Latin American & Iberian Collections:

Videos from Mexico

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1. 68-98 México 68, Oscar Menéndez and Cooperativa de Producción Salvado Toscano S.C.L, 1 videocassette (55 min.), México, 1998.
   Abstract: Explores the Mexico City riots of 1968 and the student and popular movement of the time from the vantage point of 30 years later.

2. 800 leguas por el Amazonas, Jules Verne et al., 1 videocassette (104 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
   Notes: Performer Note: Carlos López Moctezuma, Rafael Bertrand, Elvira Quintana.
   Abstract: In the dense jungle of Brazil, Sr. Torres (Antonio) hikes many months through some of the most dangerous parts of the forest. He loses a friend to a snake-bite and eventually runs into a wealthy family with whom he begins a long journey by boat. They run into many problems, including Indians, lions, and alligators. Sr. Torres turns out to be an assassin. After the wealthy father is blamed for Sr. Torres' wrong-doings, the family begins a long search for the truth.

3. Abismos de pasion, Oscar Dancigers et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Chico, Calif, 198.
   Notes: Performer Note: Irasema Dilian, Jorge Mistral, Lilia Prado, Ernesto Alonso, Francisco Reguera.
   Abstract: A bitter, cold-hearted former servant, newly rich, returns to disrupt the life of his true love, now married to another.

4. Aca las tortas! o Los hijos, Juan Bustillo Oro et al., 1 videocassette (109 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
   Notes: Performer Note: Sara Garcia, Meche Barba, Carlos Orellana.
   Abstract: An older couple have a popular torta-selling business. They have several children, including one son whom the father doesn't like because he's a drunk. Another son and daughter were sent to the U.S. to study, and after 5 years, return home. The daughter left behind a boyfriend and the son, a girlfriend and his own son; the parents know nothing about any of them.

5. La Academia de San Carlos, Aurelio de los Reyes et al., 1 videocassette (23 min.), México, D.F, Redlands, Calif, 1994.
   Abstract: This video shows the role of the Academy in Mexican art from the late 18th century to the early years of the 20th century.

6. Actas de Marusia un film, Gian Maria Volontè et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Wilmington? Calif., 1985.
   Notes: Performer Note: Gian Maria Volonte, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregon, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Jose Carlos Ruiz
   Added Title: Letters from Marusia.
   Abstract: "The chronicle of the repression exercised by an English Company over a small Chilean town whose inhabitants are determined to win the minimal human rights due to them as workers and citizens."--External container.

7. Actas de Marusia un film, Gian Maria Volontè et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Wilmington? Calif., 1985.
   Notes: Performer Note: Gian Maria Volonte, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregon, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Jose Carlos Ruiz
   Added Title: Letters from Marusia.
   Abstract: "The chronicle of the repression exercised by an English Company over a small Chilean town whose inhabitants are determined to win the minimal human rights due to them as workers and citizens."--External container.

8. Adan, Eva y el diablo, Roberto Soto et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
   Notes: Performer Note: Roberto Soto, Gloria Aguíar, Tito Renaldo; Carlos Riquelme.
   Abstract: Justino, a young man in a rural community, flirts with Eva constantly, and she returns the attention. When he learns of her intentions to marry the middle-aged, corpulent mayor, he becomes furious and chases the mayor out a window of Eva's home. Justino is jailed while the mayor tries to impress a government visitor without letting the scandal surface.

9. Adios mi chaparrita, René Cardona et al., 1 videocassette (77 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
   Notes: Performer Note: Rafael Falcón, Josefina Escobedo, Alfredo del Diestro.
   Abstract: Chavalo is a proud and protective young rancher in love with Chavela. The two plan to marry, but Chavalo must first make some money. After traveling a long distance with a herd, he sells his horse for a ring and begins to walk back. On the way, he joins a group of laborers seeking work, only to find they would be forced to work and whipped by cruel bosses. While Chavalo is gone, Chavela is subject to the flirtation of a callous young man seeking her hand in marriage. She interprets Chavalo's long absence as an indication of his lack of interest in her.

10. La agonía de ser madre, Rogelio A Gonzalez et al., 1 videocassette (94 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Marga Lopez, Arturo de Cordova, Karla José Alonso.
    Abstract: A middle-aged wife and mother named Ana learns from the doctor that she has three months to live. She returns home to a son that has begun to steal from pharmacies, a husband that drinks excessively, and a teenage daughter that wants to break away from the control of her father. She chooses not to inform the family of her condition, and instead handles the situation herself. When the daughter runs away from home after a fight with her father, Ana's health turns even worse.

11. Aguila o sol, Arcady Boytler et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Wilmington, CA, 1985?
    Notes: Performer Note: Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Manuel Medel, Margarita More, Marina Tamayo.
    Abstract: "Cantinflas, as a child, escapes from an orphanage with two friends and makes his way to the stage as part of a comic duet. Meanwhile, a man is desperately searching for the son he left at an orphanage many years ago when he was poor...."--External container.

12. Ahi está el detalle! una pelicula, Humberto Gómez Landero et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Wilmington, CA, 1985?
    Notes: Performer Note: Mario Moreno "Cantinflas," Joaquin Pardavé, Sara García, Sofía Alvarez, Dolores Camarillo
    Added Title: That's the point.
    Abstract: When Cantinflas goes to visit his girlfriend, a maid, he is called into service to pretend he is a long-lost brother of the mistress of the house so she can claim a great inheritance.

13. Al caer la tarde, Muñoz et al., 1 videocassette (69 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: José Muñoz, Guillermo Calles, Humberto Almazàn.
    Abstract: A woman struggles to remain in control of a hacienda after the death of her father. The competition from a nearby patrón only makes matters worse.

14. Al fin a solas, Rogelio A Gonzalez et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: César Costa, Rosa María Vázquez, Regina Torné.
    Abstract: After receiving his degree, a young engineer is married the next day and the newlyweds move into a new apartment. Nervous and anxious for their long-awaited wedding night, the two are about to retire when the young man's sister appears, complaining about her husband and speaking of divorce. Minutes later another of his sisters appears and does the same. Forced to spend the night on the couch, the young couple nervously calls each of his remaining siblings, asking whether they are happy in their respective marriages. None are, which doesn't help the confidence of the newlyweds. No matter how hard they try, they are unable to find a place where they can be alone.

15. Al son de la marimba, Juan Bustillo Oro et al., 1 videocassette (132 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Soler, Marina Tamayo, Emilio Tuero.
    Abstract: A rich young man from the provinces throws a party in Mexico City, inviting the cream of society. He meets a young woman at the party; her parents encourage them. To entertain them, he shares his marimba playing--a popular tradition in his home state of Chiapas.

