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339 Amín Abel Hasbun. Memory of a Crime

339 Amín Abel Hasbún. Memoria de un crimen

Drama, Fiction, Thriller Dominican Republic

An intriguing account of the murder of Amín Abel Hasbún, a brilliant student leader in the Dominican Republic accused of kidnapping US Embassy official, J. Crowley. Hasbún was fighting against the repressive government of Dr. Joaquín Balaguer.

7 Boxes

7 cajas

Fiction Paraguay, Spain

Reminiscent of Slumdog Millionare, 7 Boxes follows Víctor as he is offered a chance to deliver 7 boxes with unknown contents in exchange for a quick USD $100, getting himself caught up in a crime he knows nothing about.

A History of an Assignment

Istoria odnoi komandirovki

Documentary Russia

Featuring 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 World for Julius

Un mundo para Julius

Drama, Fiction Peru

Little by little, Julius loses his innocence as he discovers, but never understands, a home and a world full of inequalities and injustices.

About Everything There Is to Know

De todas las cosas que se han de saber

Documentary Peru

Following the legacy of literary icon César Vallejo, the film explores the tensions between oral and written tradition, avant-garde literature, and popular culture.

Adriana's Pact

El pacto de Adriana

Documentary Chile

As her family’s worst nightmare unfolds on screen, the director tries to disproof accounts of her aunt’s role as an agent of Pinochet’s secret police. But… who is telling the truth?

Bad Hair

Pelo malo

Drama, Fiction Venezuela

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.

Baracoa. 500 Years Later

Baracoa. 500 años después

Documentary Cuba, Spain

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.

Black and White Democracy

Democracia em preto e branco

Documentary, Musical Brazil

Follow Brazil's transition from dictatorship to democracy through three narratives: demands for free elections, Brazilian rock groups, and the Corinthian democracy football movement.

Boca Chica

Drama, Fiction Dominican Republic

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.

Brazil: A Time to Build

Brasil, país do presente?

Documentary Brazil

How is the new generation of Brazilians feeling about the conflicting situation of the country? Diplomat, writer, and filmmaker Gustavo Westmann brings to the screen a renewed type of debate on Brazil in the 21st century.

Brickmakers (Chircales)

Chircales

Documentary, Classic Colombia

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 Them

Quémenlos

Documentary Argentina

The order to burn books was only a warning of what thousands of men and women who resisted the prevailing dictatorship in Argentina would face.

Cacu: A Change for Life

Cacú: un cambio por la vida

Documentary Dominican Republic

With electrifying images, Cacu: A Change for Life follows five fishermen from Manresa, a poor neighborhood to the West of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, as they learn from marine biologist Omar Shamir Reynoso's one-of-a-kind plan to protect nesting sea turtles.

Delicate Balance

Frágil equilibrio

Documentary Chile, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Japan

Centered around an extensive interview with Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the former President of Uruguay who gained notoriety on the world stage as a rare politician: one that lives according to the ideas and principles he preaches, Delicate Balance is a contemplative essay on the everyday reality of globalization.

El Amparo

El amparo

Drama, Fiction, Thriller Colombia, Venezuela

In the Venezuelan town of El Amparo, near the border with Colombia, a group of fishermen sets off down the Aruca River. But only two men return, their friends shot down by the military, who claim they were clandestine guerrillas on a mission.

El Eternauta´s Wife

La mujer de El Eternauta

Documentary Argentina, Spain

Elsa Sánchez's life is evidence of the cruelty of Argentina’s repressive dictatorship, which took the lives of her husband and family.

Elena

Documentary United States, Dominican Republic

When the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, Elena becomes the face of the struggle against the opaque bureaucratic process and a racist, hostile society, to stay in a country built on the labor of her forefathers.

Everybody Leaves

Todos se van

Drama, Fiction, Romance Colombia, Cuba

A celebration of freedom and a confrontation of the authoritarian Cuban regime of the 1980s, which led to one of the country’s worst economic crises. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Cuban writer Wendy Guerra.

