Latin American Documentary
by patwick007 | created - 20 Sep 2017 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicA list of notable documentary films from Latin America
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1. Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A biography of the Portuguese-Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti frutti hat. She came to the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" and was a Broadway and Hollywood star in the 1940s.
Director: Helena Solberg | Stars: Helena Solberg, Eric Barreto, Cynthia Adler, Mario Cunha
Votes: 311
2. The Blonds (2003)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Los rubios focuses on the directors search for her dissappeared parents. Is it possible to get to the truth or they are only fictions, imaginary characters from everyone who rememebers them?
Director: Albertina Carri | Stars: Analía Couceyro, Albertina Carri, Santiago Giralt, Jesica Suarez
Votes: 391
3. The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)
87 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Oscar is found dead from a gunshot wound, whose wife believes he committed suicide. His nephew, Portillo, suspects that it was murder and investigates the death with no help from the authorities.
Director: Lourdes Portillo | Stars: Ofelia Almeida, Oscar Ruiz Almeida, Jesus de la Torre, Luz Ruiz De La Torre
Votes: 60
4. Missing Young Woman (2001)
74 min | Documentary
This gripping documentary investigates the disappearance of young women from assembly plants that line the Mexican-American border
Director: Lourdes Portillo
Votes: 165
5. Twenty Years Later (1984)
119 min | Documentary, History
A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Votes: 1,695
6. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Unrated | 260 min | Documentary, History, War
Divided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution ... See full summary »
Directors: Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Julio Troxler
Votes: 1,188
7. Toss Me a Dime (1958)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
Director: Fernando Birri | Stars: Guillermo Cervantes Luro, María Rosa Gallo, Francisco Petrone
Votes: 306
8. São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole (1929)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the city of São Paulo, Brazil, having as model and inspiration the previous Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927).
Directors: Adalberto Kemeny, Rudolf Rex Lustig
Votes: 85
9. Bus 174 (2002)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Crime
On 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.
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda | Stars: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Anonymous
Votes: 8,622 | Gross: $0.22M
10. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner
Votes: 6,116
11. The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, History
The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Abilio Fernández, Salvador Allende
Votes: 1,614
12. Mexico: The Frozen Revolution (1971)
65 min | Documentary
A thorough analysis of the social- politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage of the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, trade and unionists.
Director: Raymundo Gleyzer | Stars: Luis Echeverria, Paul Leduc
Votes: 78
13. Suite Habana (2003)
80 min | Documentary
Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Francisquito Cardet, Francisco Cardet, Norma Pérez, Waldo Morales
Votes: 619
14. La fiesta de todos (1979)
110 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
Documentary about Argentina 's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, held in that country and in which important personalities in world football and culture involved.
Director: Sergio Renán | Stars: Juan Carlos Calabró, Mario Sánchez, Ricardo Espalter, Luis Landriscina
Votes: 99
15. El lugar más pequeño (2011)
100 min | Documentary
The inhabitants of a small town in El Salvador relive their life experiences during the civil war while remembering their loved ones.
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Votes: 186
16. Edifício Master (2002)
110 min | Documentary
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Star: Fernando José
Votes: 1,683
17. Isle of Flowers (1989)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Paulo José, Ciça Reckziegel, Douglas Trainini, Júlia Barth
Votes: 6,525
18. Jogo de Cena (2007)
100 min | Documentary, Drama
Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Marília Pêra, Andrea Beltrão, Fernanda Torres, Aleta Gomes Vieira
Votes: 1,311
19. Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America (2017)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, News
When Moises Serrano was just a baby, his parents risked everything to flee Mexico and make the perilous journey across the desert in search of the American dream. After 23 years growing up ... See full summary »
Director: Tiffany Rhynard
Votes: 48
20. Los Sures (1984)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. In fact, it had been called the worst ghetto in America. Diego Echeverria's film skillfully ... See full summary »
Director: Diego Echeverria | Stars: Marta Avilés, Evelyn Borges, Tito Lopez, Ana Maria Soto
Votes: 149 | Gross: $0.08M
21. Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Almost fifty years ago, when she was very young and unknown, Mercedes Sosa broke the mould by drafting, together with other four young artists, the so-called "Manifesto del Nuevo Cancionero... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo H. Vila | Stars: Chico Buarque, Elba Bustelo, David Byrne, Luz Casenave
Votes: 120 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Tropicália (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as tropicália, and the struggle its artists ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Machado | Stars: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso
Votes: 652
23. Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A provocative meditation that captures the brutal beauty of the U.S./ Mexico Border.
