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Compañeras
directed by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell; produced by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 1 hour
Musically stunning and emotionally compelling this film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America with passion and gusto. Long the purview of male musicians, the 12 member Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was the first all female mariachi band. Since the...
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directed by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell; produced by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 1 hour
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Musically stunning and emotionally compelling this film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America with passion and gusto. Long the purview of male musicians, the 12 member Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was the first all female mariachi band. Since their inception in 1994, other female groups have been formed who perform professionally, expanding the popularity of the music, which is...
Musically stunning and emotionally compelling this film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America with passion and gusto. Long the purview of male musicians, the 12 member Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was the first all female mariachi band. Since their inception in 1994, other female groups have been formed who perform professionally, expanding the popularity of the music, which is an important part of their cultural heritage. Along with a brief history of mariachi music, the film interweaves portraits of the women who often find their personal lives conflict with their desire to be full-time musicians. The issues raised are universal to women everywhere: how to balance family life with career, how to achieve equal pay, and how to deal with emotional conflict. Companeras offers rich material for discussion as well as engaging performances! High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Elizabeth Massie, Matthew Buzzell
Author / Creator
Elizabeth Massie, Matthew Buzzell
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Music and Social Change, Mexican-American, Gender status, Women's issues, The Arts, Ethnography, Latinos
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Discovering Dominga
directed by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002; produced by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002, Jaguar House Films (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 57 mins
This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film f...
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directed by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002; produced by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002, Jaguar House Films (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 57 mins
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This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film follows her remarkable journey of transformation and discovery as she returns to Guatemala in search of her heritage and ultimately join...
This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film follows her remarkable journey of transformation and discovery as she returns to Guatemala in search of her heritage and ultimately joins efforts to bring the perpetrators of the massacre to justice and to promote peace and reconciliation in her native country.Dominga Sic Ruiz was nine years old when, during the bloody Guatemalan civil war, she escaped while paramilitary and army forces murdered her mother and 76 other women and 107 children in the Maya village of Rio Negro. She was eventually adopted and grew up in small-town America, where she became a "normal" teenager named Denese and later married. She buried her past so deeply it became transformed in adulthood into doubts and nightmares, until events brought her to face the truth.Beautifully photographed in Iowa and amid the stunning landscapes of the Guatemalan highlands, the film follows her emotional reconnection with lost relatives, with a rich indigenous culture, and with the violent history in which her beloved adopted country -- the United States -- played a sinister role. Dominga joins the Maya community in the dangerous effort to demand the exhumation of a clandestine mass grave, and later provides testimony in a landmark genocide case, thus becoming part of a global grassroots struggle for justice and human rights."Discovering Dominga" is a compelling and inspiring story that will engage student interest and provoke reflection and discussion in a wide variety of courses in Latin American studies, cultural anthropology, Third World studies, human rights, women's studies, American history and studies, and sociology. It was produced and directed by Patricia Flynn and co-produced by Mary Jo McConahay for the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with KQED with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002, Jaguar House Films
Author / Creator
Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Civil war, Peace processes, Criminal justice, Survivors, Guatemalans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 Berkeley Media
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Ukamau y Ké (Así es y ké)
directed by Andrés Ramírez, 1984-; produced by Esteban Coloma, fl. 2017, Amanda Robalino, fl. 2017 and Fabián Bolivar, fl. 2017, Productotra (Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid: Quechua Films, 2017), 1 hour 27 mins
Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) developed the so-called hip hop Aymara, with his social lyrics he shook the Latin American society in the early 21st century. He died violently at the peak of his musical career, the same day he finished recording his second album. Years later, his friend, Ecuadorian rapper and di...
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directed by Andrés Ramírez, 1984-; produced by Esteban Coloma, fl. 2017, Amanda Robalino, fl. 2017 and Fabián Bolivar, fl. 2017, Productotra (Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid: Quechua Films, 2017), 1 hour 27 mins
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Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) developed the so-called hip hop Aymara, with his social lyrics he shook the Latin American society in the early 21st century. He died violently at the peak of his musical career, the same day he finished recording his second album. Years later, his friend, Ecuadorian rapper and director Andrés Ramírez returns to Bolivia to uncover the reasons for his death and to find him in the Andean cyclical time. In this su...
Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) developed the so-called hip hop Aymara, with his social lyrics he shook the Latin American society in the early 21st century. He died violently at the peak of his musical career, the same day he finished recording his second album. Years later, his friend, Ecuadorian rapper and director Andrés Ramírez returns to Bolivia to uncover the reasons for his death and to find him in the Andean cyclical time. In this surreal journey Ukamau y Ké comes back to life through records, files and, dream visions.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Esteban Coloma, fl. 2017, Amanda Robalino, fl. 2017, Fabián Bolivar, fl. 2017, Productotra
Author / Creator
Andrés Ramírez, 1984-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Quechua Films
Person Discussed
Abraham Bojórquez, 1981-2009
Topic / Theme
Bolivians, Aymara
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Productotra
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