16. Alarma, René Cardona et al., 1 videocassette (63 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Velez, Yolanda Prida, Alfredo del Diestro, Angel T. Sala.
    Abstract: Two firemen are killed after saving a mother and her two children from a burning building. Another fireman, Ricardo, is left injured and his girlfriend, the daughter of a millionaire, visits him in the hospital. She doesn't tell her father that Ricardo is her boyfriend because her father wants her to marry one of his associates.

17. Albur de amor, Alfonso Patiño Gomez et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendariz, Ana Bronte, Susana Cora.
    Abstract: In a small house in a small town in the Mexican countryside, a young woman named Aurelia and her mother are frightened by mysterious sounds outside their house at night. Efren, one of the farm hands, spends the night outside the house to guard Aurelia while her mother is away. Efren lives with a woman named Gloria who becomes jealous of Aurelia. Juan de Dios is looking for Efren because he wants to kill him; Gloria, in her jealousy, tells him where to find Efren.

18. Alma grande en el desierto, Rogelio A Gonzalez et al., 1 videocassette (88 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Manuel López Ochoa, José Elias Moreno, Jorge Russek.
    Abstract: When a man the Indians call Alma Grande finds an Indian dead in the desert with his son nearby, he sets about to determine the cause, and with the help of the boy, learns that the man was murdered by white gold hunters. Back in the Indian village, the boy is placed in the care of a white woman whom the Indians respect, and Alma Grande tries to learn more about the identity of the killers. The two men soon reappear and kidnap the boy in order to force him to tell the location of the gold his father had found, and Alma Grande pursues their trail.

19. Alma jarocha estudiantina, Antonio Helu et al., 1 videocassette (67 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Julian Soler, Marina Tamayo, Leopoldo Ortiz.
    Abstract: A group of college students are traveling by train to Veracruz on holiday and while they travel, the men flirt with young women on the train. When they arrive at Orizaba, Veracruz, the men are still thinking about the women, though they don't want to fall in love with them because the men must eventually return to their studies in Mexico City.

20. Alma norteña, Roberto Guzman et al., 1 videocassette (94 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Anita Capillo.
    Abstract: A ranchero melodrama which lauds the honest working people of the north in contrast to the slick and lazy people of Mexico City.

21. Alsino y el Condor Alsino and the Condor, Michael S Landes et al., 1 videocassette (89 min.), Beverly Hills, Calif, 198.
    Notes: Performer Note: Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi, Delia Casanova
    Added Title: Alsino and the Condor.
    Abstract: "Idealistic young peasant jumps out of a tree in the hope of flying; he becomes a hunchback, but learns to stand tall when he joins guerillas fighting in a Central American Country."--Leonard Maltin's TV and movies guide, 1987 ed.

22. Ama a tu projimo, Tulio Demicheli et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordova, Rosita Quintana, Elsa Aguirre.
    Abstract: Night. A Red Cross emergency room. All is calm. Open on a desk is a book with an entry recording the death of a Mexican boxer, Rodolfo Ramos. In a flashback, the disintegration of Ramos' life unfolds, beginning with his girlfriend, a screen star, leaving him without saying goodbye after he loses a fight.

23. Amalia García, la perseverancia, Amalia García, Denise Maerker, and Once TV (Mexico City, Mexico), 1 videocassette (54 min.), México, D.F, 1999.
    Notes: Performer Note: Guest, Amalia Garcia; interviewer, Denise Maerker.
    Abstract: An interview with Mexican politician Amalia Garcia, who discusses her life and work and the position of women in politics in Mexico today.

24. Amapola del camino, Juan Bustillo Oro et al., 1 videocassette (?? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Tito Guizar, Andrea Palma, Leopoldo "Chato" Ortin.

25. Amok, Stella Inda et al., 1 videocassette (101 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Maria Felix, Julian Soler, Estela Inda.
    Abstract: A doctor embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok," while his past mistakes still plague him.

26. Amor a ritmo de go-go, Miguel M Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (65 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Javier Solis, Rosa María Vázquez, Leonorilda Ochoa.
    Abstract: Lupe is a dancer in a club that attracts a young crowd. But she is continuously pursued by an older man who is very wealthy. He offers her a car, but she refuses to accept it unless he allows her to give something in return: dancing lessons. Lupe doesn't know how to drive, though, so she enrolls in driving lessons, and becomes rather close to her instructor, with whom she is very comfortable. He, however, is not extremely wealthy, offering little more than his company. She must decide which she sees as the more worthy.

27. Amor de lejos, Fernando Fernández et al., 1 videocassette (100), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Fernandez, Evangelina Elimondo, Andres Soler.
    Abstract: Don Lorenzo and his sister take in boarders at their house and he is having trouble collecting rent. His niece, Luisa, is returning to Mexico from the U.S. and he wants her to marry a bumbling man named Inocencio, who is supposed to be worth a million dollars. Don Lorenzo's right-hand man, Alberto, is love with Luisa, but Don Lorenzo told him to forget her because the future of the house depends on Luisa's marriage to Inocencio.

28. Amor de lis amores, René Cardona et al., 1 videocassette (78 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Rafael Falcón, Josefina Escobedo, Julieta Palavicini.
    Abstract: Leonor lives happily with her husband and young daughter, until he becomes involved with his boss's daughter and requests a divorce. Unwilling to give up her daughter, Leonor refuses to grant the divorce. The husband, in desperation, uses actors and photographers to frame Leonor of having an affair, then takes the case the court in order to force the divorce and gain custody of his daughter. Leonor, unfortunately stuck with a lazy lawyer, is unable to convince the judge of her innocence and custody is awarded to her husband, devastating her.

29. Amor de mis amores, Rene Cardona, 1 videocassette, Mexico, 1940.

30. Amor de una Vida, Mapy Cortés et al., 1 videocassette (92 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Mapy Cortés, Tomás Perrín.
    Abstract: A woman left in poverty after the death of her father is forced to work as a housekeeper and also as a farmworker, a job normally reserved for men. She is ostracized by the community for living in the home of the army captain for whom she works.

31. Amor perdido, L. Miguel Morayta et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Victor Junco, Amalia Aguilar, Yadira Jimenez.
    Abstract: A young and successful composer falls in love with a woman who has just lost her job. He pays her rent, finds a new job for her, and unwittingly involves her with a manipulative crime boss who owns the nightclub in which she works.

