Cabeza de Vaca

Cabeza de Vaca 1991

6.80

An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.

1991

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas 1993

5.00

Three moments in the life of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; his youth encounter with the natives; his resignation in maturity to lands and encomiendas to evangelize and defend justice and dignity against the cruelty of the Spanish and his reflections at the end of his life

1993

Lola

Lola 1989

4.70

A single mother sells clothes on the streets to support her daughter in Mexico City after the earthquake.

1989

Difficult Days

Difficult Days 1988

5.00

Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.

1988