Director: Rodrigo Reyes
Votes: 36
24. Which Way Home (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »
Director: Rebecca Cammisa
Votes: 1,198
25. The Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo (1985)
64 min | Documentary, History
The movie follows the struggle of the Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo, a group of mothers who challenged authorities during the repressive regime in Argentina (1976-1983), trying to discover ... See full summary »
Directors: Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo | Star: Carmen Zapata
Votes: 95
26. Tempestad (2016)
105 min | Documentary
The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Votes: 888
27. All of Me (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary that tells the stories of the women who live in La Patrona, a Mexican village that is situated by the tracks of a train from Central America that brings many migrants North to the U.S..
Director: Arturo González Villaseñor
Votes: 265
28. The Other Side of Immigration (2009)
Unrated | 55 min | Documentary
Based on over 700 interviews in Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, The Other Side of Immigration asks why so many Mexicans come to the U.S.... See full summary »
Director: Roy Germano
Votes: 77
29. Tierra adentro (2011)
103 min | Documentary
Director: Ulises de la Orden | Stars: Anahí Mariluán, Mariano Nagy, Marcos O'Farrell, Alfredo Seguel
Votes: 16
30. Daughter of the Lake (2015)
87 min | Documentary
At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the lake she considers to be her mother.
Director: Ernesto Cabellos | Stars: Nélida Ayay Chilón, Maxima Acuna Atalaya Chaupe, Andrea Martínez Martínez, Bibi van der Velden
Votes: 159
31. Eternal Amazon (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
At a time when the world is discussing the impact of human actions on the environment, Amazônia Eterna presents a critical analysis of how the world's largest tropical rainforest is understood and appreciated.
Director: Belisario Franca
Votes: 56
32. Cidade Cinza (2013)
85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A new way of painting graffiti was born in Sao Paulo. Hip Hop was replaced by Brazilian regional culture and OsGemeos' crew works were spread to galleries around the world. However, a new ... See full summary »
Directors: Marcelo Mesquita, Guilherme Valiengo | Stars: Luis Alves da Costa, Fabio Cypriano, Egas Marcolino de Assis, Finok
Votes: 198
33. Las sufragistas (2012)
80 min | Documentary
Directors: Ana Cruz Navarro, Ana Cruz | Stars: Michelle Bachelet, Gabriela Cano, Eufrosina Cruz, Amalia Garcia
Votes: 24
34. Muxes: Auténticas, intrépidas y buscadoras de peligro (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary
Documentary on muxes, as homosexuals are called in Juchitán, Mexico, famous for its concentration of gay people.
Director: Alejandra Islas | Stars: Clara Chagorua, Victor Chirinos, Alicia de Sales, Judith López Zaire
Votes: 36
35. The Days of the Dead (1989)
62 min | Documentary
A documentary exploring the varying cultural practices of the Day of the Dead in both Mexico and Chicano/a communities in the United States.
Directors: Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo
Votes: 21
36. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
G | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Octavio Calderon
Votes: 20,543 | Gross: $7.00M
37. No One (2005)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
The story of a Central American immigrant's difficult journey to the United States in search for a better life.
Director: Tin Dirdamal
Votes: 167
38. Crossing Arizona (2006)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
A collection of personal accounts stemming from Arizona's illegal immigration crisis.
Directors: Dan DeVivo, Joseph Mathew
Votes: 103
39. Conterrâneos Velhos de Guerra (1991)
153 min | Documentary
Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasília, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation they suffered in the process.
Director: Vladimir Carvalho | Stars: Othon Bastos, Emmanuel Cavalcanti, B. de Paiva, Pompeu de Souza
Votes: 43
40. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,464 | Gross: $1.34M
41. Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2016)
Not Rated | 39 min | Documentary, Short
An unprecedented look into the workings of one of the only health clinics that serves America's untouchable class: undocumented immigrants.
Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin
Votes: 97
42. The Chilean Building (2010)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Towards the end of the seventies, the militants of MIR exiled in Europe, decided to return to Chile in order to support the fight against the military dictatorship. The ones who could would... See full summary »
Directors: Macarena Aguilo, Susana Foxley
Votes: 52
43. The City of Photographers (2006)
80 min | Documentary
A film about the fearless photographers and photojournalists who documented strikes, demonstrations, protests etc during the Chilean military regime of Augusto Pinochet, sometimes risking their very lives.
