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Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (338 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Nosotros los pobres: Esta historia narra la vida de un humilde carpintero (Pepe el Toro) que injustamente es acusado de un crimen. En la cárcel se encuentra con el verdadero culpable del asesinato que le impugnan y logra demostrar su inocencia. = We, the poor: Pepe el Toro is a humble carpenter who lives peacefully with his paralized mother, his daughter, and his girlfriend. They all join together to fight injustice after Pepe is wrongfully accused...
3) El gringo
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up.
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a...
9) Quinceañera
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
La historia de tres muchachas que, al terminar sus estudios en plena juventud, se ven envueltas en el torbellino de la vida de sus padres: un adultero, otro que llega a convertirse en ladron y el tercero--disfrute de esta preciosa joya del cine mexicano, con toda su familia.
"This coming-of-age tale is about three beautiful young Mexican women who are the daughters of prominent socialites and are excited to soon be celebrated at the upcoming debutante's...
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1 videodisc (247 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
El gendarme desconocido: Cantinflas captures three bandits who had robbed a bank the night before. Considered a hero, Cantinflas is given the title of Agent 777 because of his ability to disguise himself in many different forms. In his ultimate assignment, he transforms himself into a wealthy jewel collector to set up a group of gangsters.
El gendarme desconocido: Cuando Cantinflas atrapa a tres ladrones que robaron un banco la noche anterior, se...
Author
Series
In other words (Los Angeles Calif.) volume no. 1
Physical Desc
205 pages ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A female convict meets a man and arranges to marry him to qualify for an early parole. She doesn't really want to be married and starts up a rock and roll band. She also meets a gubernatorial candidate and has an affair.
13) El Mariachi
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1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life"--Container.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
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Description
Based on a true story, this decades-spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels them to embark on a treacherous journey to NYC with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow.
Series
Criterion collection volume 750
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out inserted.
Language
English
Description
A tough-talking former GI comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; events turn out neither as planned nor at all well.
16) Desperado
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend -- Container.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
On the eve of his marriage, the Counselor makes a risky decision to dealve into the cocaine trade along the Texas-Mexico border. His hope is that this one-time deal will set him and his fiancée on a path to financial freedom, but instead he ends up in a brutal game that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves.
19) Japón
Series
Criterion collection volume 968
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Español
Description
"In this preternaturally assured feature debut by Carlos Reygadas, a man (Alejandro Ferretis) travels from Mexico City to an isolated village to commit suicide; once there, however, he meets a pious elderly woman (Magdalena Flores) whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires. Recruiting a cast of nonactors and filming in sublime 16 mm CinemaScope, Reygadas explores the harsh beauty of the Mexican countryside with earthy tactility, conjuring...
20) Bless me, Ultima
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In New Mexico in the time of WWII, a young man goes to an aged medicine woman and forms a relationship which helps him challenge the fight amid the good and the evil that storms through his village.
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