Sobrevivientes
del etnocidio del
área Maya Achí
de Guatemala.
The Waorani have a reputation of being the fiercest warriors in the Amazon. They have never been conquered or colonized. Since Oil Companies have entered their territory, the Waorani have made deals, *oil for a pack of noodles and two soccer balls*, deals in exchange for nothing.
A Puckish Encounter with The Asymetric Resistance flourishing in Rio de Janeiro's Underbelly.
Each year 80,000 women from wealthy Western nations descend on Jamaica to get their groove back . But who are the real Rastafari and how do they feel about being marketed everything Jamaican?
Pummeled by an unworkable "ism" and a voracious consumer appetite, Cuba attracts over three million pink-skinned, camera-toting, snack-munching mojito-swilling tourists each year.
Americans consider happiness more important to them than money, moral goodness and even going to heaven. Nevertheless their income has multiplied over the last 25 years while that of Latin Americans has remained the same.
Christmas Eve with Herve and Reyes, gamines of San Salvador. In Latin America 35 million kids between the ages of 5 and 17 live in the streets.
Most American men hate their marriages to American women, who, (quote) "have devolved into bitter, controlling, spiteful, fat, lazy, manipulative bitches who feel entitled to the good life at the expense of their husband's health, happiness and well-being." Some travel to meet a new bride in Bogota, Colombia.
Revolutionary, drug dealer, drunk? "El Cacho" is the first in a series of short film portraits wherein ordinary people confuse grandiosity with self-esteem.
Although most of Black history is suppressed, distorted or ignored by an ungrateful modern world, some African traditions are so persistent that all of the power and deception of the Western academic establishment have failed to stamp them out. The African Roots of Tango.
JMS is a self-ruling witness of the human condition whose films have challenged assumptions around the world and become seminal Latin America curriculum at distinguished universities. As co-founder of Cine Pobre Film Festival JMS has curated over 10,000 self funded films from 134 countries culminating in "The Wellspring of Self Funded Film"
As co-founder of Cine Pobre Film Festival JMS has curated over 10,000 self funded films from 134 countries culminating in "The Wellspring of Self Funded Film"
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