32. Amor y pecado, Ninón Sevilla et al., 1 videocassette (88 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Ninón Sevilla, Ramón Gay, Rosa Elena Durgel.
    Abstract: Raúl and Miguel, as young boys, find a baby girl in a garbage can. The two brothers persuade their mother to keep her, despite their poverty, and they name her Teresa. The three children must work in the street to scrape up what the family needs to survive. Years later, Teresa is successful dancer, Miguel owns an night club, and Raúl is studying engineering. Both brothers fall in love with Teresa, but she loves only Raúl.

33. Ancleto se divorcia, Joselito Rodríguez et al., 1 videocassette (101 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Orellana, Rosita Arenas, Rita Montaner.

34. Angeles de la calle, Agustín P Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (117 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Gustavo Rojo, Emilia Guiú, Andrea Palma.
    Abstract: Magnito is a boy who lives in a beautiful home with plenty of toys, yet he is very lonely. His wealthy mother is annoyed by him, and when the governess suggests she pay more attention to Magnito, she fires her. After seeing how much the house servants love their children and befriending one, Magnito decides his only recourse is to run away. He does so, and joins a group of orphans who sell newspapers and are supported by a few generous adults. Despite the hardships of the street, Magnito finally finds the camaraderie his former life was missing.

35. Angelica, Irasema Dilian et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Irasema Dilian, Carlos Navarro, Ramón Gay.
    Abstract: Angelica works for a nightclub and escort service run by Armando, who is continually questioned by an inspector about the death of Angelica's uncle, her only living relative. Angelica, always tacit, refuses to say anything to the inspector. When she meets a half-blind airline co-pilot, she explains to him that years before she witnessed the murder of her uncle by Armando, who subsequently threated to accuse her of the murder if she refused to work for him.

36. Anillo de compromiso, Emilio Gómez Muriel et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: David Silva, Martha Roth, Carmen Montejo.
    Abstract: A bank worker buys an engagement ring for his fiancee, but the couple doesn't have enough money for the wedding. His mother asks his boss for a loan and they are able to get married, but they soon find themselves in further financial trouble when the man's supervisor blocks his attempts to move up in the bank; eventually, the woman is forced to pawn her ring so they can pay the bills.

37. Antologia del cine Mexicano, Manuel Gonzalez Casanova, 1 videocassette (113 min.), Mexico.

38. Aquí están los Villalobos, Enrique Zambrano et al., 1 videocassette (?? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Ramón Gay, Rosa de Castilla, Raúl Martínez.
    Abstract: A group of masked bandits led by a man called "The White Terror" burns the homes of settlers and farmers that begin to fence in grazing ground for ranchers. Three men that call themselves Los Villalobos take it upon themselves to uncover the identity of this White Terror. With the help of María, a beautiful woman who is courted by an older, callous man, they begin to investigate the crimes already committed and track his movements. Their actions place them in considerable danger, as the White Terror begins to panic.

39. Así es mi tierra, Arcady Boytler et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 79 min.), México, 1992.
    Notes: Performer Note: Cantinflas (Mario Moreno), Manuel Medel, Antonio R. Frausto, Mercedes Soler.
    Abstract: Two friends are entangled in the intrigue of a revolutionary general. Acompañado de otro gran comediante y envuelto en la intriga de un general revolucionario, de rienda suelta a su gran imaginación para provocarnos una bandanada de risas.

40. La ausente, Julio Bracho et al., 1 videocassette (118 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordova, Rosita Quintana, Andrea Palma.
    Abstract: Isabel runs away from her house and drives off a cliff. Her husband, Jorge, is distraught, and all the more so when his sister, Cecilia, doesn't attend the funeral; according to Isabel's sister, Magdalena, Cecilia never liked Isabel. Magdalena takes care of Isabel's daughter and tries to find out exactly what happened to Isabel. Cecilia asks Magdalena why Isabel was carrying 100,000 pesos with her when she died.

41. Ave de paso, Celestino Gorostiza et al., 1 videocassette (75 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Emilio Tuero, Amanda Ledesma, Carlos López Moctezuma.
    Abstract: A doctor is reading a medical book while traveling on the train to Mexico City. A beautiful woman, the famous Argentine singer Olga Rassini, who is in Mexico for the first time, tries to catch the doctor's eye. He ignores her, not knowing who she is and having a family with 3 children to consider. Some friends invite him to the opening of Rassini's show, but when he realizes she was the woman on the train, he refuses to go.

42. Ave sin rumbo, Andrea Palma et al., 1 videocassette (86 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Andrea Palma, Arturo de Cordova, Carlos Villarias.
    Abstract: Ana is assaulted by a man on a boat but is saved by the captain. She is ill and the caption is concerned for her; she thanks him for his attention and for taking her on the boat without charge. Because of her condition, the captain puts her ashore at their next port, Magdalena. She cannot afford to stay at the hotel she visits, but faints on the way out and is taken to one of the rooms. A man named Melchor, who has helped transport her, finds his doctor friend, Juan, who is on the run from the police. Juan discovers that her appendix is in very bad shape.

43. Ay calypso no te rajes, Antonio Badu et al., 1 videocassette (?? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Badu, Fernando Casanova, Paquita de Ronda.

44. Ay Jalisco, no te rajes, Joselito Rodríguez et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), México, 1992.
    Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Negrete, Gloria Marín, Carlos López "Chaflan", Victor Manuel Mendoza, Angel Garasa, Antonio Bravo, Evita Munoz, Antonio Badu, Miguel Inclan.
    Abstract: A young man, being pursued by the son of a general whom he killed along with the general's five gunmen because the general did not want him courting his daughter, goes off on a murder spree.

45. Bailando cha cha cha Cien mujeres, Jaime Salvador et al., 1 videocassette (62 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Christiane Martel, Tony Aguilar, Sergio Corona.
    Abstract: Don Manuel designs bathing suits and owns the company that manufactures and distributes them. He has 3 nieces who are always asking him for money. After 25 yrs. in the business, he retires to travel around the world, turning the company over to the workers with the stipulation that they can keep the company if the make a bigger profit in the following year; otherwise the company will go to his nieces. The nieces conspire to make the company do poorly so they can get their hands on it.

46. Bailando en las nubes, Canta Maya et al., 1 videocassette (89 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Canta Maya, Jorge "Che" Reyes, Andres Soler.
    Abstract: Lucien is a secretary in New York whose father, now dead, was from Mexico. Through correspondence with an associate office in Mexico City, she becomes friends with an elderly office worker in that city, who pretends to be his own boss in his letters. When Lucien's sister is unable to join her dance team on their tour of Latin America, Lucien replaces her. The show eventually travels to Mexico City, where she decides to visit her pen friend. The impostor, in order to cover his tracks, involves Orlando Mendoza, the boss's nephew, who is immediately attracted to Lucien.