Exploiting Eden, Île-à-Vache

Explotando el edén, Île-à-Vache

Documentary Haiti, Spain

The Haitian government makes a tourist destination out of the unspoiled beach of Île-à-Vache. Great for prosperity. A nightmare for local islanders.

Fearless

Sin miedo

Documentary Mexico, Spain, Guatemala

A group of relatives of people disappeared during the Guatemalan military dictatorship requested and obtained, among many other measures of compensation, the production of a documentary film describing the events by the State. Fearless is an exploration of the current shapes of our memory (individual and collective).

Fidel

Documentary United States

Just 9 years after Cuba's Revolution, filmmaker Saul Landau joined Fidel Castro in Cuba for an unprecedented interview for this classic documentary.

Fidelandia: Behind the Curtain of Cuba's Revolution

Documentary Cuba, United States

Fidelandia takes a look at the country’s culture post Fidel’s fifty-year reign, exploring how the youth deals with the influence of Western culture impacting the country by way of tourism, the use of illegal Internet, and television.

Filiberto

Documentary Venezuela, Puerto Rico

A biopic documentary about Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, a professional musician who abandons his trumpet and his family to live a clandestine, armed revolutionary life.

Freedom Is a Big Word: After Guantanamo

La libertad es una palabra grande

Documentary Uruguay

After 13 years in Guantánamo, Muhammad starts a new life in Uruguay. He’ll get a home and welfare for two years, then be on his own.

From the Land to Your Table

¿Qué culpa tiene el tomate?

Documentary, Experimental Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Spain, Venezuela

From the Land to Your Table shows the perspectives of seven Ibero-American filmmakers as they capture the conditions and cultural diversity of popular produce markets in their individual countries.

Giants Don't Exist

Los gigantes no existen

Drama, Fiction Guatemala

Based on the true story of Guatemalan activist Jesús Tecú, Chema Rodríguez’s second feature is a harrowing and powerful drama about survival and hope. Teco was one of the few survivors of the 1982 Río Negro massacre against indigenous populations, in which 177 women and children died.

Guapo'y

Documentary Paraguay, Argentina, Qatar

Celsa recalls Paraguay’s Stroessner dictatorship, her torture, her husband’s death. Remains are found under Stroessner's home: will she find closure?

Guaraní

Drama, Fiction, Adventure Argentina, Paraguay

Part road movie and part coming-of-age drama, Guaraní portrays two generations of Paraguayans whose views of the world seem centuries apart. A long journey to Buenos Aires will make Atilio and Iara understand the real meaning of traditions and family bonds.

Guerrilla Voices: Humanizing War

Voces de guerrilla

Documentary Colombia, The Netherlands

After the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP in 2016, more than 200 guerrillas enter a demobilization camp where rebels prepare for a life without arms.

Guie'dani's Navel

El Ombligo de Guie'dani (XQUIPI' GUIE'DANI)

Drama, Fiction Mexico

A striking contrast to Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, Guie’dani’s Navel is a unique coming-of-age narrative exploring the racism inflicted on indigenous people in Mexico and the empowerment of a new generation that refuses to accept it silently.

Helena from Sarayaku

Helena Sarayaku Manta

Documentary Ecuador

Seventeen-year-old Helena Gualinga yearns to protect her Indigenous community from extractive development and the repercussions of climate change.

Heritage

Herencia

Documentary Spain

A showcase of modern Cuban culture and the centuries of history that precede it.

Home Is Somewhere Else

Mi casa está en otra parte

Documentary, Animation Mexico, United States

Recommended by Alejandro González Iñárritu, this multi-award-winning animated story offers an intimate window into the hearts and minds of immigrant Latin youth. A powerful reminder of how the color of your passport determines your life.

I Am the People: Venezuela Under Populism

El pueblo soy yo: Venezuela en populismo

Documentary Mexico, Venezuela

In a world increasingly less transparent, where the shortcut of populism lurks to endanger democracies, I Am The People: Venezuela Under Populism compels us to ask ourselves if any society, however stable, can be considered invulnerable to a populist irruption and its consequences. Populism isn’t an ideology. It’s a way of governing.

