El cuartito Comedy/Drama | 25 March 2021 In a high-stakes comedy drama that illustrates the power of humanity in a fragmented world, the dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in ‘El Cuartito’ Director: Marcos Carnevale Writers: Marcos Carnevale, Javier De Nevares Stars: Claribel Medina, […]
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Latino Drama/War | 14 May 1985 Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Vietnam War veteran sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena (Annette Cardona). However, when her father […]
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Walk Proud PG | Drama | 15 June 1979 A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn’t know how to get out. Director: Robert L. Collins Writer: Evan Hunter Stars: Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow IMDB: Walk Proud
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Greencard Wariors PG-13 | Action/Drama/Romance | 26 January 2013 The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war. Director: Miriam Kruishoop Writer: Miriam Kruishoop Stars: Manny Perez, Angel Amaral, Vivica A. Fox IMDB: Greencard Wariors
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The Latino List TV-14 | Documentary | 29 September 2011 [HBO] HD. Renowned Latino artists and leaders pose for a series of highly personal video portraits in this documentary. Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Stars: Sandra Cisneros, Emilio Estefan Jr., Gloria Estefan IMDB: The Latino List
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La Bamba PG-13 | Biography/Drama/Music | 24 July 1987 Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. Director: Luis Valdez Writer: Luis Valdez Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto IMDB: […]
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Paris Is Burning Documentary | 9 June 1990 A chronicle of New York’s drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality. Director: Jennie Livingston Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey IMDB: Paris Is Burning
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Cellmates TV-14 | Comedy/Drama | 29 April 2011 Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he’s been taught to hate when he’s sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville, dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses Emilio, a Hispanic field worker imprisoned for […]
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Stand and Deliver PG | Biography/Drama | 13 February 1988 The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus. Director: Ramón Menéndez Writers: Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca Stars: Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan IMDB: Stand and Deliver
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Evita PG | Biography/Drama/History | 14 December 1996 FThe hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina. Director: Alan Parker Writers: Tim Rice, Alan Parker, Oliver Stone Stars: […]
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