Facets Video (Firm)
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 1960s was defined by a common effort to fight against injustice. Mike Gray, a Chicago filmmaker, used his camera to document the politics of the streets from the riots in the social upheaval, to the rising of two prolific groups fighting prejudice.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Tough and in your face, Rodrigo D reveals the brutal tale of a teenager making a goal of it in one of the world's toughest towns: Medellin, Columbia. A cast of young actors and real life street toughs - some of whom met violent deaths after the filming.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A look at the lives and thoughts of some young people in Havana in the 1990's as seen through the making of a film, "The story of Yuliet Ortega & Fabiola Quiroz, as filmed by Carlos Marcovich." Cinematographer Carlos Marcovich first met Yuliet Ortega, a young prostitute from Havana, when he shot a music video starring model Fabiola Quiroz. When he realized that the two women had not seen their respective fathers for many years, he made this documentary...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
This faithful and exhilarating representation of the 5th Buenos Aires Tango Festival brings to the screen all the squeezes of the accordion, quick kicks, and guttural songs of heartbreak, deceit and national pride.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A vibrant celebration of artists and musicians in Havana, Cuba's capital. Musicians, painters, sculptors, writers, and filmmakers reveal and reflect on Cuba's precarious political climate, its African heritage, the ironies of tourism, and how to live with dignity in the face of the United States embargo.
8) Lola
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Lola is a young mother abandoned by the rock singer who fathered her daughter. Lonely and feeling trapped in a life she did not choose, she evades her responsibilities as a parent. Guilt causes her to try to be a better mother, but eventually she reverts back to irresponsible ways."--Container.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
An unhappily married woman indulges in a brief, torrid affair with an engineer, but then refuses to leave her elderly husband. Twenty-five years later, the former lover leaves a fortune to her son, causing an uproar.
Una mujer infelizmente casada tiene una breve y apasionada aventura con un ingeniero, pero rehúsa dejar a su marido mayor de edad. Veinticinco años después, el ex-amante deja una fortuna a su hijo, causando un escándalo.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Rosario, una joven campesina, se entrega por amor a su novio sin sospechar que él la engaña con otra. La decepción y el dolor por la muerte de su padre hacen que la joven huya a Veracruz y se convierta en prostituta. Una noche, Rosario conoce a Alberto, un marino del cual queda prendada. Tras pasar una noche de amor juntos, el destino les revela una cruel sorpresa."--Container.
"Rosario (Palma) becomes a prostitute after losing her father and...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color w/ black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The life of teacher-turned-guerrilla leader Lucio Cabañas. Learn how he was loved by the poor, scorned by the government, and watched by covert operatives from the U.S., and how he was gunned down by the Mexican Army in 1974.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A touching look at the obsessions of a filmmaker. While making a movie about the real-life story of a historical figure who proclaimed himself King, he finds his own dreams of cinematic grandeur are quick to fall victim to the intrusion of reality.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
No woman, before or since, has possessed as much magnetism and influence as Eva "Evita" Perón. During the 1950's, she was the most powerful woman in the Americas - capturing the heart and soul of the poor, whose causes she championed until her tragic death at age 33. Her stormy and passionate life brought so much hope to Argentina in an age of political power struggles, bloody coups, military oppression, and economic depression.