Director: Sebastián Moreno | Stars: Verónica De Negri, José Durán, Paz Errázuriz, Julia Garrido
Votes: 191
44. Cuatreros (2016)
83 min | Documentary
I go after the footsteps of Isidro Velázquez, the last gaucho raised from Argentina and, as the search for lost time is always erratic.
Director: Albertina Carri | Star: Albertina Carri
Votes: 76
45. El mégano (1955)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Julio García Espinosa, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Votes: 63
46. The Pearl Button (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Martín Calderón, Cristina, Patricio Guzmán, Ema Malig
Votes: 2,902
47. Araya (1959)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish... See full summary »
Director: Margot Benacerraf | Stars: José Ignacio Cabrujas, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 842
48. Cerro Pelado (1966)
Not Rated | 34 min | Documentary, Short
Though lesser known than Leni Riefenstahl's OLYMPIA or Kon Ichikawa's TOKYO OLYMPIAD, Santiago Alvarez's tribute to Cuba's sporting triumphs is no less breathtaking. A ship of athletes ... See full summary »
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 31
49. Boca de Lixo (1993)
50 min | Documentary
The daily routine of poor people of Itaoca, São Gonçalo, state of Rio de Janeiro, who make a living out of revolving garbage.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho
Votes: 132
50. H2Omx (2014)
82 min | Documentary, Drama, History
With over 20 million residents, can Mexico City avert disaster and become water sustainable?
Directors: José Cohen, Lorenzo Hagerman
Votes: 77
51. Maquilapolis (2006)
60 min | Documentary
Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive sweatshops often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen and Lourdes work at maquiladoras in Tijuana, and it is there that they try to balance the struggle for survival with their own radicalization in this documentary.
Directors: Sergio de la Torre, Vicky Funari
Votes: 103
52. Reverón (1952)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Margot Benacerraf | Star: Armando Reverón
Votes: 42
53. Gringos at the Gate (2012)
Documentary
From across the only shared border of third and first world countries, two vastly different worlds collide on the soccer field. History has been kind to the financially rich, socially ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Donati, Pablo Miralles, Michael Whalen | Stars: Gustavo Arellano, Leonardo Cuellar, Rick Davis, Herculez Gomez
Votes: 21
54. Estadio Nacional (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
After a military coup overthrew the democratically elected Socialist government of Chile on September 11, 1973, the capital's National Stadium was the scene of the indiscriminate mass detentions of more than 12,000 suspected dissidents.
Director: Carmen Luz Parot
Votes: 56
55. The Two Escobars (2010)
104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.
Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez
Votes: 2,203
57. 3 Millones (2011)
135 min | Documentary, Sport
In this joyous documentary about the passion of soccer, the iconic Uruguayan musician Jaime Roos and his son reunite to embark on a journey to the South African World Cup with the Uruguayan national soccer team.
Directors: Jaime Roos, Yamandú Roos | Stars: Edinson Cavani, Diego Forlan, Diego Lugano, Jaime Roos
Votes: 38
58. Mundial '78, la historia paralela (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
Directors: Gonzalo Bonadeo, Diego Guebel, Mario Pergolini | Stars: Estela de Carlotto, Rodulfo Manzo, Enrique Pinti
Votes: 14
59. Mundialito (2010)
72 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Uruguayans, homeland or football.
Director: Sebastián Bednarik
Votes: 40
60. Maracaná (2014)
75 min | Documentary, Sport
Maracaná football stadium was built to the World Cup finals in 1950, when everyone in Brazil was certain they would win. They lost 1-2 to Uruguay and went into a national depression. Then ... See full summary »
Directors: Sebastián Bednarik, Andrés Varela | Stars: Milton Barreto, Luis Batlle Berres, Rafael Bayce, Gerardo Caetano
Votes: 132
61. Mundial 78. Verdad o mentira (2007)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Christian Rémoli | Stars: Carlos Ares, Héctor Baley, Daniel Bertoni, Diego Bonadeo
62. Garrincha - Alegria do Povo (1963)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Heron Domingues, Garrincha
Votes: 289
63. Messi (2014)
TV-Y | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Lionel Messi from early life to international stardom.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Lionel Messi, Johan Cruijff, Kike Domínguez, Álex García
Votes: 4,368
64. Mujeres con pelotas (2014)
75 min | Documentary
Directors: Gabriel Balanovsky, Ginger Gentile | Stars: Víctor Hugo Morales, Gastón Recondo, Mónica Santino
Votes: 11
65. Brasil Verdade (1968)
130 min | Documentary
Segment: "Viramundo" In the late 60's, Thomas Farkas imported equipment suitable for direct sound, and released a collection of documentaries called "Brasil Verdade" ("True Brazil"), after ... See full summary »
Directors: Maurice Capovilla, Manuel Horacio Giménez, Geraldo Sarno, Paulo Gil Soares | Stars: Antero de Oliveira, Vicente Feola, Pelé, Vavá
Votes: 22
66. Amando a Maradona (2005)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Diego Armando Maradona is without question one of the greatest and most revered soccer players in history. Told in his own words and those of countless fans and loved ones, LOVING MARADONA ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Vázquez | Stars: Diego Maradona, Alejandro Dolina, Charly García, Julio Grondona
Votes: 213
67. Fútbol argentino (1990)
100 min | Documentary
History of Argentine football, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the victory of the Argentine national team in the 1986 World Cup, using valuable archival documents.
