Spanish Language Feature Films
You can use the online catalog to search for additional films. The films below are on reserve, available for a 2-day checkout.
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Abre los ojos = Open Your Eyes
Drama, Mystery, Romance
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured. -
La Historia Oficial (The Official Story)
Call Number: Reserves SPA 251 DVDISBN: B0002TSZKGAn Argentine teacher lives in ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, however, her students' rejection of the "official" versions of their history leads her to question things herself. Suspecting that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner, she attempts to unearth the truth. -
Lengua de las mariposas = Butterfly
Call Number: PN 1997 .B88Drama, Music, War
A sensitive portrait of a child coming of age during a tense political situation just before the Spanish Civil War. -
Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside)
Call Number: Reserves SPA DVDISBN: B00080Z53OAcademy Award nominee Javier Bardem delivers a powerful and sensitive portrayal of a quadriplegic who fights to win the right to end his life with dignity. Based on a true story. -
Maria Full of Grace
Crime, Drama
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family. -
Motorcycle Diaries, The = Diarios de Motocicleta
Call Number: PN 1997.2 .D437 2005 (and on reserve at Main under SPA 211/212 DVD)Biography, Drama
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling. -
Norte, El = The North
Call Number: PN 1997 .N67 2008 (OCC for checkout)Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A realistic picture of both the Guatemalan government's oppression of the Quiche Indians and the hard life of illegal immigrants in the United States. -
Al Otro Lado
Drama
This drama follows the stories of three children who have a longing to find their absent fathers. One story takes place in Mexico where a boy's father has gone to the United States to look for work. The second is of a girl in Morocco whose father went to Spain and hasn't returned. The third is about a boy in Cuba who believes his dad emigrated to the United States. The children share a common longing for their fathers, who they either miss or have never known. -
Pan's Labyrinth
Drama, Fantasy, War
In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. -
Romero
Biography, Crime, Drama
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador. -
Velador, El = Night Watchman, The
Call Number: HV 5840 .M4 V45 2012Documentary
From dusk to dawn EL VELADOR accompanies Martin, the guardian angel whom, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the Revolution, ordinary life persists and quietly defies the dead.
DVD Guide for Films in the Library's Collection
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DVDs at the Durham Tech Library by GenreDurham Tech Library's DVD catalog.
Films on Demand World Cinema
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World Cinema CollectionStreaming video collection providing more than 1,000 films from cultures and countries around the world. All foreign language films are accompanied by English subtitles.
NC LIVE Streaming Video Resources
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Films on Demand
Films on Demand provides high quality streaming videos in many subject areas. The videos include documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
Documentary Films
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Which Way Home
Call Number: JV 6344 .W55 2009Documentary
Follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. -
Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy that Shaped a Nation
Call Number: E 184 .S75 L3856 2013Documentary
Chronicles the history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.
