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Showing 1 - 10 of 82 titles with a criteria of Subject is Afro-Latin Studies
Akin's Desert
Akin is a Cuban doctor working in Brazil in 2018. With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, doctors are demanded to return. Akin is at a crossroads. Return to Cuba, or settle in Brazil?
Pragda Films | 2024 | 78 minutes
Ana Mendieta: Fuego De Tierra
A powerful tribute to Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta.
Women Make Movies | 1987 | 52 minutes
Babygirl
A high-class woman has one of her maid's granddaughters under her care. She must decide between giving the girl back or keeping her in the family.
Pragda Films | 2023 | 92 minutes
Bad Hair
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this best-seller tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age film.
Pragda Films | 2013 | 93 minutes
Baracoa. 500 Years Later
Baracoa, the small town surrounded by mountains and rivers, is immersed in its own legend and in the work and dreams of its people. It prevails half a millennium from the day in which Christopher Columbus planted the “Parra” Cross on its shore. It was Cuba’s initial capital.
Pragda Films | 2010 | 61 minutes
Between Fire and Water
Camilo is a young black man adopted by an indigenous couple in rural Colombia. Supported by his adoptive father, Camilo embarks on a journey to find his true identity and understand his two races.
Pragda Films | 2020 | 92 minutes
Between Us, a Secret
A djeli—a master of words, storyteller, and conflict mediator—is summoned from Brazil back to Mali to hear his grandfather’s final stories.
Pragda Films | 2020 | 80 minutes
Bixa Travesty
Linn da Quebrada, a Brazilian transgender singer and artist, presents a powerful and courageous feminist film-discourse on the body and its representation.
Pragda Films | 2018 | 75 minutes
Boca Chica
An example of the brilliance of the new wave of Dominican cinema, Boca Chica exposes how local social norms present the sexualization of young girls as a path to survival.
Pragda Films | 2023 | 97 minutes
Bongó Itá
Bongó Itá reveals the resilience of the Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban brotherhood, preserving their traditions despite centuries of prejudice and secrecy.
Pragda Films | 2022 | 72 minutes