47. Baile de graduación, Carlos Toussaint et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: David Lichine, Sergio Unger, Alicia Pineda, Diana Alanis.
    Abstract: Performed entirely in dance, the film shows a troop of young military cadets visiting a girls' school of ballet. While the general and the school's headmistress flirt lightheartedly, the cadets and ballerinas compete for each other's favors.

48. Bajo el cielo de México, Vilma Vidal et al., 1 videocassette (76 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Vilma Vidal, Rafael Falcón.
    Abstract: On a Mexican hacienda, the patrón's top man is enchanted by a wealthy woman visiting the patrón's family. While her pursues the woman, he loses interest in the woman who has loved him for many years. Unfortunately for him, the wealthy woman is engaged to be married to someone else very soon.

49. Bala de plata, Miguel M Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (65 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Julio Aldama, Irma Dorantes, Angel Infante.
    Abstract: Carlos, away from home in the army, is notified that his father has been killed. When he returns home, he learns that a silver bullet was used. He dismisses suicide or accidental death as the cause, and determines that his father was murdered. Although his father's friends offer their sympathy, he is slow to trust any of them. He thus trains himself in gun-fighting as preparation for an expected confrontation with his father's killer. He then subtly tests the friendship of those who profess to be loyal to him and his father in an effort to expose the guilty man.

50. La barraca, Roberto Gavaldón et al., 1 videocassette (108 min.), Harlingen, TX, New York, NY, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Domingo Soler, Anita Blanch, Amparo Morillo.
    Abstract: The story of violence and subsistence among peasants as they try to prevent the loss of a house they found after years of moving from place to place.

51. Barrio de pasiones, Adolfo Fernández Bustamante et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Gomez de la Vega, Gustavo Rojo Pinto, Maria Teresa Esquilla.
    Abstract: An attractive young woman attempts to make a living as a pianist after her father passes away. Beset by money problems, she is forced to pawn her most precious belongings, including her beloved piano. Several men woo her and promise to help her, including a scorned local businessman, detested by the community, and a middle-aged grocer.

52. Barroco, Paul Leduc et al., 1 videocassette (107 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
    Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Rabal, Angela Molinna, Ernesto Gómez Cruz.
    Abstract: A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from?' (De donde son los cantantes? in Spanish: the title of a popular Cuban song).

53. Batallón Olimpia documento abierto, Canal 6 de Julio (Firm : Mexico), 1 videocassette (35 min.), México, D.F, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Narrator: Mario Díaz Mercando.
    Abstract: What do the unpublished images from October 2nd, 1968, released in the past few years, show? The film presents an exhaustive analysis of the new cinematic evidence, particularly in the role of the Batallón Olimpia, an Army unit which inflitrated the student protests in Tlatelolco, Mexico. The testimony of different actors on the facts and a meticulous investigation leads to some hard questions: Did certain members of the Army intentionally provoke the slaughter? What has become of the infiltrators? The film gives a version very different from the official one promulgated by the government over the past 30 years.

54. Beatriz Paredes el poder no lo puede todo, Beatriz Paredes, Denise Maerker, and Once TV (Mexico City, Mexico), 1 videocassette (57 min.), México, D.F, 1999.
    Notes: Performer Note: Guest, Beatriz Paredes; interviewer, Denise Maerker.
    Abstract: An interview with Mexican politician Beatriz Paredes who discusses her life and work and the position of women in politics in Mexico today.

55. Bello amanecer, Tony Martinez et al., 1 videocassette (89 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Braulio Castillo, Ofelia Montesco, Miguel Ángel Álvarez.
    Abstract: The beautiful Maria is the proprietor of a general store on the beach. However, she is in serious condition at the hospital and keeps whispering the name "Jorge." When Jorge arrives at the hospital, he tells the doctor of how he met Maria while fixing his yacht, and although he was involved with a wealthy woman, he fell in love with Maria. Somewhat wealthy, Jorge financially supports his cousin Roberto, a greedy and unprincipled man who takes advantage of Maria. After Jorge and Maria decide to marry, Roberto lies to Jorge, telling him that Maria is promiscuous, and thus changing Jorge's opinion of her.

56. La bestia negra, Fernando Soler et al., 1 videocassette (98 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Soler, Mary Lopez, Arturo de Cordova.
    Abstract: A train engineer named Don Rodolfo and his fireman, Toño are on their way to their train, which Too refers to as his "negra" ("black one"), when they encounter another trainman, a passenger line conductor, who informs Don Rodolfo that there is trouble in preparations for the national convention of railwaymen.

57. La bien pagada, Maria A Pons et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Maria A. Pons, Victor Junco.
    Abstract: Realizing that his wife is unfaithful, a man confronts her and her lover, forcing them to sign an acknowledgement of the affair. He leaves, traveling through Europe, and a few years later, finds that she is a dancer in a night club. In a series of flashbacks, the man relives their relationship.

58. Bienaventurados los que creen, Adriana Lamar et al., 1 videocassette (73 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Adriana Lamar, Miguel Arenas, Jose Baviera.
    Abstract: A respected doctor's grandson becomes very sick during his grandfather's birthday party and the doctor is unable to save him in time. The doctor's daughter, the boy's mother, cannot cope with the loss and has a mental breakdown. Soon she is in the same state as her father's mental patients.

59. Biografia del poder, Enrique Krauze et al., 4 videocassettes (445 min.), México, D.F, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Hosted by Pedro Amendáriz
    Contents: 1. Porfirio Díaz, Místico de la autoridad. Francisco I. Madero, Mi stico de la libertad -- 2. Emiliano Zapata, El amor a la tierra. Francisco Villa, Entre el ngel y el fierro -- 3. Venustiano Carranza, Puente entre siglos. Álvaro Obregón, El vértigo de la victoria -- 4. Lázaro Cárdenas, General misionero. Plutarco Elías Calles, reformar desde el origen
    Added Title: Porfirio Díaz, Místico de la autoridad
    Added Title: Francisco I. Madero, Mi stico de la libertad
    Added Title: Emiliano Zapata, El amor a la tierra
    Added Title: Francisco Villa, Entre el ngel y el fierro
    Added Title: Venustiano Carranza, Puente entre siglos
    Added Title: Álvaro Obregón, El vértigo de la victoria
    Added Title: Lázaro Cárdenas, General misionero
    Added Title: Plutarco Elías Calles, reformar desde el origen.

60. Bodas de fuego, Pedro Armendáriz et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendariz, Alicia Caro, Ramón Gay.
    Abstract: The inhabitants of a remote group of ranches are terrorized by what they believe to be a werewolf, which seems to be stalking a young woman. She is easily charmed by the werewolf when he assumes his human form.

