 Category: Temas Candentes
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | United States, 90 min., color
Director: Kieran Fitzgerald | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
In 1997, an 18 year-old American civilian was shot and killed near his home in West Texas by a team of United States Marines. Ten years after the shooting, the US-Mexico Border continues to see increased militarization. Juxtaposing the grief of the victim's family with the marines' frustration and guilt in their first on-camera interviews, this powerful documentary, narrated by Tommy Lee Jones, reveals the tragic cost of a war waged under the banner of protection. | More Information >> |
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 The Devil Came on Horseback | United States, 2007, 85 min., color
Directors: Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
While working as a neutral observer for the African Union, former Marine Captain Brian Steidle became the one to record the horrific genocide happening in the Western Darfur region of Sudan. This powerful award-winning documentary follows his attempts to bring photographic evidence of the ongoing crisis to the attention of the American government. | More Information >> |
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 Manufactured Landscapes | Canada, 2006, 90 min., color
Director: Jennifer Baichwal | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
This stunning portrait of celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky—whose grand scale photographs capture the changes to natural landscapes wrought by modern industry—is as much about the aesthetic, social and environmental dimensions of globalization (shown here primarily in China) as about the artist and his work. The film took home Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. | More Information >> |
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 Los Sonidos de la Arena | Belgium/France, 2006, 96 min., color
Director: Marion Hänsel | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
Water means life. For Rahne, one African villager and his family, the need for it means having to leave their home—risking mercenaries and the vicious desert sun—to
find some form of salvation. A tale of exodus, hope and fatality, Sounds of Sand is also a parable about determination and eternity that takes us in the footsteps of Shasha, a nomad child full of the joys of life, whose tenacity and strength will conquer her father’s love. | More Information >> |
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The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib | USA, 2006, 78 min., color
Director: Rory Kennedy | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
The familiar and disturbing pictures of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison raise many troubling questions: How did torture become an accepted practice at Abu Ghraib? Did U.S. government policies make it possible? How much damage has the aftermath of Abu Ghraib had on America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights around the world? Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred. | More Information >> |
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