A young man from a small mining town embroils himself with a wealthy family with a dubious past.
Søde, pæne Anne Hathaway (Princess Diaries) forsøger at lægge sit polerede Disney-image bag sig ved at smide tøjet og springe på et par latino bandemedlemmer. Historien følger to piger, der dropper det pæne forstadsliv til fordel for L.A.'s gangsterinficerede undergrund og må sande, at her kan selv de mest uskyldige handlinger få katastrofale konsekvenser.
Marfa, Texas, er en lille by nær den mexicanske grænse som ikke engang dem, der bor der, ville kunne finde på et kort. En af dem er den 16-årige Adam, der ligesom sin veninde Inez kun er interesseret i to ting - sex og at drive omkring uden andet formål end at ryge og drikke hvad som helst, der kan ryges og drikkes. Adam og Inez taler om sex i alle afskygninger, og lader det ikke blive ved snakken. Marfa Girl er dog mere end noget andet en skildring af en tilstand - et eksistentielt vakuum med de støvede og solvarme, texanske omgivelser som bagtæppe for det unge pars drømmerier, seksuelle eskapader og frihedstrang. En tilstand, der møder modstand i form af den afstumpede politimand Tom, som ser sig arrig på Adam og hans livsforagtende slacker-stil.
With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.
De to skøre pothoveder, Cheech og Chong, får den idé, at de vil sælge is med en helt speciel blanding fra en is bil. Salget går strygende, og de bliver hurtigt rigere, end de nogensinde havde håbet på, men selvfølgelig veksler Chong alle deres penge til en værdiløs bankcheck, og Cheech bliver jagtet af en meget jaloux ex-tugthuskandidat. Deres eneste flugtmulighed er derfor at gemme sig på et sindssygehospital!
Alle har problemer disse dage, også Cheech og Chong. De hyres af Slyman og Habib til at køre en limousine til Las Vegas med $5 millioner skjult i forsædet. For at nå frem sælger de to bilen stykke for stykke, inklusiv det værdifulde forsæde. Cheech og Chong får så et meget større problem - Slyman og Habib er efter dem og vil dræbe dem ... efter en passende mængde tortur.
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.
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a remote island and hunted by Gustav Shank, a racist German executive. If he can survive a full day and night, Vargas gets $50,000 and will be set free. Is he wily enough to elude Shank?
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are lionized and given exceptional benefits. He thinks up a plot to have his sons washed ashore as cuban immigrants who will be adopted by rich anglos.
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are shown attempting to finish a "video album" for their novelty record Get Out of My Room.
A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the gang, but he keeps finding himself drawn back into it.
The love story of pop icon Jennifer Lopez and movie star Ben Affleck began with a movie set meeting in 2002, then weaved to a Las Vegas altar 20 years later.
Documentary film interviews leading Latinos on race, identity, and achievement.
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
Recently released from jail, Andrés experiences an emotional rupture from his 12-year-old son, José Ramón, following a dark family tragedy that nobody is bold enough to confront.
Diego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother. Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo, Diego finds himself attracted to Wesley, one of the openly gay Caucasian men he feels are gentrifying his neighborhood. Their relationship pushes Diego to consider the possibility of a life he had never imagined.
Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young lions to whom they pass the torch to stay relevant in a marketplace both treacherous and brutal. The majestic Rocky Mountains tower over a bustling metropolis filled with steamy and romantic nightclubs where jazz flourishes on stage. JazzTown features never seen before live concert footage on historic stages that have now crumbled due to economic stresses of the Covid Pandemic. ~ Dianne Reeves, 5-time Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Vocalist ~ US Senator John Hickenlooper (former jazz club owner) ~ Ron Miles (Colorado Music Hall of Fame, Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, Ginger Baker) ~ Charlie Hunter (Snarky Puppy, Christian McBride, Stanton Moore) ~ Art Lande (Mark Isham, Gary Peacock) ~ Ayo Awosika (Session Singer on Soundtracks to: Wakanda Forever, Nope, Dune, The Lion King ... tours with Miley Cyrus,) and many more.
Gaby Diaz, an app developer from Austin, Texas, and the last unmarried sibling in her family, heads to her abuela’s house in Oaxaca, Mexico, for the holidays. When she accidentally adds Alex Alvarada, a graphic designer who’s lost touch with his own Mexican roots, to the family group chat, her family invites him to come along for the holidays.