Etiqueta: Inequality
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The Cook of Castamar (La cocinera de Castamar) (TV Series)
Available on Netflix She forges her way to the heart of the duke himself. Spain, 1720. Clara Belmonte is a young woman from a well-off family who, after the death of her father, one of the most prestigious doctors of Madrid, will see herself sunk into absolute poverty. Fallen from grace despite her exquisite…
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Banana Street
Heroine or assassin? Isabel Tierra Frias is a twenty-five-year-old Mexican woman who learned to survive with her family in the slums and to deal with the impunity of abusers, criminals, and authorities. She is strong, brave, cunning, temperamental and, above all, aware of her reality. Despite this, she has no choice but to flee…
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Ghetto Brother
GANGS OF NEW YORK meets WARRIOR. Ghetto Brother tells the true story of Benjy Melendez, a Bronx legend, son of Puerto-Rican immigrants, who founded the notorious, multiracial gang, the Ghetto Brothers. From the seemingly bombed-out ravages of his neighborhood, wracked by drugs, poverty, and violence, he led the historic Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting, which brought an end to the violent gang…
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Arsenio Rodriguez Trilogy (La Trilogía de Arsenio Rodriguez)
LA TRILOGÍA DE ARSENIO RODRÍGUEZ Jairo Grijalba Ruiz Esta trilogía (Arsenio Rodríguez: el profeta de la música, Arsenio Rodríguez: el ciego maravilloso, y Arsenio Rodríguez III) narra la vida del cantautor cubano Arsenio Rodríguez, tanto a nivel profesional como personal. Arsenio Rodríguez, cautivado por el poder de la música, consigue que su ceguera no…
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The Slow Murderers (Los asesinos lentos)
Valle and Cáceres formed part in the nineties, of a group of pop rock; Rehearsed together, played together, got drunk together. They had not seen each other for many years when one day Valle reunites with Cáceres in a cafe. Life has changed for both; Cáceres is an endearing man who lives in the traditional…
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Operations (Maniobras)
Operations is a story about the excess in power and gender violence, based in real events: tough, strong and exciting. The story deals with the army’s abuse of power. The female soldier who is harasses, Belén, will fight next to her boyfriend, David, to get over this reality: she will speak up in search of…
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The governor (La gobernadora)
It depicts the life in the Spanish villages during the Restoration (1900). The domination exerted by the few, the dignitaries, contrasts with the people’s knowhow, who see, powerless, the control these men have over the political and public life of the commune. THEMES: Politics, Province Life, Power Struggle, Fighting the System, Frustration, Corruption, Deceit,…
