 Category: Los que se Marcaron la Diferencia
The Man of the Two Havanas | United States, 2007, 96 min., color
Director: Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
With a childhood filled with bombings and assassination attempts on her father Max Lesnik, filmmaker Vivien Lesnik Weisman explores her relationship with him and the Cuba he left behind. Through top-secret audiotapes of a CIA trained Cuban exile terrorist who is in the middle of a trial, the filmmaker also brings into question the Bush administration’s “War on Terror”. | More Information >> |
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 Natives of the Night | Dominican Republic, 2007, 63 min., Color / Black and White
Director: Javier Balaguer | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
The final moments of the dictatorship of Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic as seen through the eyes of three characters who play decisive roles in the struggle to recover their country´s freedom: Juan Bosch, a politician, Pedro Mir, the national poet and the heroine and martyr Minerva Mirabel. | More Information >> |
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 Shame | Pakistan, United States, 2007, 96 min., color
Director: Mohammed Naqvi | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
In June 2002, Mukhtaran Mai was publicly gang raped in her remote Pakistani village as punishment for a crime allegedly committed by her younger brother. Shunned by her village, usually the only recourse for Mai would be suicide. Instead, she sought justice against her attackers and her astonishing resilience eventually sparked upheaval in Pakistan’s archaic judicial system. | More Information >> |
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