HBO Presents: New York International
Latino Film Festival - Watch Yourself (July 22-27, 2008)
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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KODAK GALLERY PRESENTS : NYILFF YOUTH SHOWCASE
 | This year the New York International Latino Film Festival and Kodak Gallery present the 1st annual NYILFF Youth Showcase, which is a collection of films made by Latino youth from across the nation. | Youth |  |
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La Americana (The American)
 | Carmen never planned to come to the United States, but when her daughter Carla was only nine years-old, tragedy struck. So Carmen left Carla behind in Bolivia and made the dangerous, illegal journey to New York City. | Documentary | |
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La Corona (The Crown) / Laughing Silently /Street Witness
 | In a macho culture where femininity is narrowly defined, beauty pageants in Colombia have been known to get higher TV ratings than World Cup Soccer. Despite the poverty and violence in their lives, Colombian women are obsessed with beauty. | Documentary | |
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Lokas (Crazies - Subtitled)
 | "Lokas" is comedy about Charly, a convinced Latino homophobe, who discovers his father is gay and lives with his boyfriend. | International - Film Subtitled | |
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Luchando (Fighting) / El Primo (The Cousin)
 | What was once a term synonymous with the revolutionary struggle in Cuba is now used to describe sex work for survival. | Documentary | |
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Malta con Huevo (Scrambled Beer - Subtitled)
 | When two mismatched friends decide to move in together, unintended, truly far-reaching consequences result. | International - Film Subtitled | |
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Mancora (Subtitled)
 | A worthy follow-up to director Ricardo de Montreuil's much-lauded "La Mujer de Mi Hermano," "Mancora" is an adventure drama that tells the story of Santiago, a 21year old from Lima. | International - Film Subtitled | |
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Mona (World Premiere)
 | What happens when two men who feel their lives are going backward cross paths with a young woman bounding unselfconsciously forward? | Domestic | |
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Muxes of Juchitan
 | According to myth, God entrusted San Vicente with a difficult task. On his back, he carried a sack full of Muxes, effeminate gay men, and had to leave one in every town of the Zapotec kingdom. | Documentary | |
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Off Jackson Avenue
 | Three lives intersect in this New York-set crime story. A young Mexican woman has been tricked into sex-slavery by an Albanian pimp and is desperate to find a way out. | Domestic | |
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