Director: Víctor Dínenzon
Votes: 41
68. Nothing But Time (1926)
45 min | Documentary
The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor, with little or no comment (intertitles) from the director, Cavalcanti (whose first film this was).
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat, Clifford McLaglen
Votes: 587
69. Improper Conduct (1984)
112 min | Documentary
An examination of Cuba's "moral purges" that began in 1964 with UMAP camps for those suspected of or found guilty of "improper conduct." Key moments brought outside attention to these ... See full summary »
Directors: Néstor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez Leal | Stars: Lorenzo Monreal, Jorge Lago, Julio Medina, César Bermudez
Votes: 129
70. Viramundo (1965)
37 min | Documentary, Short
Geraldo Sarno tries to understand, in this documentary, why people leave the Northeastern region in Brazil way to São Paulo.
Director: Geraldo Sarno
Votes: 61
72. Corpus (I) (1999)
56 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
"Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena" is Chicana filmmaker Lourdes Portillo's foray into the legacy of the tejana singer Selena Quintanilla. Portillo interviews family members such as Selena's ... See full summary »
Director: Lourdes Portillo | Stars: Sandra Cisneros, Rosa Linda Fregoso, Cherrie Moraga, Abraham Quintanilla Jr.
Votes: 17
73. Memorias de un mexicano (1950)
100 min | Documentary
Documentary compiling all the material registered by Mexican pioneer director and cinematographer Salvador Toscano, and others under his direction, chronicling the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and many other events.
Directors: Carmen Toscano, Salvador Toscano | Stars: Manuel Bernal, Porfirio Díaz, Francisco I. Madero, Venustiano Carranza
Votes: 65
74. Who is Dayani Cristal? (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.
Director: Marc Silver | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charles Harding, Lorena Ivón Ton Quevedo, Alejandro Solalinde
Votes: 551
75. El Silencio de los Fusiles (2017)
120 min | Documentary, History, War
After half a century of war and 8 million victims, the FARC, the oldest guerrilla in the world, agree to start a peace dialogue with its historic enemy: the Colombian State. Together they ... See full summary »
Director: Nathalia Orozco
Votes: 107
76. When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with firsthand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu.
Directors: Newton Thomas Sigel, Pamela Yates | Stars: Rigoberta Menchú, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 179
78. Chulas Fronteras (1976)
58 min | Documentary, Music
"Chulas Fronteras" examines the origins and social significance of the traditional Tejano (or 'Tex-Mex') music that developed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Ramiro Cavazos, Los Alegres De Teran, Los Pinguinos del Norte, Rumel Fuentes
Votes: 182 | Gross: $0.01M
79. Del mero corazón (1979)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Using music of the genre, a short look at Tex-Mex music, how it expresses love found and love lost, and how it comes straight from the heart.
Directors: Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Guillermo Hernandez, Chris Strachwitz | Stars: Andrés Berlanga, Chavela Express, Leo Garza, Little Joe & La Familia
Votes: 47
80. Los mineros (1991)
57 min | History
The story of Mexican-American copper miners whose labor battles from 1903 to 1946 shaped the course of Arizona history.
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Luis Valdez
Votes: 9
81. Songs of the Homeland (1995 TV Movie)
Documentary, Music
Describes the history of Tejano music in South Texas.
Director: Hector Galan | Star: Freddy Fender
Votes: 8
82. Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos (2003)
65 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary on the life of Ada Falcón, one of the great legends of Argentine tango history. After seventy years of silence she finally tells her story.