61. Burlada, Jorge Mistral et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Mistral, Guillermina Grin, Lilia del Valle.
    Abstract: Un intenso drama romántico sobre la desesperada pasión de dos mujeres por un canalla atractivo, sin sospechar que ambas están unidas por la misma sangre como madre e hija. Two women share a desparate passion of two women for an attractive scoundral, without suspecting that they also share the same blood as mother and daughter.

62. Cabeza de Vaca, Nicolás Echevarria et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 110 min.), Los Angeles, Calif.?, 1993.
    Notes: Performer Note: Juan Diego, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Roberto Sosa.
    Abstract: Account of the Spanish explorer's capture, escape, and journey from Texas to Mexico City (1527-1537). Includes tales of El Dorado.

63. Cada quién su música, Mauricio de la Serna et al., 1 videocassette (94 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: María Victoria, Rosa de Castilla, Pedro Vargas, José Alfredo Jiménez.
    Abstract: Four men--all unsuccessful musicians--share a small apartment and are forced to work as waiters and salesmen in order to survive, When the oldest of the four, Pedro, receives word that a young distant relative is to come live with him, the four men prepare the apartment for a small girl, hiring a nanny for help. To their surprise, both the relative and the nanny turn out to be attractive young women with beautiful voices. They soon split into two trios and become rivals as the two groups gain fame in the musical world.

64. Cadena perpetua, Pedro Armendáriz et al., 1 videocassette (94 min.), United States?, Madera, CA, 1987.
    Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Narciso Busquets, Ana Martin.
    Abstract: Pedro Armendariz stars in this portrayal of a reformed extortionist who is pressured by the police to return to intimidating women to pay protection money. Dedicado a trabajar honestmente un ex-delincuente apodado "El Tarzan" quien ya ha pagado su deuda con la sociedad, es reencontrado por el policio que originalmente lo aprehendio y extorsionado por este, es obligado a delinquir de nuevo para pagar la cuota exigida por el funcionario.

65. Caín y Abel, René Cardona et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Badu, Fernando Fernandez, Andres Soler.
    Abstract: Doña Luz and Don Francisco get a divorce after Doña Luz accuses her husband of infidelity. Caín, one of their sons, decides to go with his father, while his brother Abel remains with his mother. 20 years later, Abel is ready to get married and living with his mother in a comfortable house, while his father and brother find themselves in jail after having been caught cheating at gambling. When they get out, they have no money, so Don Francisco decides they should return to their old home. Doña Luz is very unhappy when she discovers them in her house.

66. La caja embrujada, Fernando A Rivero et al., 1 videocassette (61 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: David T. "Fu Man Chu" Bamberg, Mary Clark, Freddy Romero, Carlos M. Baena.
    Abstract: A famous Chinese magician, Fu Manchu, is on a train headed for Mexico City to a movie, but his assistant gambled away most of their money. Fu Manchu attempts to win back the money while another passenger, a Miss Adams, watches him play. Unfortunately, she is an accomplice of Fu Manchu's opponent and causes Fu Manchu to lose the rest of his money. To make matters worse, his wallet and train ticket are stolen, which results in his assistant and him being thrown off the train. He vows to track down the thief and take revenge.

67. La calandria, Carmen Guerrero et al., 1 videocassette (?? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Carmen Guerrero, Paco Berrondo, Adrea Delhort.

68. La calle de los amores, Armando Calvo et al., 1 videocassette (104 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Armando Calvo, Esther Fernandez, Carlos Orellana.
    Abstract: Arcadio, a married man, is in love with his neighbor from across the street, Martha, and she has also fallen in love with her; her boyfriend, Miguel, has been away in the mines of Pachuca for some time. Arcadio's wife, Luisa, plans a party for her Tío Alejo, in order to set him up with another neighbor who is a widow and invites the entire neighborhood, including Martha, despite her suspicions about Arcadio and Martha. Arcadio doesn't think Martha was invited and is excited when she arrives, which helps confirm Luisa's worries.

69. Calumnia, Francisco Elias et al., 1 videocassette (74 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Susana Guizar, Sara García, Ramón Vallarino.
    Abstract: Arturo, an engineer from Mexico City, is called to the ranch of Don Pietro to work on a dam on his property. Don Pietro's daughter Carmela is a very buoyant, fun-loving person, often misperceived to be a bit crazy. When an older man form town takes an interest in Carmela, she realizes that she is actually in love with Arturo. Rather than being forthright, both Arturo and Carmela play games with each other b2 ss emotions, almost preventing their ever getting together.

70. Cambio, Alejandra Lajous and Flor de María Hurtado, 6 videocassettes (ca. 25 min. each), México, D.F, 1990.
    Notes: Contents: 1. Deuda externa -- 2. Privatización -- 3. Apertura comercial --4. Inversión extranjera -- 5. Desregulación -- 6. La reforma del estado.
    Abstract: Explores the economic policy and development of Mexico, describing what has been done and what is being done to assure progress.

71. Canasta de cuentos mexicanos, Julio Bracho et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordova, Pedro Armendariz, Maria Felix.
    Abstract: A set of three stories written by Traven. The first is set in Taxco and starts with the wedding of a French couple. After a year of marriage, they are constantly fighting, but they make up after having a child. The second is about an American couple vacationing in Mexico City. The 3rd is set in Cuernaraca and involves a tough but beautiful woman who likes to break horses on her rancho and whom men cannot break.

72. Cancion del alma, Libertad Lamarque et al., 1 videocassette (111 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Libertad Lamarque, Patricia Conde, Lola Beltran.
    Abstract: Alejandro wants a divorce from his wife, María Maragón, a famous singer. He came from an aristocratic family and tells María that he will take their daughter because he doesn't want her to grow up to be like María, but she bribes him into leaving their daughter with her by giving him all her money and jewels. He makes her promise that she will raise their daughter to be a respectable woman and she agrees.

73. La canción del huerfano, Carlos E Amador et al., 1 videocassette (65 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Ernesto Velazquez, Lucha Avila, Leopoldo Ortin, Jr., Polo Ortin, Eduardo Vivas.
    Abstract: A boy working at a construction site quits his job after a near accident, leaving his grandmother without money for rent. The boy and his friends devise a plan, with the help of a sympathetic policeman, to trick the greedy landlord into paying the children for a musical performance in the street. They succeed; however the boy's association with the daughter of a powerful man causes him to be kidnapped along with her, to be used as bargaining leverage.

