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    Jugadores con patente : JPC-2013 Catalog Record Only "Álvaro Recoba and Antonio Pacheco are captains and referents of Nacional and Peñarol, respectively. These rivals on the soccer field and friends in life became co-directors, along with Rafael Perrone (father-in-law of Recoba), of a group of the Montevidean carnival. They live a passion in common and show us how family and friendship are above their love of football and the colors they have...
    • Contributor: Lemos, Federico - Pacheco, Antonio - Trailer Films - Medio & Medio Films - Ara, Luis - Lamela, Gonzalo - Banchero, Pablo - Recoba, Álvaro
    • Date: 2013
  • Film, Video
    Semillas de luz Catalog Record Only "Through the testimonies on the human tragedy of disappearances caused by the Uruguayan dictatorship of the 1970s, this film transforms reality into a poem of light."--DVD case.
    • Contributor: Wainberg, Lucia
    • Date: 2013
  • Film, Video
    Decile a Mario que no vuelva Tell Mario not to come back
    Tell Mario not to come back Catalog Record Only
    Mario Handler explains why he visited former comrades, victims, prisoners and an executioner of the dictatorial regime (1973-1986) in his motherland: he owes it ''to all those who have suffered, while I did not do anything against the dictatorship or stand up for my people.'' He fled to Venezuela at an early age, where he continued making films, but intentionally not a single one...
    • Contributor: Handler, Mario - Beltramelli, Federico - Buencine Producciones
    • Date: 2011
  • Film, Video
    Ácratas ; Por esos ojos ; Memorias de mujeres : 3 películas documentales uruguayas de Virginia Martínez
    3 películas documentales uruguayas de Virginia Martínez | Tres películas documentales uruguayas de Virginia Martínez | Anarquistas expropriadores en el Rio de la Plata Catalog Record Only
    Ácratas (2000, 73 min.): Using photographs, films and documents, chronicles an anarchist movement located in the Rio de la Plata and Montevideo areas in the first third of the 20th century. Revolutionaries included Miguel Arcángel Roscigno, Buenaventura Durruti, and Severino Di Giovanni. Por esos ojos (1998, 62 min.): María Ester Gatti spent years searching for her granddaughter, Mariana Zaffaroni, who as an infant had...
    • Contributor: LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Arijón, Gonzalo - Fona (Uruguay) - Buencine Producciones - Martínez, Virginia - Télé Europe (Firm) - Point Du Jour (Firm) - Vidal, Héctor Manuel - Liscano, Carlos - France 2 Cinéma (Firm)
    • Date: 2006
  • Film, Video
    Yo pregunto a los presentes: la tierra no se mendiga se gestiona y si no la dan, se toma
    Yo pregunto a los presentes: 40 anos despues, la lucha de los caneros de bella union sigue siendo la misma Catalog Record Only
    Documentary examines the question of who owns the land in Uruguay today. It includes interviews with the sugar plantation workers of Bella Unión who occupied the land on January 15, 2006, after tiring of the promises of the progressive government, Frente Amplio. The film links the present labor movement with the old labor movement (Movimiento de Liberación Nacional) from the 60's and 70's led...
    • Contributor: Grupo De Cine Insurgente (Argentina) - Buencine Producciones
    • Date: 2007
  • Film, Video
    Mundialito Catalog Record Only Shows the political situation in the 80's when a international soccer contest is organized.
    • Contributor: Bednarik, Sebastián
    • Date: 2010
  • Film, Video
    25 watts
    Vinte-cinco watts | Twenty-five watts Catalog Record Only
    Three young men in Montevideo drink beer, avoid responsibility, talk nonsense, encounter weird characters from the neighborhood and drift in a state of chronic boredom.
    • Contributor: Stoll, Pablo - Rivero, Valentin - Hendler, Daniel - Rebella, Juan Pablo - Imágenes (Firm) - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Mendieta, Valeria - Taxi Films (Firm) - Tauro Video Ltd - Peñagaricano, Inés - Temponi, Jorge - Ctrl Z Films (Firm) - Tort, Alfonso
    • Date: 2001
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    Al pie del arbol blanco documental
    Standing at the foot of the white tree Catalog Record Only
    Recounts how, shortly before the coup of 1973 in Uruguay, Aurelio González, chief of the photographic archive of the newspaper "El Popular" of Montevideo, hid more than 45,000 negatives in a false ceiling of the building. Thirty-three years later, these negatives were located in a parking garage.
