming from Arizona's illegal immigration crisis.
- DirectorJesse AcevedoThe fire of revolution has spread to Cuba! Director Jesse Acevedo risked his own freedom; using hidden camera methods, he brings viewers inside the brewing Cuban revolution. Those filmed are at risk, even now, of imprisonment but through the courage of those willing to speak out we see the new Cuba rising to the beat of Los Aldeanos. In a small town outside Havana two young brothers, are beaten and arrested in their own home and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for listening to rappers Los Aldeanos, banned by the government. We follow the intermingled stories of the Cruz brothers and the band they love. From the streets of Havana comes the sound of struggle and the voice of a new revolution - Los Aldeanos.
- DirectorCharlie Petersmann
- DirectorRachel BoyntonStarsMauricio BalcazarJames CarvilleTad DevineA documentary on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsSalvador AllendePatricio GuzmánJacques BidouFrom his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende.
- DirectorShaul SchwarzNarco Cultura (Spanish, English subtitles) takes viewers behind the scenes of narcocorridos, the most explosive and violent music subculture in America.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsAbilio FernándezSalvador AllendeThe chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
- DirectorPaulo SacramentoDocumentary about Carandiru Penitentiary, with scenes filmed by the prisoners themselves.
- DirectorAlejandro LandesStarsAlex ContrerasJavier EscalasÁlvaro García LineraA documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's effort (urged by the U.S.) to eradicate coca crops, and the man who would come to represent them, Evo Morales.