Central American
see all genres ›Seven modern nations (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) comprise this narrow subcontinental link between North and South America.
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Genres / International / Americas / Central American
SUB-GENRES · Honduran · Guatemalan · Salvadoran · Panamanian · Nicaraguan
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Ballad of the Little Soldier
Never one to shy away from criticism, Werner Herzog followed the controversy over his treatment of the Aguaruna Indians during the FITZCARRALDO production by journeying into the jungles of Nicaragua and Honduras to document the Miskito Indians’ armed struggle against the...
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Who is Dayani Cristal?
The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. In an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story, director Marc Silver and Gael Garcia Bernal embed themselves among migrant travelers on their own mission to cross the border, providing rare insight...
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Viaje
Pedro and Luciana meet at a party and end up spending the night together. The next day, he has to make a trip up to Rincón de la Vieja, a volcano area in Costa Rica, where he is working on his scientific thesis project. Since she's leaving on a trip soon, they may never see each other again…...
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Bananas!*
BANANAS!* is a suspenseful court room drama that examines the intricacies and injustices of the global politics of food. Focusing on a landmark and highly controversial legal case pitting a dozen Nicaraguan banana plantation workers against Dole Food Corporation, BANANAS!* uncovers the alleged...
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La voz de los silenciados
Bricolagista's debut feature film, LA VOZ DE LOS SILENCIADOS takes us inside the mind and heartbreak of Olga, a deaf teenager brought from Latin America to New York City, under the false promise of attending a "Christian Sign Language School." Upon arrival she enters a world...
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Angels and Dust
A mesmerising, hallucinogenic journey through the gangs and drug culture of modern Panama. When music producer, Paco and his wife, Kene, are arrested at the airport with plates of cocaine strapped to their bodies, his brother, Mauricio, is dragged into a dangerous underworld. Desperate to do...
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Maria's Story
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Wife, mother and guerrilla leader Maria Serrano is on the front lines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)...
