Subject:
LAST WEEK! Take 25% OFF our entire collection of Ibero American films
Date:
June 22, 2015 at 11:36:49 AM CDT
TAKE 25% OFF OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION OF IBERO AMERICAN FILMS, INCLUDING NEW RELEASES AND DIGITAL LICENSING!!
USE THE CODE ¨END¨ AT CHECKOUT. Offer valid until June 30, 2015.
Take advantage of this opportunity to own our Ibero American features at a special price, including our most requested classics and recent bestsellers!
7 BOXES (Paraguay) by Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori
A 17-year-old delivery boy is offered a chance to deliver 7 boxes with unknown contents for $100 US dollars. But what sounds like an easy job soon becomes complicated. Reminiscent of Slumdog Millionaire, 7 Boxes was declared a film of cultural interest by the
National Secretary of Culture of Paraguay. ORDER ONLINE AT
http://pragda.com/films/7-boxes.
"This powerful and unusual action film is recommended". – T. Keogh, VIDEOLIBRARIAN
BAD HAIR (Venezuela) by Mariana Rondon
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale. ORDER ONLINE AT
http://pragda.com/films/bad-hair.
“Critic’s Pick [A] little gem of a film". —NEW YORK TIMES
I THOUGHT IT WAS A PARTY (Argentina, Spain) by Victoria Giraldi
How long is the ex-partner of a friend untouchable? An honest and poignant commentary on friendship. The film is also about the search for love, loneliness, fear, guilt, and the world of women. The film stars Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) as Ana, an actress
who falls in love with her best friend’s ex-husband. ORDER ONLINE AT
http://pragda.com/films/i-thought-it-was-a-party.
"Good performances and exquisite good taste". – Jonathan Holland, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
YVY MARAEY: LAND WITHOUT EVIL (Bolivia) by Juan Carlos Valdivia
A Bolivian filmmaker and a Guaraní Indian travel together through the forests of southeastern Bolivia to make a film about the Guaraní people. Far from observing another culture, we are watched and questioned about our identity in a country undergoing enormous
social, political, and historical change as it struggles to create an intercultural society. ORDER ONLINE AT
http://pragda.com/films/yvy-maraey-land-without-evil.
“Juan Carlos Valdivia exposes an indigenous richness almost forgotten in Bolivia". EL UNIVERSAL
THE FACILITATOR (Ecuador, Chile) by Victor Arregui
A political thriller about human rights, The Facilitator is one of the most successful films to come out of Ecuador in the last few years. After a close call with the law, Elena is sent to spend some time with her grandfather at the family’s estate. There,
she meets her childhood friend Galo, who now promotes water access rights for the indigenous community. ORDER ONLINE AT
http://pragda.com/films/the-facilitator.
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ABOUT PRAGDA
PRAGDA is a cultural initiative that specializes in offering Latin American and Spanish films of educational interest for students, instructors and librarians. To learn more about Pragda, visit
www.pragda.com.
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