Directors: Lorena Muñoz, Sergio Wolf | Stars: Ada Falcon, Miguel Ciacci, Aníbal Ford, Rolando Goyaud
Votes: 127
83. Estrellas (2007)
64 min | Documentary
A group of inhabitants of the Villa 21, in Buenos Aires, discovers that it can make of itself and use their houses as decorated to find an artistic and labor exit that transforms the marginalized space into a great film set.
Directors: Federico León, Marcos Martínez | Stars: Esther Arrieta, Julio Arrieta
Votes: 59
84. Juan: Como si nada hubiera sucedido (1987)
285 min | Documentary
Inquires about the disappearance of the student Juan Herman in the city of Bariloche, Argentina during the last military dictatorship.
Director: Carlos Echeverría | Stars: Esteban Buch, Miguel Angel D'Agostino, Débora Herman, Horacio Herman
Votes: 72
85. Cazadores de utopías (1996)
150 min | Documentary
The trajectory of the guerrilla organization Montoneros during the 1970s through recent interviews with people who acted in it.
Director: David Blaustein | Star: Elvio Vitali
Votes: 34
86. Montoneros, una historia (1998)
90 min | Documentary
Ana, a former guerrilla member, tells her history, remembering her days in the subversive organization called "Montoneros" in Argentina and the terrible days she endured in the hands of the military.
Director: Andrés Di Tella
Votes: 43
87. Papá Iván (2004)
52 min | Documentary
A filmic approach to well-known Argentinian guerilla fighter Iván Roqué by his daughter María Inés Roqué.
Director: María Inés Roqué
Votes: 23
88. M (II) (2007)
140 min | Documentary
M is a gripping family portrait, a poignant tribute to Nicolas Prividera's mother and a thoroughly absorbing historical document that questions the feasibility of arriving at an absolute ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolás Prividera | Stars: Guido Prividera, Nicolás Prividera
Votes: 69
90. 327 Cuadernos (2015)
76 min | Documentary
Ricardo Piglia, one of the great narrators of Hispanic language, returns to Argentina after many years of living abroad. It is proposed to review exhaustively, for the first time, the 327 notebooks that constitute his private diary.
Director: Andrés Di Tella | Star: Ricardo Piglia
Votes: 57
91. Fotografías (2007)
110 min | Documentary
Director Andrés Di Tella travels for the first time to India in search of his Indian mother's past only to find unexpected facts.
Director: Andrés Di Tella | Star: Andrés Di Tella
Votes: 25
92. Pulqui, un instante en la patria de la felicidad (2007)
85 min | Documentary
Director: Alejandro Fernández Mouján
Votes: 25
93. En el infierno del Chaco (1932)
52 min | Documentary
"El infierno del Chaco" had another version in 1938, with the images of the last peace negociations.
Director: Roque Funes | Stars: Eligio Ayala, José Félix Estigarribia, Julia Miranda Cueto
Votes: 31
94. Harvest of Empire (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Getzels, Eduardo Lopez | Stars: Junot Diaz, Luis Enrique, Juan Gonzalez, Maria Hinojosa
Votes: 166 | Gross: $0.06M
95. Sin País (Without Country) (2010)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Nearly twenty years ago, Sam and Elida Mejia escaped Guatemala during a violent civil war and brought their one-year old son to California. They worked hard, raised a family, and lived the ... See full summary »
Director: Theo Rigby
Votes: 8
96. AbUSed: The Postville Raid (2011)
96 min | Documentary, History, News
It is at once an epic story of survival, hope, and humble aspirations, of triumph, defeat, and rebirth. The face of immigration is revealed through the gripping personal stories of the ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Argueta
Votes: 21
98. Presunto culpable (2008)
87 min | Documentary
Two young Mexican attorneys attempt to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. In the process, they expose the contradictions of a judicial system that presumes suspects guilty until proven innocent.
Directors: Roberto Hernández, Geoffrey Smith
Votes: 1,419
99. Los ladrones viejos. Las leyendas del artegio (2007)
97 min | Documentary, Crime
A series of stories with old thieves. Framed portraits in Mexico City from the 1970s and 1980s. From the corners of poverty and the prowess of being able to steal "honestly", a series of ... See full summary »
Director: Everardo González
Votes: 334
100. The Inheritors (2008)
90 min | Documentary
Depicts the lives of children and their families who labor in the Mexican countryside.
Director: Eugenio Polgovsky
Votes: 123
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