In Exile: A Family Film

Un exilio: película familiar

Documentary Mexico

In Exile: A Family Film tells some of the personal accounts that are intertwined with the shared history of Spain and Mexico from the time of Spanish King Alfonso XIII (1874-1923) through the present.

Indigo

Añil

Documentary El Salvador, Mexico

Three young actresses recreate testimonies of Salvadoran civil war sexual assault victims in a fable guided by the history of Indigo.

Invasion: A Diary of Panama's U.S. Invasion

Invasion: A Diary of Panama's U.S. invasion

Documentary Panama

The invasion of Panama by the U.S on Christmas and New Year of 1989 – when American troops deposed dictator Manuel Noriega, killing an unknown number of civilians in the process- serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order re-define their identity and become who they are today.

It's All Good

Está todo bien

Documentary Germany, Venezuela

As the health system collapses, Venezuelans experience severe medicine shortages and have to cope with the country’s brutal reality.

La Llorona

Fiction, Classic, Thriller, Drama Mexico

A new restoration of Mexico's pioneering horror sound film, La Llorona is a romantic melodrama with expressionist and supernatural elements based on the chilling tale of the ‘wailing woman’.

La Soledad

La soledad

Drama, Fiction Venezuela, Canada, Italy

Handyman José lives with his family in La Soledad, a ramshackle villa located in what was once among Caracas’ most affluent neighborhoods. Might a fabled treasure supposedly hidden in La Soledad’s walls offer José’s family a chance at a better life?

La Yuma

Drama, Fiction Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain

Nicaragua’s first full-length feature in 20 years, La Yuma tells the story of a young woman who dreams of transcending her bleak life in the slums of Managua by becoming a boxer.

Latin Wars

América armada

Documentary Brazil

Threatened with death, three activist in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico fight against violence fueled by the State and the arms industry using information, awareness, and affection.

Los Lobos

Los lobos

Drama, Fiction Mexico

An absorbing coming-of-age story about migrant life through the prism of its most innocent figures: children.

Luchadoras

Documentary Germany

Courageous female wrestlers defy societal norms and machismo, redefining the image of women in Mexico. Their strength in the ring thus mirrors their daily fight for gender equality.

Machuca

Drama, Fiction, Classic Chile, Spain

Set in Santiago during the months leading up to Pinochet’s 1973 coup d’état, this modern classic tells the story of the unlikely friendship between two young boys from different backgrounds.

Marea Verde: The Road to the Law

Marea Vernde

Documentary Argentina, Colombia

Mothers, grandmothers, sisters, friends, workers, lesbians, transsexuals, and others unite in the fight for legal, safe, free abortion in Argentina.

Martírio

Documentary Brazil

Filmed over the course of 40 years, indigenous expert and filmmaker Vincent Carelli seeks out the origins of the Guaraní Kaiowá genocide. A conflict of disproportionate forces: the peaceful and obstinate insurgency of the dispossessed Guaraní Kaiowá against the powerful apparatus of agribusiness.

Mataindios

Drama, Fiction Peru

Villagers organize a festival to honor a patron saint, hoping for closure to unresolved trauma of multiple disappearances and years of mourning.

Miguelito: A Song to Puerto Rico

Miguelito: canto a Borinquen

Documentary, Musical Colombia, Australia, Puerto Rico

Reminiscent of Searching for Sugar Man, the filmmaker follows the steps of Puerto Rico's child music sensation Miguelito. Featuring incredible archival footage of NYC in the 70s’ and salsa performances from Papo Lucca’s La Sonora Poncena, Malo Malo and many others, this is a film that celebrates the musical and cultural depth of the Caribbean.

Miriam Lies

Miriam miente

Drama, Fiction Spain, Dominican Republic

A biracial teenager struggles with questions of identity and acceptance in this delicate drama from the Dominican Republic, which sheds light on the prejudices of Caribbean society.

Money Exchange

Cambio, cambio

Drama, Thriller, Fiction Argentina

Newsreel footage about Argentina’s spiraling inflation since 2019 sets the stage for this economic thriller where Pablo is forced to sell dollars on the black market.

