Grandes Actrices

Patagonia Rising (2010)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Environmental concerns clash with "clean" energy production in this fascinating documentary about an ambitious project designed to exploit the resources of the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Chile. As plans ... more

$27.99

Nostalgia For The Light (2010)

Category: Documentary | Director: Jim Gunn | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Patricio Guzman

High in mountainous northern Chile, the arid Atacama Desert is one of the best places on Earth to observe the night sky. It was also where the brutal Pinochet regime imprisoned and executed thousands ... more

Regularly $34.99 $31.49

Grandes Compositores, Vol. 1

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Salvador Flores Rivera

These documentaries, originally broadcast on Mexican television, profile two of that nation's most illustrious 20th-century musical talents. First, the life and career of prolific singer-songwriter Jose ... more

Regularly $14.99 $9.99

Grandes Compositores, Vol. 2

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Jose Alejandro Lora Serna, Oscar Chavez

First broadcast on Mexican television, these documentary profiles celebrate the lives and careers of two prominent Latino musical artists. First, the enduring career of composer-performer and El Tri ... more

Regularly $14.99 $9.99

Grandes Comediantes, Vol. 2

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Includes profiles of famed Mexican actor Eulalio "Piporro" Gonzalez and South of the Border-based actor/director/songwriter/screenwriter Joaquin Pardave. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Spanish Dolby ... more

Regularly $14.99 $9.99

Grandes Comediantes, Vol. 3

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Includes profiles of actor/comedian Antonio Espino Mora (known as "Clavillazo") and actor/singer Gaspar Henaine Perez (aka "Capulina"). 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Spanish Dolby ... more

Regularly $14.99 $11.99

Mystery Of The Maya (1995)

Category: Documentary | Director: Barrie Howells | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Take a breathtaking journey through Central America with this film, originally shown in IMAX theaters, that lets you explore the magnificent ruins of the Maya Empire that flourished before Columbus. ... more

$14.99

Secrets Of The Aztecs (1996)

Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

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When the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan was discovered in what is now Mexico City, one of the ancient world's most astonishing secrets was unveiled to the world. Shedding new and fascinating light on the ... more

$24.99

A Place Called Chiapas (1998)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Marcos , Samuel Ruiz Garcia

As a result of Mexico's ratification of the 1994 NAFTA treaty, many Mayan Indian farmers saw their livelihoods destroyed by cheap imported corn and were forced into poverty. Eventually, their protests ... more

$29.99