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1) We are the music!: 700 years of Santa Fe history through the music and dance of its many cultures
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (20 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Follow the acequias as they weave down the hills and across the fields of Northern New Mexico, to hear the stories of villagers linked by these ditches. Just as acequia water energizes the soil, it also energizes a whole community revealed by the voices of farmers and youth in their passion for the land and this way of life. This beautifully filmed award-winning documentary describes the centuries-old irrigation tradition that is still a vital...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"The Day of the Dead, an ancient cultural tradition, still flourishes in modern-day Mexico. This beautiful documentary presents the annual commemoration of the Day of the Dead as it is celebrated on the island of La Picanda. On this day when the dead are believed to revisit the temporal realm, the program allows viewers a glimpse into Mexican life as they follow the preparations--including bountiful food offerings and wax statues--and observance of...
4) Roma
Series
Criterion collection volume 1014
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Language
Español
Description
With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Follows an upscale Mexican family whose move to the countryside in search of an ideal life results in domestic crisis and class friction. An enthralling and enigmatic exploration of the primal conflicts of the human condition.
Series
Film Movement volume 8, film 7
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
Español
Description
"Jorge has only a few weeks before his five-year-old son Natan leaves to live with his mother in Rome. Intent on teaching Natan about their Mayan heritage, Jorge takes him to the pristine Chinchorro reef, and eases him into the rhythms of a fisherman's life. As the bond between father and son grows stronger, Natan learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface of the sea." --
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