My Bolivia, Remembering What I Never Knew

Documentary Bolivia, United States

My Bolivia is a historic road trip to make sense of a family’s and a country’s past.

NN

NN sin identidad

Drama, Fiction Peru

A powerful, nuanced look at a country’s efforts to come to terms with a dark chapter in its history.

Neither Hero nor Traitor

Ni héroe ni traidor

Drama, Fiction Argentina

Matías dreams of going to Spain to study music far from a dictatorship. His problems come down to convincing his girlfriend to meet him there and to get around his father’s opposition. But the playing field changes completely when the Falklands War breaks out and he is drafted along with his friends.

On Suspicion: Zokunentu

Bajo sospecha: Zokunentu

Documentary Chile

A journey through the works of Mapuche artist Bernardo Oyarzún, exploring identity, spirituality, territory and racial justice in contemporary Chile.

One or Two Questions

Documentary Uruguay, Germany

A testimony of the capacity of documentary cinema (and archives) to unravel the complexity of history, One or Two Questions documents the mood on the streets of Uruguay between 1987 and 1989 following the approval of a law granting amnesty for all crimes and human rights violations committed by the army and police during the dictatorship.

Panama Canal Stories

Historias del Canal

Drama, Fiction, Romance Panama

Spanning a century, from 1913 to 2013, this impressive, sweeping historical drama chronicles five incredible stories of people who helped build the famous canal and Panama itself.

Perro Bomba

Perro bomba

Drama, Fiction Chile, France

Steevens is a young Haitian immigrant living a challenging, but somewhat stable life in Santiago de Chile: he has a construction job, a home, friends, and fun. This precariously balanced life is disrupted when a childhood friend arrives seeking assistance to establish himself.

Red Gringo: American Pop Culture and Cold War in Latin America.

Gringo rojo

Documentary, Musical Chile

Reminiscent of Searching for Sugarman, the film follows Dean Reed, a North American singer who became a pop idol during the ʼ50s and ʼ60s in Chile and the Americas.

Returned

Documentary United States

As three families are deported to Honduras, the film explores the experience of being returned to a familiar, yet increasingly unsafe situation.

Santo Domingo Waltz

Vals de Santo Domingo

Documentary Dominican Republic

An exploration of machismo culture through the eyes of the only three male ballet students in a class of 20 in the Dominican Republic.

Sealed Cargo

Carga sellada

Drama, Comedy, Fiction Bolivia, France, Mexico, Venezuela

A lively rejoinder to Bolivia's status as a dumping ground for the world's industrial waste. Rich in symbolism and in spirit, Sealed Cargo is a terrific ride through the seldom-seen Altiplano and a potent reminder of what really matters.

Secrets from Putumayo

Segredos do Putumayo

Documentary Brazil

A documentary about the man widely considered to be the pioneer of international human rights inquiries, Roger Casement (1864-1916). His work in Africa, Brazil, and his native Ireland still has repercussions today.

Seeds: Black Women in Power

Sementes: Mulheres pretas no poder

Documentary Brazil

The 2018 elections turned into the biggest political uprising led by Black women in Brazil's history, in response to the brutal execution of Marielle Franco.

Silence is a Falling Body

El silencio es un cuerpo que cae

Documentary Argentina

This story of political activism and sexual dissidence offers a fascinating insight into life in Argentina between the 1970s and 1990s, peeling back layers of left-wing politics, homosexuality, and AIDS as it shifts between private and public spheres, intertwining the personal and the political.

Southern District

Zona sur

Drama, Fiction, Comedy, Romance Bolivia

Bolivia’s official entry for the Academy® Awards, this searing portrait of a patrician family in flux exposes the bubble of decadence in which they exist. The threat of shifting aristocratic privilege heralds a new era in a seemingly interminable class war.

Sun and Daughter

Cuidando al sol

Drama, Fiction Bolivia, Spain, Germany

Ten-year-old Lucía builds her daily in a small village near Lake Titicaca around the eternal wait for her father's return.