    • Contributor: González, Aurelio - Centro Municipal De Fotografía (Montevideo, Uruguay) - Montevideo De Todos - Andrés Alvarez, Juan
    • Date: 2007
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    El círculo : las vidas de Henry Engler
    Circle Catalog Record Only
    This is the story of Henry Engler, a medical student in Uruguay in the 1970s, who got involved in the MLN Tupamaros guerrilla movement, became one of its high-rank leaders, was caught and spent 13 years in prison, 11 of them in complete isolation. In 1985 he was released among hundreds of political prisoners, self-exiled to Sweden where he could finish his studies and...
    • Contributor: Charlo, José Pedro - Garay, Aldo - Buencine Producciones
    • Date: 2008
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    Whisky Catalog Record Only Jacobo Köller, the owner of a decaying sock factory in Montevideo, asks for the help of one his employees, Marta, to get through a visit from his estranged brother.
    • Contributor: Stoll, Pablo - Pazos, Andrés - Rebella, Juan Pablo - Delgado Galiana, Gonzalo - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Pascual, Mirella - Buencine Producciones - Veiroj, Federico - Rizoma Films - Ctrl Z Films (Firm) - Bolani, Jorge - Epstein, Fernando
    • Date: 2004
  • Film, Video
    Yo soy José Mujica... : el poder está en el corazón Catalog Record Only DVD ; PAL. In Spanish with subtitles in English and French. Not viewed. Title from disc label.
    • Contributor: Wainberg, Lucía - Mujica Cordano, José Alberto
    • Date: 2013
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    Artigas : la redota
    Also known as: Redota : una historia de Artigas Catalog Record Only
    "In 1884, the famous painter Juan Manuel Blanes, from Uruguay, is asked to create a portrait of José Artigas. There is only one drawing of his face, done in his old age so Blanes must imagine what he looked like by reading up on his ideas and learning about his life [from Guzmán Larra's journal/sketchbook] ..."--Http://www.loslibertadores.net web site
    • Contributor: Morales, José María - Salado Media - Esmoris, Jorge - Gracia, Sancho - Vierci, Pablo - Cruz, Yamandú - Televisión Española - Charlone, César - Administración Nacional De Telecomunicaciones (Uruguay) - Sancho, Rodolfo
    • Date: 2012
  • Film, Video
    Artigas la redota
    La redota : Catalog Record Only
    "In 1884, the famous painter Juan Manuel Blanes, from Uruguay, is asked to create a portrait of José Artigas. There is only one drawing of his face, done in his old age so Blanes must imagine what he looked like by reading up on his ideas and learning about his life [from Guzmán Larra's journal/sketchbook] ..."--http://www.loslibertadores.net web site.
    • Contributor: Morales, José María - Salado Media - Esmoris, Jorge - Gracia, Sancho - Vierci, Pablo - Cruz, Yamandú - Televisión Española - Charlone, César - Administración Nacional De Telecomunicaciones (Uruguay) - Sancho, Rodolfo
    • Date: 2012
  • Film, Video
    Crónica de un sueño : Octubre 2004, Melo, el triunfo de la izquierda en el Uruguay Catalog Record Only After three years being away from home, Mariana returns to her home country, Uruguay. She is not only back to her family but also to vote. After a deep economic crisis that put the country down, Uruguay is on the path of a major political change: a win of the leftwing party, the "Frente Amplio". Far away from the political scenes and speeches, it...
    • Contributor: Tononi, Stefano - Viñoles, Mariana - Buencine Producciones
    • Date: 2005
  • Film, Video
    El dirigible Catalog Record Only At the turn of the century, Baltasar Brum, ex-president of Uruguay, commited suicide in front of numerous photographers. Yet nowhere are the pictures which had captured the exact moment of his death. A young women, who claims be French, meets with the famous Uruguay writer, Juan Carlos Onetti. She confirms that the interview had taken place in Montevideo, with the writer ingognito, immediately following...
    • Contributor: Buquet, Marcelo - Centro De Capatación Cinematográfica - Instituto Cubano De Arte E Industria Cinematográfica - Nubes (Firm) - Dotta, Pablo - Universidad De Guadalajara - Schneider, Laura - Channel Four (Great Britain) - Buencine Producciones - Besuievsky, Mariela - Miglionico, Eduardo
    • Date: 2003
  • Film, Video
    A las cinco en punto Catalog Record Only A las cinco en punto (2004): The largest act of peaceful resistance against authoritarianism in 1970s Latin America was the general strike in Uruguay which lasted from June 27 to July 11, 1973. Workers and students united to stage marches and rallies in the streets as a result of President Juan María Bordaberry having suspended the constitution and imposed a military dictatorship. Héctor, el...
