Author(s) | Date | Title | Reference Information | Comments | DocumentType | Rating |
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Canadian ... | 2003 | The Snow Walker or Walk Well/ Snow Walker | PG 1953 pilot to rescue ill Inuit women has tables turned... Related literature Julie of the Wolves, Julie... Island of Blue Dolppphins, Hatchet, The Cay Human relations Survival Life philosophy |
DVD | Five stars | |
Director - Roman Planski, Wladyslaw Szpilman, Adrian Brody | The Pianist | War Polish Jews Nazis | DVD | |||
Schindler's List | Southern America discrimination race prejudice | DVD | ||||
Director Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg | Color Purple | Southern America discrimination race prejudice | DVD | |||
Wayne Wong, Tsai Chen, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu | Joy Luck Club | Immigrants China Struggle of motherhood and family | DVD | |||
Y Tu Mama Ambien | two sex obsessed teens drugs sexual exploitation | DVD | ||||
The Crime of Padre Amaro | Church asked Mexicans to boycott this film, there was a public out cry because of this and the film became a blockbuster Catholic Church, priest (Amelia) |
DVD | ||||
Patricia Cardoso - director, Ferrera Ana | Real Women Have Curves | Body image, Mexican Americans, second generation immigrants, assertive women, | DVD | |||
Nicholas Gonzalez, Maria Conchita Alonso | The Princess and the Barrio Boy | Hispanic Socio-economic [Hans Christian Andersen's - The Little Merdmaid] | DVD | |||
Selma Hayek Director, Ruben Blades | The Maldonado Miracle | Religion, Economic inequalities, illegal aliens, setting Mexico | DVD | |||
Miramax | Rating R - language, alcohol use, perscription drug abuse, smoking. A railroad enthusiast looses a friend, retires, and moves. Desiring to be left alone he finds companionship with some persistent people. Is a great movie to talk about how people treat others. Would be great for middle school students and junior high except for the R rating because of the minor use of language and drugs. Social interactions, getting along, what makes people mature/ grown-up/ "big", loneliness, |
DVD | Five stars | |||
Mariano Barroso and Salma Hayek | 5-7-2002 | In the Time of the Butterflies | Rating PG - 13 Dictatorship living under repressive government |
DVD | Four stars |
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