Tania Libre

Tania libre

Documentary Cuba, United States, Germany

In a fascinating and novel approach, Lynn Hershman Leeson allows us to eavesdrop on one of the world’s most celebrated—and daring—Cuban artists, Tania Bruguera’s session with Dr. Frank Ochberg, a New York-based psychiatrist and pioneer in post-traumatic stress disorder and the Stockholm syndrome.

Tanja - Up in Arms

Tanja – Tagebuch einer Guerillera

Documentary Germany

What makes a nice, young middle-class Dutch woman want to join a revolutionary struggle thousands of miles from home?

The Apizaco Shaman

El brujo de Apizaco

Documentary Mexico

The stormy life of Mexican bullfighter Rodolfo Rodríguez González and his alter ego "THE PANA," who worked as a baker, gravedigger, and bundles loader before becoming a bullfighter.

The Awakening of the Ants

El despertar de las hormigas

Drama, Fiction Costa Rica, Spain

Isa finds herself suffocated by rigid gender roles and the cloistered, provincial thinking of a Costa Rican seaside village. She desperately imagines some other way of living.

The Coup d'État Factory

A fantástica fábrica de golpes

Documentary Brazil

Brazil's long tradition of coup d'états is possible through the support of big media. Two Brazilian journalists reveal the manipulative tactics used.

The Cuban Wives

Las esposas cubanas

Documentary Cuba

The compelling and tragic story of five Cuban intelligence agents who were arrested in the US in 1998 for their attempt to protect their country from terrorist attacks of paramilitary organizations operating from Miami. Essential viewing for the understanding of U.S.-Cuba relations.

The Day That Lasted 21 Years

O dia que durou 21 anos

Documentary Brazil, United States

A look at how and why the United States supported a conspiracy to overthrow the Brazilian elected President Joao Goulart in 1964, when Ambassador Lincoln Gordon planned South America's longest military dictatorship with the support of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

The Death of Jaime Roldós

La Muerte de Jaime Roldós

Documentary Argentina, Ecuador

The history of Ecuador was shaken in 1981 by the sudden death of President Jaime Roldós and his wife in a suspicious plane crash. Combining investigative journalism and film essay, the film uncovers an unknown chapter in the history of Latin America that resonates deeply in the present.

The Death of Pinochet

La muerte de Pinochet

Documentary, Experimental Chile

With undeniable historical, social, and political importance, The Death of Pinochet expresses the vitality of a nation while exposing the political divisions that marked Chile’s recent history with death and violence.

The Empty Classroom

El aula vacía

Documentary, Fiction Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, El Salvador

Creative director Gael García Bernal explores the underlying reasons behind the school dropout crisis in Latin America, from poverty to societal traditions.

The German Neighbor

El vecino alemán

Documentary, Fiction Argentina

The German Neighbor follows the steps of Adolf Eichmann’s awkward and unusual life in Argentina, and his remarkable defense at the trial in Jerusalem.

The Metal Stork

La cigüeña metálica

Documentary Spain, El Salvador

During El Salvador’s civil war, rural kids Ana Lilian, Ricardo, and Blanca witnessed the murder of their families and grieved as a military helicopter determined their fate. Now, they try to reconnect with their long-lost families, hoping to reconcile their pasts and bring peace to the present.

The Offended

Los ofendidos

Documentary Mexico, El Salvador

An award-winning documentary on the legacy of the internal armed conflict in El Salvador, The Offended features the director’s charismatic father, Rubén Zamora, a key political leader and current Salvadorian Ambassador before the UN who was captured and tortured by the National Police during the country’s civil war.

The Padilla Affair

El Caso Padilla

Documentary Spain, Cuba

La Habana, 1971: poet Heberto Padilla has just been released from prison and “self-confides” as a counter-revolutionary before the writer’s guild, marking a before and after in the Cuban regime.

The Pink House

La Casa Rossada

Drama, Fiction Peru

In 1980s Peru, during a brutal civil war, siblings bravely search for their father, wrongfully accused of terrorism after the killing of his wife.

The Rebellion of Memory

La rebelión de la memoria

Documentary Ecuador

The indigenous movement leads the protests against the elimination of the subvention to the gas fuels by the Ecuadorian government.

