In Black and White
Black and white cinema strips away distraction to reveal image at its most essential—light, shadow, texture, and time. This collection brings together films that embrace monochrome not as a limitation, but as a deliberate aesthetic and narrative choice. From stark, high-contrast compositions to soft gradients of gray, these works heighten mood, sculpt performance, and foreground the emotional architecture of each frame. Across eras and styles, they remind us that color is not required to create richness—only vision, precision, and a sensitivity to what flickers between darkness and light.
The In Black and White collection includes the following titles:
A History of an AssignmentFeaturing Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, and Khrushchev as protagonists, the film depicts the ins and outs of the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 1960s.
A Useful LifeAn art film enthusiast fears that decrease in attendance will force the Uruguayan Cinematheque to close. To save it, Jorge enters a new world and is exposed to an unknown passion. A modern classic film.
AMA-DASFour women with disabilities attend an empowerment workshop where they develop tools to confront the gender violence they face.
Amazon MirrorDuring the 1980s, Brazil's military dictatorship erected a massive Amazon dam, leaving residents without electricity for 40 years. A film crew explores the decision to stay.
Behind the Scenes: La LloronaThe story behind the filming of the iconic film: La Llorona (1933).
Brickmakers (Chircales)An essential and highly influential classic, Chircales is the product of two of the most prominent and rebellious voices of the New Latin American Cinema: Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva.
Burn ThemThe order to burn books was only a warning of what thousands of men and women who resisted the prevailing dictatorship in Argentina would face.
Embrace of the SerpentIn the Amazon, a shaman and two scientists bond over 40 years, exploring memory, loss, and colonial scars in a search for the sacred Yakruna plant.
Enlightened LettersAn exploration of the transformative relationship between two icons of Latin American arts: filmmaker Manuel Antín and writer Julio Cortázar.
EugeniaEugenia, a young middle-class woman living in a small town in Bolivia, has decided to separate from her husband, leave her job and move to her father’s house in another city.
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