Rubén Blades
Also Known As: Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and political inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also composed and sings what many Panamanians consider their second national anthem. The song is titled "Patria" (Fatherland). He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America, and managed to attract 18% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president Martín Torrijos for a five-year term. He holds a law degree from the University of Panama and a master's in international law from Harvard University. He is married to singer Luba Mason. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rubén Blades, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Panama City, Panama
Birthday: July 16, 1948
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Gender: Male
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Predator 2
Overview: A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Color of Night
Overview: A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.
Genres: Romance Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-19
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The Devil's Own
Overview: Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-13
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Chinese Box
Overview: The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-14
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Disorganized Crime
Overview: Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-14
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Critical Condition
Overview: Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That night, a storm causes a power failure and, in the ensuing chaos, Eddie is mistaken for a doctor and suddenly finds himself in charge of the hospital.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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Cradle Will Rock
Overview: A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-10
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The Two Jakes
Overview: Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-10
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Secuestro Express
Overview: Young couple Carla and Martin are abducted by three men and spend a terrifying night in Caracas as they wait for Carla's father to hand over the ransom
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-06-01
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The Milagro Beanfield War
Overview: The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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Fatal Beauty
Overview: Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." With the help of her partner and a former bodyguard for a local cartel, Rita will do whatever it takes to find out who's dealing Fatal Beauty and stop them.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-30
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Assassination Tango
Overview: John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of the tango.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-08
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Spoken Word
Overview: A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-17
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Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Overview: When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx, neighborhoods plagued by poverty, drugs and crime, Hispanic identity was reborn and strengthened, thanks to a syncretic and intentionally popular music that eventually conquered the entire city.
Genres: Documentary History Music TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-12-10
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The Super
Overview: Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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The Heart of the Deal
Overview: Short film directed by Marina Levikova and Yuri Neyman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Maldonado Miracle
Overview: A story about a small, dying town in need of hope until one day a young boy gives them something to believe in.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-20
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Safe House
Overview: A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-08
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The Josephine Baker Story
Overview: Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-16
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The Lemon Sisters
Overview: Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-01
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The Counselor
Overview: A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-25
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One Man’s War
Overview: Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-20
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Spin
Overview: "Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand (Blades) and his wife (Delany). Once in high school, Eddie (Merriman) reconnects with a girl from his past (Garces), and their growing interracial relationship teaches the sometimes-sullen Eddie to think of others before himself.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 2
Overview: Celebrated actor, political activist, songwriter, and multiple Grammy Award winning performer Rubén Blades returned to the stage with the live tour "Todos Vuelven". It has been seen by over one million people worldwide.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-03-15
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Rubén Blades: Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1
Overview: Celebrated actor, political activist, songwriter, and multiple Grammy Award winning performer Rubén Blades returned to the stage with the live tour "Todos Vuelven". It has been seen by over one million people worldwide.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-03-15
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Scorpion Spring
Overview: On the run from the law, desperate drug runner Astor and his beautiful prisoner struggle through the savage heat...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-10
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Miracle on Interstate 880
Overview: A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-22
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The Last Fight
Overview: Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas. But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs kill Clave's girlfriend when he thinks about backing out of the contract. While seeking a way to get revenge against Vargas, Clave learns that he has a blood clot in his head. But nothing will deter him from getting his revenge and making a shot at the title.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-07
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Crazy From the Heart
Overview: A small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to go out on a date with her school's Hispanic janitor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-19
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Overview: A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Genres: History Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-01
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Crossover Dreams
Overview: Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-23
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The Making of Sun City
Overview: Documentary Chronicling the making of Artists United Against Apartheid “Sun City”
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-23
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The Return of Rubén Blades
Overview: Robert Mugge's 1986 film provides a full-blooded portrait of the Latino singer, actor, bandleader, and composer. Blades' Panama homeland, his Harvard Master's degree, and a New York performance with his band Seis de Solar all serve as stops on this biographical journey.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-16
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Mo' Better Blues
Overview: Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-03
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Hands of Stone
Overview: The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Overview: Stevie Van Zandt, known as New Jersey's most famous consigliere to Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano, takes center stage. Featuring a wealth of never-before-seen footage, this documentary traces Van Zandt's career as a producer, musician, songwriter, activist, actor, and more, from the clubs of Asbury Park, N.J. to arenas and stadiums, to the Bada Bing Club and the Underground Garage.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-08
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¡Sonó, Sonó… Tite Curet!