74. La canción del plateado, Francisco Elias et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Juan José Martinez Casado, Irma Rosado, José Macip.
    Abstract: In a Mexican village of the 1860's, Susana and Sebastian are in love. As the daughter of the local wealthy landowner, Susana is respected by the townspeople and sought after by the men. When her father leaves town one day on business, a group of wandering cowboys visit the home and ask to be accommodated. Their leader takes an interest in Susana, who alone is charged with addressing the bawdy group of men. She resists his advances, and soon Sebastian enters town, finding the man singing to Susana. They engage in a display of machismo in proving their worth, only worrying Susana, until her father returns and ends the contest.

75. Cantaclaro, Julio Bracho et al., 1 videocassette (104 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú, Alberto Galan.
    Abstract: A family is about to lose their land because they mortgaged it to a rich man and they have only until the shadow of a tree hits the fence before they must pay. At the last minute, Cantaclaro (one of the sons), saves them by bringing a payment of horses. After the land is saved, Cantaclaro says he must leave the family and find his destiny before he can settle down as a farmer.

76. Capitán de rurales, Alejandro Galindo et al., 1 videocassette (104 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Luis Aguilar, Alicia Caro, Agustín Isunza.

77. Carita de cielo, Maria Elena Marqués et al., 1 videocassette (70 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Maria Elena Marques, Antonio Badú; Fernando Soto.
    Abstract: Lupita, caught stealing by the police, is taken to trial an made to be a subject in a class taught by a doctor at the university. He suggests that her facial features are those of a criminal. His sister, a student in the class, knows Lupita and takes her home to work a maid, unbeknownst to her brother. While the doctor and Lupita continually antagonize each other, they gradually become more and more attracted to each other as they are forced to live in the same house.

78. Carmen la de ronda, Tulio Demicheli et al., 1 videocassette (112 min.), México, 1992.
    Notes: Performer Note: Sara Montiel, Jorge Mistral, Maurice Ronet, Germán Cobos, Amadeo Nazzari.
    Abstract: The story of a man's burning love, which alone can inspire him to seek a woman who is love, hate, passion, treachery and surrender: Carmen. La historia de un amor ardiente, como solo puede inspirarlo una mujer que es amor, odio, pasion, traicion y entrega: Carmen.

79. Carnaval en Veracruz, Carlos Villatoro et al., 1 videocassette (63 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Manuel Medel, Agustín Isunza.

80. Carne de cabaret, Alfonso Patiño Gómez et al., 1 videocassette (85 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Sofia Alvarez, Miguel Arenas, Julio Villarreal.
    Abstract: A young woman is being tried for killing her husband. Through flashbacks, we see how hard her life has been and why she commmitted the crime.

81. Carne de presidio, Emilio Gómez Muriel et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendariz, Martha Roth, Carlos López Moctezuma, José M. Linares R.
    Abstract: A young woman's husband beats her and she takes refuge with a couple who are friends of hers. Her husband comes over drunk, fights with her friend's husband and dies after hitting his head on a curb. The friend's husband is sent to jail for 5 years for homicide. While he is in jail, thugs try to steal his meager possessions, but he refuses to get into further trouble by fighting. Meanwhile his wife is evicted from their house and he must find a way to make money for his family.

82. La carne manda, Chano Urueta et al., 1 videocassette (108 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: David Silva, Esther Fernández, Emma Roldán.
    Abstract: A young, poor and homeless boy named Santiago is taken into the home of an older gentleman and raised there. He falls in love with a young lady named Fernanda whose mother runs a small store. The two of them marry and eventually Santiago moves the store into the building of the man that took care of him, and from there a strong business is formed that makes a lot of money. However, Santiago loses himself in the wealth and has an affair with a beautiful lady named Linda Palma. Still, this does not last and even after the birth of a baby by his wife, Santiago cannot pull himself together and meets an unfortunate death.

83. Carta brava, Agustín P Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (93 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Emilia Guiu, Carmen Molina, Carlos L. Moctezuma.
    Abstract: Roberto is born to a drunken father and a mother who dies shortly thereafter. He becomes a successful gambler, yet he remains generous to others after the hardship of his childhood, which sometimes causes him problems. When a man named Iberto, unversed in the nuances of illicit gambling, finds himself in a dangerous situation, Roberto steps in and fights a reputed gambler in Iberto's defense. The man is naturally angered, and later Roberto finds himself evading mobsters while pursuing Iberto's sister Nora.

84. La casa colorada, Rita Macedo et al., 1 videocassette (??? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendariz, Amanada del Llano, Rita Macedo.

85. La casa de la Troya, Armando Calvo et al., 1 videocassette (115 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Armando Calvo, Charito Granados, Angel Garasa.
    Abstract: Gerardo, a rich young man who loves to party and lives in Madrid is sent by his father to a boarding school in another city. There he makes a large group of friends and attempts to charm a young woman who is not receptive to his advances. Using his money and his friends to contrive excuses to see and woo her, her resistance gradually wanes.

86. La casa de la zorra, Ricardo Montalbán et al., 1 videocassette (85 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
    Notes: Performer Note: Ricardo Montalban, Isabela Corona, Alberto Galan.
    Abstract: A widowed mother welcomes her son's return from college, only to find that he has become an unmotivated, unprincipled and manipulative man. He takes adantage of her money to court women and gamble at the casino she owns.

87. La casa de los espantos, Alfredo B Crevenna et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: María Eugenia San Martin; Carlos Riquelme, Hector Godoy.
    Abstract: A group of people, barely acquaintences, are all summoned to an isolated home for a reception. When the host appears, a man previously presumed to be dead, he tells the guests that they can't leave the property. Just then, the lights go out and when they come on again, the host is dead in his chair--stabbed to death. When the body disappears, the party splits up to search for the body.

88. Casa de mujeres, Gabriel Soria et al., 1 videocassette (117 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
    Notes: Performer Note: Anita Blanch, Elena D'Orgaz, Isabelita Blanch.

89. La casa del ogro, Alfredo del Diestro et al., 1 videocassette (54 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Soler, Arturo de Cordova, Gloria Marin, Alfredo del Diestro.
    Abstract: A diverse group of people live in a middle-class apartment house. They affect each others' lives in ways they don't even realize.

90. Casate y veras, Luis Aldas et al., 1 videocassette (96 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Luis Aldas, Rosario Granados, Angel Garasa.
    Abstract: While Emilio and Mercedes are on their honeymoon in Acapulco, Emilio is preoccupied by the coincidental appearance of an old girlfriend and the two end up fighting until Mercedes returns home, disgusted with the whole affair. Meanwhile, Aurora and Julian, also recently married, return early from their own honeymoon due to problems they were having. Despite the petty reasons for the young couples' arguments, their parents are unable to patch things up, and decide to leave the matters in the hands of their children.

