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Adolfo Perez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope
Adolfo Perez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope (2014)

Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships

Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel grew up during one of the most unstable time periods in Argentinian history. He lived his early life as an artist and an activist. In 1974 he devoted his time to building nonviolent movements for change in Latin America, a left-wing peace organization. That same year, he was named secretary-general of the newly formed Servicio Paz y Justicia (Peace and Justice Service or SERPAJ) a group that coordinates nonviolent movements in the region. Esquivel regularly traveled the world both for his art and for his peace work.
The Ambassador
The Ambassador (2005)
, 56minutes
Themes Films about immigration, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships

The film examines the career of John Negroponte, focusing primarily on his time as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras in the early 1980s. It brings to light the militaristic aspects of his service in the region in relation to the Reagan Doctrine. Interviews with numerous Central American human rights activists point to Negroponte’s alleged complicity in war crimes not only in his nation of diplomatic assignment, but also in neighboring El Salvador as a part of the Salvadoran Civil War and in Nicaragua as an aid to the Contras. The documentary covers forced disappearance as part of this involvement including the disappearance of 179 Hondurans and specific examples such as the case of Father James Carney, whose brother is interviewed. The film also contains interviews with former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Jack R. Binns, Negroponte’s predecessor; indigenous Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchú, and Salvadoran bishop Medardo Gomez.
Apartment Zero
Apartment Zero (1989)
, 2h4
Directed by Martin Donovan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Liz Smith, Dora Bryan, Mirella D'Angelo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Adrian LeDuc (Firth) is the owner of a revival house in Buenos Aires. Adrian is emotionally repressed, prone to suspicion and paranoia, devoted to old movies and to his mother, who resides in a nursing home, suffering from dementia. Adrian visits her frequently, holding conversations that, as her illness progresses, become increasingly one-sided. Adrian is a tenant in a rundown apartment building; he lives in apartment 10, although the 1 is missing from his door (hence the film's title). Apart from his mother, the core of his emotional life is movies--specifically classic American movies and stars. Apartment Zero opens with a shot of Adrian in his theater, watching the final scene of Touch of Evil.
Assassination Tango
Assassination Tango (2004)
, 1h54
Directed by Robert Duvall
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Robert Duvall, Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker, Luciana Pedraza, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Michael Corrente

Anderson (Duvall) is a successful American hitman whose employer sends him to do a job in Argentina. His contacts inform him that his target is a former general. Following a meeting with one of the co-conspirators, Anderson hears music and is shown a tango studio. He is immediately entranced by the dancing and wants to learn more about it, which leads to his meeting with Manuela, a local tango dancer and instructor. Things are not as easy as they seem. Anderson learns that the assassination job will be delayed, due to his target sustaining an injury in a riding accident. A paranoid Anderson simultaneously rents a room in two different hotels. From the safety but close proximity of one hotel room, he witnesses police converge on the other hotel. Anderson will fulfill his obligation to do the job despite the obvious reality that there is a leak. In the meantime, Anderson begins to immerse himself in the world of the tango, while balancing his plans to carry out the hit. We witness the conspirator Miguel (Rueben Blades) being harshly interrogated by Buenos Aires police. Miguel can eventually breathe a sigh of relief when his conspirator within the Argentinian federal authorities shows up. Anderson (Duvall) eventually makes it out of Argentina safely.
Bananas
Bananas (1971)
, 1h22
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Louise Lasser, Woody Allen, Carlos Montalbán, Sylvester Stallone, Dan Frazer, Jacobo Morales

Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) is the main character, but he does not appear until after the opening credits. The cold open, which featured the assassination of the president of the fictional "banana republic" of San Marcos that completed a coup d'état bringing Gen. Emilio Molina Vargas (Carlos Montalban) to power, sets up the situation that Mellish would enter later in the movie. The scene was in the form of a championship boxing telecast on Wide World of Sports, with Don Dunphy as the host and Howard Cosell as the commentator.
Baptism of Blood
Baptism of Blood (2007)
, 1h34
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Films about suicide, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Caio Blat, Cássio Gabus Mendes, Marcélia Cartaxo, Cynthia Falabella, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Babu Santana

In 1968, the Dominican friars of São Paulo became part of the resistance against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Under the pseudonyms of "Tito", "Betto", "Oswaldo", "Fernando", and "Ivo", the friars join the Ação Libertadora Nacional, a communist guerrilla movement headed by Carlos Marighella. The friars' superior, Diogo, recommends them to be more careful, and they decide to disperse themselves.
Chronicle of an Escape
Chronicle of an Escape (2006)
, 1h43
Directed by Adrián Caetano
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Children's films
Actors Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Micaela Vázquez

In 1977, Claudio Tamburrini (Rodrigo de la Serna) was a goalie for a minor league soccer team when he was kidnapped by members of the Argentine secret military police. He is taken to a detention center known as Sere Mansion: an old dilapidated house in the suburban neighborhood of Morón on the suspicion he is an anti-government terrorist.
Buenos Aires Vice Versa
Buenos Aires Vice Versa (1996)
, 2h2
Directed by Alejandro Agresti
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Nicolás Pauls, Carlos Roffé, Carlos Galettini, Lorenzo Quinteros, Alejandro Agresti

Opening Title Graphic: As the film begins a message appears and reminds the audience that approximately 30,000 people died during the Dirty War due to the military dictatorship's reign during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Cautiva
Cautiva (2004)
, 1h55
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Hugo Arana, Susana Campos

Cristina Quadri (Barbara Lombardo) is the model of a perfect student. Smart and affluent, her life is in perfect order until, one day, she is called from her class and made to appear in front of a judge. The judge informs her that her biological parents disappeared in the 1970s. Cristina is forced to go live with her grandmother, Elisa (Susana Campos), who has spent the past 16 years attempting to locate Cristina (whose birth name was Sofia). Although, at first, she is hurt, bitter and confused, Cristina/Sofia eventually grows to care for Elisa and begins to research the fate of her parents - and how much her adoptive parents knew of the truth.
Che Guevara - Il corpo e il mito
Che Guevara - Il corpo e il mito (2007)

Themes Politique, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships

Che Guevara - Mort et légende d'un révolutionnaire est un film documentaire sur les aventures de Che Guevara et sur l'histoire de sa dépouille.