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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
1) No
Description
An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
2) El Atentado
Series
Criterion collection volume 666
Description
As the Spanish Civil War is ending, a young boy is abandoned at a remote orphanage with a resident ghost and an unexploded bomb.
6) Zama
Description
In seventeenth-century South America, Spanish officer Don Diego de Zama awaits a letter from the king that will transfer him from a small rural town to Buenos Aires.
7) Falling star
Description
Spanish feature film. "At the end of 1870, with Spain embroiled in a struggle pitting Carlists against Bourbonists, republicans against monarchists, Amadeo, duke of Aosta, second son of Victor Emanuel II of Italy, was nominated as the Spanish king. He was sworn into office in January 1871 and abdicated in February 1873, following a reign stymied by political chaos and the knowledge, from all sides (himself included), that his time on the Spanish throne...
8) Chile '76
Description
Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, Chile '76 builds from a quiet character study to a gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman's precarious flirtation with political engagement. Carmen leads a sheltered upper-middle-class existence. She heads to her summer house in the off-season to supervise its renovation, while also performing local charitable works through her church. Her husband, children, and grandchildren...
9) La llorona
Series
Criterion collection volume 1156
Description
A country's bloody history stains the present in the Guatemalan auteur Jayro Bustamante's transfixing fusion of folk horror and searing political commentary, inspired by the real-life indictment of the authoritarian Efraín Ríos Montt for crimes against humanity. A notorious, now aging former military dictator stands trial for atrocities committed against Guatemala's Maya communities. While battling legal repercussions and the people's demands for...
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