Overview: Homage to Puerto Rican composer Catalino Curet Alonso, or as his friends and fans call him, "Tite", representing how widely influential the composer remains.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-12-04
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Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
Overview: The music of the Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores which was televised on Dec. 8, 1996.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-12-08
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Somos un solo pueblo
Overview: Presents a bit of the history of the migration of our people, people who came out opening new horizons and looking for new destinations. During that absence, it has been music that has defined us and served to remove barriers and grow closer.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-12-03
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Encuentro
Overview: The social vision of the lives of three Hispanic singer-songwriters who enjoy the favor of Puerto Rican public and Latin America is presented: Rubén Blades, Juan Luis Guerra, and Robi Draco Rosa. Through this special a fitting tribute to the work of composition and artistic interpretation of these three pillars of Latin music is achieved.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-12-08
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Lo mejor de nuestra música popular: 15 años de éxitos
Overview: The film includes highlights of the Banco Popular's music specials, whose production started in 1993.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-12-02
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En mi país
Overview: The illusion and joy of Christmas arrives from the four cardinal points of Latin America. The film recreates a typical Christmas party with Puerto Rican and Latin American artists, whom convey how Christmas is celebrated in their countries.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-12-05
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La clave
Overview: Musical documentary film about the similarities between two types of music genres known as Salsa and Reggaeton. The clave is the five-note two-bar rhythm pattern which generates rhythmic measurement and is the foundation and backbone of Salsa and all Afro-Cuban based music.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-08-09
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All the Pretty Horses
Overview: The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-11
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Stay Homas. The Band That Shouldn’t Exist
Overview: In the most tragic moment of the pandemic, confined to a terrace in the centre of Barcelona and almost by chance, the musical phenomenon of the Stay Homas was born, a band that now struggles, in their Gen Z way, to escape from an origin that burdens them.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2024-03-06
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Yo soy la salsa
Overview: More than a genre, salsa was a cultural movement that arose in a time of need for strengthening the Latino culture and spread across the world with such force that, 50 years later, is still moving the feet of dancers in the most inhospitable corners world. At the heart of the movement is the figure of Johnny Pacheco, know as one of the great musical legacies responsible for salsa music.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-30
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From Son to Salsa
Overview: A testimony about Afro-Cuban popular music from its origins to the present day.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-09-12
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Imagining Argentina
Overview: Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-13
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Dead Man Out
Overview: A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior during that time got more and more erratic is still mentally fit to be executed.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-12
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Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
Overview: The story of one of Latin America's most beloved singer-songwriters in a journey across his 50-year career. In an intimate way, the film gives us a chance to get to know the artist, his music, and the stories behind them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-03-18
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Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Live In Venezuela
Overview: Concert in Venezuela at the July 1998 under the AMNISTIA festival. Here Ruben forgets a part of the lyrics and the musicians, although they still play, are surprised at what happened. TrackList 01. Que Sera 02. Pablo Pueblo 03. Idilio 04. Pedro Navaja 05. Gitana 06. Buscando Guayaba 07. El Gran Varon 08. Nacimiento De Ramiro 09. Plástico 10. Plantacion adentro, 11. Homenaje a Hector Lavoe
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-06-16
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The Next Season
Overview: Emotionally battered by the paternal relationship with her husband, Eva is a young immigrant photographer, a misfit who strives to find the perfect light. Her passion for life itself is drying like leaves in winter. A letter written by Eva's mother brings her rebirth, fixing like a photograph in her memory the unique moment she had been waiting for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-09-21
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A Roll of the Dice: The Capeman on Broadway
Overview: A made for TV documentary about the creation of Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's controversial and ultimately flop of a musical, "The Capeman". Explores the story of the production of the musical as well also the story of Salvador Agron and the Capeman murders.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-04
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John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
Overview: In this one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo finds humor and heartbreak as he traces 3,000 years of Latin history in an effort to help his bullied son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Overview: Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion, determination and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death at age 54.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Homeboy
Overview: Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to keep on boxing, but its the only thing he does well.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-24
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The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Overview: The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of Predator 2 is a 2005 documentary that details the production of the 1990 film Predator 2. Created for the Predator 2: Special Edition DVD set, it uses interviews with the film's cast and crew, as well as behind the scenes footage and imagery, to examine the development, filming and release of the movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-25
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Overview: A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-11
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A Million to Juan
Overview: Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit are repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-15
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Red Pill
Overview: Set over Halloween weekend 2020, this political thriller follows six friends as they head into "red" country to canvas white women to vote. They are armed with idealism and determination, but they should have brought heavy artillery. As they explore the creepy house they booked for the weekend distressing clues indicate that they should get out of there, but they decide to stay. They should have brought heavy artillery.
Genres: Horror Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-12
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Rabbit Ears - Joseph and His Brothers
Overview: This is the touching story of Joseph, who is sold into slavery by his brothers yet later forgives their betrayal by saving them from famine. The mesmerizing rhythms of the Middle East provide the perfect musical backdrop for this rich and colorful odyssey about forgiveness and family love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-14
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Salsa Lives
Overview: La Salsa Vive is a vibrant cinematic exploration of Afro-Cuban music's history, tracing its roots from New York's lively streets to Cali, Colombia, now the global salsa capital.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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Beats of the Heart: Salsa
Overview: 'Salsa' captures a unique moment in time for this most exuberant and socially dynamic music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Invasion
Overview: INVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order to re-define their identity and become who they are today.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-04-06
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