Good Latin Docs
by OldBoyDC | created - 11 Jun 2015 | updated - 12 Jun 2015 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. En el hoyo (I) (2006)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
A portrait of the construction workers involved in building the second deck of Mexico City's Periferico freeway.
Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo | Stars: Salvador Enriquez Castillo, Sofia García López, José Guadalupe Calzada, Isabel Dolores Hernández
Votes: 431 | Gross: $0.01M
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. El general (2009)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
The glimpse into the life of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles.
Director: Natalia Almada
Votes: 68
6. Los reyes del pueblo que no existe (2015)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Drama
Three families live in a village partially submerged by water in Northwestern Mexico. Despite their loneliness and fear, they refuse to leave.
Director: Betzabé García | Stars: Irineo Osuna Enciso, María Aura Zazueta Lamphar, Ramiro Osuna Moreno, Cipriano Osuna Sánchez
Votes: 106
7. Elevador (I) (2013)
72 min | Documentary, Drama
Inside the elevators of the oldest multifamily residential building in Latin America the life goes briefly. Bodies and stories crowd together in front of the elevators operators' eyes in ... See full summary »
Director: Adrián Ortiz
Votes: 13
8. Flores en el desierto (2009)
71 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary the Wixarika culture (or Huichol) originates from the Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Durango where more than 50,000 Huicholes currently live and practice their indigenous traditions.
Directors: José Àlvarez, José Álvarez
Votes: 34
9. Of Kites and Borders (2014)
59 min | Documentary, Drama
Of Kites and Borders is a documentary about the daily struggle to be a child just across the border from the US told through the eyes of four working children from Tijuana : Edie is just a ... See full summary »
Director: Yolanda Pividal
10. Romántico (2005)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A troubadour returns home to scratch out a living in Mexico after years of trying to get ahead in San Francisco.
Director: Mark Becker | Stars: Arturo Arias, Carmelo Muñiz Sanchez
Votes: 229 | Gross: $0.03M
11. 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
12. 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
13. Café (I) (2014)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A nahua family struggles after the death of the pater familias.
Director: Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
Votes: 28
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