91. La Catedral de México, Aurora Torres et al., 1 videocassette (27 min), México, D.F, 1992.
    Abstract: Examines the construction of Mexico City's cathedral, taking place over a period of more than 300 years; its importance as a monument; its artistic treasures; and its deterioration.

92. Celos, Arcady Boytler et al., 1 videocassette (82 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Abstract: An esteemed doctor falls in love with one of his young, female patients and marries her. Having been deceived by women in previous relationships, the doctor constantly questions the fidelity of his new wife. His suspicions threaten to ruin the marriage and they are made worse when he turns to alcohol. His uncontrollable fits of rage begin to destroy his professional life as well.

93. Chapala en lucha contra la extinción, Leticia Villavicencio G. et al., 1 videocassette (77 min.), México, D.F, 199-.
    Notes: Added Title: Producción ganadera y el cacao en Tabasco
    Added Title: Desierto que camina.
    Abstract: Chapala (1987, 27 min.) describes the ecological reserve at Lake Chapala and the dangers that face it. La producción ganadery y el cacao en Tabasco (1990, 26 min.) describes the production of chocolate and cattle for meat and milk. El desierto que camina (1988, 23 min.) describe the threats to the environment of Mexico's deserts.

94. Charro a la fuerza, Miguel Morayta, Latin Nostalgia (Firm), and Movie-Mex International, 1 videocassette (??? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
    Notes: Performer Note: Luis Aguilar, Florencio Becquer, Delia Magaña.

95. Chavela Vargas Historia de amor, Chavela Vargas Historia de amor, 1 videocassette (27 min.), Mexico, 1997.
    Abstract: Interview with musical excerpts by famous ranchera singer from Mexico.

96. Chiapas, Harry Möller et al., 1 videocassette (54 min.), México, 199-.
    Abstract: Shows some of the natural beauty and cultural attractions of Chiapas; followed by several short features.

97. Chiapas historia inconclusa, Cristián Calónico and Producciones Marca Diablo, 1 videocassette (90 min.), México, 1995.
    Abstract: This videocassette records the filming of the armed uprising that took place in Chiapas between 1994 and 1995.

98. Chiapas la historia continua, Cristián Calónico and Producciones Marca Diablo, 1 videocassette (58 min.), México, 1997.
    Abstract: This video continues the story begun in "Chiapas: Historia Inconclusa," and covers the events from Sept. 1995 to Sept. 1997. It covers the breakdown of talks between the government and the Zapatistas, the march to Mexico City, interviews with rebel leaders, and emphasizes the Zapatista goal of bringing recognition and dignity to the indigenous population of Mexico.

99. Chiapas, la otra guerra, Esperanza Escamilla et al., 1 videocassette (43 min.), México, D.F, 1994.
    Abstract: A report on the Zapatista National Liberation Army and their goals as they fought the Mexican government in Chiapas, México. Included are interviews with several Zapatistas, and film footage of various news releases. Footage is also shown of the release and interview of the former Chiapas governor, Absalón Castellanos Domínguez, who was taken prisoner and later released unharmed by the Zapatistas.

100. Cielito Lindo, Victor Herrera et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Los Angeles, Calif.
     Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordoba, Lupita Gallardo, Pepe Ortiz, Rosita Quintana, Luis Aguilar, Carlos López Moctezuma, Pedro Galindo.
     Abstract: A musical romance that takes place in the foreground of the Mexican Revolution.

101. Cien gritos de terror, Ramón Obón Arellano et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Joaquin Cordero, Adriadne Welter, Ofelia Montesco.
     Abstract: Julio and his wife are moving into an old house, separated from the nearest small town by miles. He tells her of a legend involving an insane woman that once lived in the home. When the wife begins to complain of heart pain, Julio leaves to get a doctor. Alone in the house, the wife begins to hear strange wailing noises and is confronted by a grotesque woman in chains. The wife collapses, apparently dead from fear, and the woman reveals herself as Julio's disguised lover, in league with him to kill his wife, who wouldn't allow a divorce. The woman leaves to get Julio (who never went to the doctor), but when they return, the body is missing.

102. Cinco rostros de mujer, Arturo de Cordova et al., 1 videocassette (72 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
     Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordova, Tita Merello.
     Abstract: A man remembers the women he has loved: how he was dropped by his first love and had trouble forgetting her, how he fell in love with a concert pianist, and how he was later faced with a choice between the two.

103. Ciudad de México un mirada capital. Ciudad de México : ciudad de contrastes, TV UNAM (Mexico City, Mexico), 1 videocassette (54 min.), México, D.F, 1996.
     Abstract: Two films about Mexico City, the largest city in the world, its problems and its contrasts.

104. Como yo te quería, Sara García et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Sara García, Abel Salazar, Esther Luquin.
     Abstract: A Spanish woman, Doña Remedios, who lives in Mexico and receives a small monthly stipend. Her son, Rafael, is about to graduate from college. He is in love with Margarita, but her father won't let her see him because he is so poor. Rafael asks his mother to ask Margarita's father for permission to see her. Doña Remedios refuses at first, but eventually gives in.

105. Con licencia para matar, Rafael Baledón et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Casanova, Emily Cranz, Maura Monti.
     Abstract: The elaborate robbery of an armored vehicle is carried out by an infamous crime lord using his invincible robot thieves. World financial markets are disrupted and the authorities call upon the "Tigresses," a trio of crime-fighting women. In their quest to uncover the tracks of the crime lord, the Tigresses must work through a web of narcotics circles and are attacked themselves by the robots, until they isolate the location from which the crime lord operates: a night club that they frequent.

106. Con los dorados de Villa, Raúl de Anda et al., 1 videocassette (79 min.), México, 1991.
     Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendariz, Emilio "Indio" Fernandez, Domingo Soler, Lucha Reyes, Susana Cora, Salvador Quiroz, Pedro Galindo.
     Abstract: Villa's "Golden Ones" have a mission: to get a container full of munitions to its destination. But one of them is a traitor, and his betrayal unleashes all of the action, violence and death typical of the Mexican Revolution.

107. Conozco a los dos, Gilberto S Martinez et al., 1 videocassette (72 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Amalia Aguilar, Jorge "Che" Ruiz, Dorian Iris.
     Abstract: Juan José, a poor guitar player from Alvarado, in the state of Veracuz goes to the state of México to be with his newly found love. Upon arriving in a small Mexican town, he is mistaken for a well-known con-man who is wanted for sleeping with a married woman.

108. Contra la ley de dios, Adolfo Fernandez Bustamante, Latin Nostalgia (Firm), and Movie-Mex International, 1 videocassette (?? min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.