    • Contributor: Jung, María Eugenia - Rodríguez Díaz, Universindo - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Charlo, José Pedro - Buencine Producciones - Tv Unam (Mexico City, Mexico) - González Sierra, Yamandú
    • Date: 2006
  • Film, Video
    Rumor Catalog Record Only A group of choreographers travel to Villa Velázquez, Rocha (Uruguay) to investigate the artistic motives that impel the village inhabitants to reenact, from night to morning, a legendary battle that took place within the borders of the village in 1845. The result: notes for a boundless documentary of epic proportions, about imagination and the search for one's own identity.
    • Contributor: Hernández Holz, Arauco - Hernández Holz, Ayara
    • Date: 2012
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    El almanaque Catalog Record Only Documentary film about Jorge Tiscornia, his imprisonment as a political prisoner in the 1970s, and the diary and calendar he kept to mark the time he spent imprisoned.
    • Contributor: Media 3.14 (Firm) - Peris, Eva - Morocha Films (Firm) - Guazú Media - Charlo, José Pedro - Chellomulticanal (Firm) - Buencine Producciones - Memoria Y Sociedad (Firm) - Pujalo, Rita - Villarquidez, Teresa - Ruocco, Yvonne
    • Date: 2012
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    Desde adentro : una historia en la carcel. Buscando una nueva oportunidad a pesar de todo Catalog Record Only Spanish with English subtitles. DVD, NTSC (Region 9). Executive producers, Andrea Villaverde, Mario Jacob ; director, director of photography, Vasco Elola ; original idea and research, Andrea Villaverde ; editors, Manuel Rilla, Vasco Elola, Fernando Epstein ; music, Manuel Rilla, Ernesto Tabárez. Featuring: Buzz Alexander, Bell Chevigny, Tim Guthrie.
    • Contributor: Buen Cine Producciónes (Firm) - Villaverde, Andrea
    • Date: 2012
  • Film, Video
    Aparte : "esto es Uruguay, lo que ves es lo que hay"
    Esto es Uruguay, lo que ves es lo que hay" Catalog Record Only
    "This is a documentary with rare images of real life stories in the so-called asentamientos in the poor underbelly of Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, and in its youth jails. It centers on the life of a family and some of its teenage neighbors. Filmed at times by only one discreet camera, the documentary exposes the youth legal system and youth jails in Uruguay, as well...
    • Contributor: LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Handler, Mario - Buencine Producciones
    • Date: 2003
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    De dolor y esperanza el asilo un pasado presente
    Asilo un pasado presente Catalog Record Only
    Documentary about citizens of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay who sought asylum in Mexico during the military takeovers of those countries in the 1970's. Features contemporary interviews with the refugees and with Mexican foreign service officials who were posted in those countries at the time, as well as historical footage and photographs, and re-enactments.
    • Contributor: Buriano Castro, Ana - Consejo Nacional De Ciencia Y Tecnología (Mexico) - Instituto De Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora - Hernández M., Carlos (Hernández Marines) - Dutrénit, Silvia - Rodríguez De Ita, Guadalupe
    • Date: 2002
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    Raúl Sendic, tupamaro : 1925-1989
    1925-1989 Catalog Record Only
    The Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaros was founded in the early 1960s by journalist Raúl Sendic. This documentary employs archival materials and interviews to tell the story of Sendic and his Uruguayan urban guerrilla organization. The group began by robbing banks, gun clubs and other businesses, then distributing stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo. By the late 1960s, it was...
    • Contributor: Figueroa, Alejandro - Mujica Cordano, José Alberto - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Galeano, Eduardo - Sendic, Carolina - Buencine Producciones - Sendic Rodríguez, Raúl - Trasante, Jorge
    • Date: 2005
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    Manyas : la película Catalog Record Only A look at Uruguay's premier soccer club, Club Atlético Peñarol and the thousands of fans who support it.
    • Contributor: Kafka Films - Rubino, Andrés - Benvenuto, Andrés
    • Date: 2011
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    La espera Catalog Record Only Silvia, her bed-ridden mother, and her neighbor Modesto lead lives of quiet desperation. Silvia works in a clothing factory and at home her mother dominates her; her whole life feels oppressed. She has an opportunity for hope and escape when Modesto introduces her to Ernesto, a carpenter, who brings unexpected passion into her life.
    • Contributor: Garay, Aldo - Godoy, Coral - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - Perrotta, Verónica - Buencine Producciones - Reyno, Walter - Bednarik, Sebastián - Suárez, Roberto - Zuasti, Elena
    • Date: 2005
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    Cometas sobre los muros ; la educación en primera persona Catalog Record Only Follows the lives of a group of students from a public high school in Montevideo, Uruguay, and their relationship to the school.
    • Contributor: Servetto, Carlos - Larrosa, Manuel - Torres, Noelia - Pritsch, Federico - Criatura Fílmica (Firm) - Mieres, Nicolás Rodríguez - Codoni, Sebastián
    • Date: 2014