The Return

El regreso

Drama, Fiction, Comedy Costa Rica

A delightful and life-changing journey back to Costa Rica. After living 10 years in New York, 30 year-old Antonio returns to San José where he is forced to deal with the realities he ran away from

The Socialist Dream: Lázaro Cárdenas and the Reconstruction of Post-revolutionary Mexico

El sueño socialista

Documentary Mexico

In the violent times of a post-revolutionary Mexico, a complex and divided country, the ideas of a man paved the way towards social transformation. Radical, practical, and courageous, Lázaro Cárdenas and a socialist dream shaped the future of a Mexico in reconstruction with their political concepts.

The Spirit of the Ancestors

Te Kuhane o te Tupuna: El espíritu de los ancestros

Documentary Chile

Three generations of the Pakarati family travel to Europe to reclaim the Stolen Friend - one of Rapa Nui's (Easter Island) sacred spirits - which was stolen by colonizers and is one of the countless sacred objects housed in museums worldwide.

The Three Roses

Las tres rosas

Drama, Romance, Fiction Bolivia

This poignant tale portrays the enduring power of love against odds, weaving together the fates of two children in a close-knit indigenous community.

The Trial

El juicio

Documentary Argentina, Italy, France, Norway

A tour de force of political filmmaking; a chilling record of the trial of nine representatives of Argentina’s military dictatorship for unlawful detention, torture, and murder.

They Called Me King Tiger: A Biography of the Chicano Malcolm X

Me llamaban el Rey Tigre

Documentary Mexico

A balanced view of Reies López Tijerina, who inspired Mexican-American college students of the late 1960s and early 1970s to start the Chicano Civil Rights Movement that stressed ethnic pride, ethnic studies, and opposition to police brutality.

This Stolen Country of Mine

Mein gestohlenes Land

Documentary Germany, Ecuador

Recently assassinated journalist and presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the indigenous resistance exposed the Ecuadorian government's corrupt agreements that allow Chinese exploitation of local mines.

Tupamaro: Urban Guerrillas

Tupamaro: guerrilas urbanas

Documentary United States, Mexico, Venezuela

A raw look at the infamous leader of one of Venezuela’s ‘colectivos,' armed leftists who fight drug-traffickers, political opponents, and even each other.

Vicenta

Animation, Documentary Argentina

A film as necessary as it is beautiful, Vicenta explores the struggle for the right to a legal, safe, and free abortion.

What Remains on the Way

Lo que queda en el camino

Documentary Germany, Brazil

Lilian and her four children join a caravan of thousands trying to reach the Mexico-US border with the hope to migrate in search for a better life.

When the Guns Go Silent

El silencio de los fusiles

Documentary Colombia

The Colombian peace process explained with unprecedented access to the protagonists of the negotiations and exceptional archival material.

With My Heart in Yambo

Con mi corazón en Yambo

Documentary Ecuador

In 1988, director María Fernanda Restrepo's two brothers—then 14 and 17—vanished without a trace. Decades later, Restrepo embarks on the painful journey of recounting her family’s story.

Without Prescription

Receta no incluida

Drama, Fiction Puerto Rico

Olivia's obsessive-compulsive voice in her head, which was under control, suddenly returns, prompting a search for the pills that once helped.

Yvy Maraey Land Without Evil

Yvy Maraey, tierra sin mal

Drama, Fiction, Adventure Bolivia

A Bolivian filmmaker and a Guaraní Indian travel together through the forests of southeastern Bolivia to make a film about the Guaraní people.

Zoila

Documentary Chile

When Gabriela discovers that Zoila, her childhood Mapuche indigenous nanny, doesn’t appear in the family tapes, she begins to question her mother's social construct.

Zurita, You Will See Not to See

Zurita, verás no ver

Documentary Chile

National Literature Award Laureate Raúl Zurita is not only one of Latin America’s most celebrated and controversial living poets; he is also a rocker, a human rights activist, a public figure, and a tireless struggler. This documentary is an account of his travels and daily life, as he reflects on topics such as state terrorism and death.