Now We're Going to Call You Brother
Raoul Ruiz shot this film on March 28th, 1971, during the big peasant march in Temuco, Chile, when the bill that gave the full citizenship and...
See moreTell Mario not to Come Back
After a long exile in Venezuela, filmmaker Mario Handler returns to his country, Uruguay. There, the dictatorship is still present in the media...
See moreProfesión: vivir
Existential confrontations are unleashed while people try to survival within a concret jungle. Such conflict gets worst when the person is near his...
See moreLiber Arce, liberarse
Liber Arce, a student, was killed by the police in a protest march. His funeral became the largest demonstration held in Montevideo. The events...
See moreLos Platos del Diablo
Ricardo Azolar is looking for the right words, the exact phrases that will give him literary glory. The days are sterile and lacking in those...
See moreCarlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo Panhandler
The "caminante" refers to a hobo who roams the countryside, a nomenclature preferred by Carlos, who once traveled all over Uruguay before becoming...
See moreElecciones
Documentary on the electoral system in Uruguay. It focused on the upcoming federal elections, criticizing both of the country's political parties.
See moreJuegos y Rondas Tradicionales del Uruguay
Documentary made from the record of five manifestations of Uruguayan children's folklore: «El rango», «La rayuela», «Andelito de oro», «La...
See moreLa Matanza de Santa Bárbara
The confrontation between two families over possession of the land gradually becomes a great slaughter where almost all the members of one the...
See moreMariposas S. A.
The story of seven prostitutes traveling in a truck, town to town, selling their show in local festivities inside an old circus tent. The...
See moreMe gustan los estudiantes
Students protest during the Chiefs of State conference at Punta del Este. Counterpoint between presidents, students and repressive policemen.
See moreAside
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...
See moreColonial Times
Three centuries of Venezuela's history as a Spanish colony are considered from economic, political and social standpoints; evocations of the past...
See moreBroken Columns
The documentary delves into the intimate, labor, and political life of diverse characters to testify to the problems of inequality, exploitation...
See moreUruguay 1969: El Problema de la Carne
After the meat industry workers stop receiving 2 kilograms of meat a day as a part of their salary, they organize the biggest strike in Uruguayan...
See moreIn Prague
Documentary short film by Mario Handler about the city of Prague as part of an internship to study film in Europe.
See moreTwo Ports and a Hill
After several close calls with death squads, Mario Handler fled Uruguay in 1973 and eventually settled in Venezuela where he lived and continued to...
See moreSugar Cane Workers
During the second half of the 1960s, the Unión de Trabajadores Azucareros de Artigas (UTAA) carried out a series of marches from the north of the...
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