109. Convención de Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Agosto, 1994, José Manuel Pintado and Canal 6 de Julio (Mexico), 1 videocassette (43 min.), México, D.F, 1994.

110. Corazones de México, Roberto Gavaldón et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Domingo Soler, Lilia Michel, Gustavo Rojo Pinto.
     Abstract: The son of an aristocratic Mexican family is conscripted into the Mexican army along with every other 18 yr. old in the country. The parents make every attempt to release their son from his military obligation. Finding no sympathy from their powerful friends, the parents bribe a doctor to write a medical excuse for their son. The son, however, is convinced that he should serve and fight for his country.

111. Corridos sin rostro Ballads without a face, Othelo Khanh, 1 videocassette, Mexico City, 1994.

112. Cortazar, Tristán Bauer et al., 1 videocassette (80 min.), Argentina, México, DF, 199-.
     Abstract: At 80 years after his birth, and 10 years after his death, Argentine writer Julio Cortázar narrates the story of his life. His words, spoken by Cortázar and by actor Alfredo Alcón, reveal a portrait of a man who gave us a literature that portrays impressions of the world by one who lived life fully. He worked with images the way Bach and Mozart worked with music, interweaving them into jazz. His presence in images and in recordings help illuminate a life that had a stormy beginning in Brussels in 1914 and ended in the cemetary of Montparnasse, where the body of the writer was laid to rest next to that of his wife, Carol Dunlop.

113. Crepúsculo, Arturo de Cordova et al., l videocassette (108 min.), Fresno, Calif., 1987.
     Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordova, Gloria Marin, Lilia Michel, Julio Villarreal, Manuel Arvide.
     Abstract: The story of the obsessive passion of a man in love with his best friend's wife, a man tortured by adultery, the shadow of crime, and his moral and ethical values.

114. Crimen y castigo, Fernando de Fuentes et al., 1 videocassette (110 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Roberto Cañedo, Lilia Prado, Carlos López Moctezuma.
     Abstract: Tormented by an critical voice, a desolate man is tempted to murder an old woman for her money. He attempts to resist the voice, but is eventually driven to devise a plan to murder her. He wavers when he tries to carry out his plan, but the voice keeps urging him on.

115. Cristo te ama jóvenes drogadictos, José María Fernández Unsain et al., 1 videocassette (77 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Milton Rodriguez, Jacqueline Andere, Pancho Córdova.
     Abstract: A young woman becomes involved with a group of actors who use drugs regularly. She loses her job as her addiction becomes stronger and soon she is regularly visiting a drug dealer who buys from a graveyard caretaker. Unable to support her habit financially, she turns to prostituting herself for the requisite drug money. A friend decides that he will end the addiction, and he isolates her in a stable for several days while she undergoes withdrawal, barely alive.

116. Cruel destino o Alla en la frontera, Juan Orol et al., 1 videocassette (106 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Maria Antonieta Pons, Juan José Martínez Casado, J. Eduardo Pérez.
     Abstract: As children, Armando and Alicia talked together about their plans for the future: Armando wanted to become a cowboy and Alicia dreamed of becoming an artist. Years later, as adults, Armando upsets Alicia when he suggests she is not fulfilling her potential by dancing in a club. Alicia accepts another man's marriage proposal, and Armando, regretful of his advice, tries to win her back.

117. Cualquier cosa, Douglas Sanchez et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), Mexico, 199-.
     Notes: Performer Note: Jaime Garza, Cecilia Toussaint, Dorotea Guerra, Salvador Garcini.
     Abstract: A young actor from Yucatán comes to the capital with the idea of revolutionizing the "fotonovela".

118. Cuando leventa la niebla, Arturo de Cordova et al., 1 videocassette (98 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
     Notes: Performer Note: Arturo de Cordova, Maria Elena Marques, Columba Dominguez.
     Abstract: A patient in a mental hospital learns much about his roommate's family through conversation. He decides to murder the man, his best friend, and make it look like an accident. After leaving the hospital, he further researches the dead man's family and assumes his identity.

119. Cuando los hijos pecan, Joselito Rodríguez et al., 1 videocassette (108 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Meche Barba, Fernando Fernández, Carlos Orellana.
     Abstract: Aurora sings in a cabaret and is courted by several men, rich and poor. From a modest background herself, she is most comfortable with Fidel, a mechanic, but she dates men that promise her cars and houses. When Fidel chooses to propose to her rather than her crippled but beautiful sister Checha, Aurora turns him down, saying that she favors richer men. After she is thrown out of the house by her father, the broken family tries to determine what causes Aurora's strange behavior, and make amends before she commits to the wrong man.

120. Cuando viajan las estrellas, Alberto Gout et al., 1 videocassette (108 min.), United States?, 1987?
     Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Negrete, Raquel Rojas, Joaquin Pardave.
     Abstract: A Hollywood star comes to Mexico to learn flamenco, but rather learns the ways of the genteel 'charro' when she falls in love with one."--External container.

121. Cuando vuelvas a mi, José Baviera et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Ramón Armengod, Lilia del Valle, José Baviera.
     Abstract: Pedro and Dolores are a young couple in love, with plans to marry soon. Don Cosme is an older man in the community, rich and married, but disinterested in his wife. He is instead infatuated with Dolores, and sends Pedro out of town on an errand for several days. During this time Don Cosme slips a drug into Dolores' drink, and when she begins to feel sick, he takes her to her home and forces himself on her. Despite her anger and confusion, Dolores decides to continue with the wedding and tell Pedro a different story of what happened when he was away.

122. Cuatro copas, Tulio Demicheli et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Libertad Lamarque, Miguel Aceves Mejia.
     Abstract: A famous singer is suffering from stress-related hallucinations. A plumber, who is an amateur singer, comes to fix her pipes, but only causes her more stress. She later runs into him at a radio contest for amateur singers. He sings for her; she is impressed and begins to fall in love with him.

123. La Cucaracha, Ismael Rodriguez Ruelas et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.), México, 1994.
     Notes: Performer Note: María Félix, Dolores del Río, "Indio" Fernández, Antonio Aguilar, Pedro Armendariz, Ignacio Lopez Tarso.
     Abstract: A love story taking place during the Mexican Revolution.

124. La culpable, Isabela Corona et al., 1 videocassette (81 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Isabella Corona, Manolita Saval, Manolo Fabregas.
     Abstract: Margarita is born to a widowed woman who dies during childbirth. A middle-aged woman who assisted in the birth takes her to the home where the woman works as a maid, and places the baby on the doorstep. A young boy of the house, Carlos, finds her and the family takes her in. Twenty years later, she is working as a maid for the family, and she and Carlos are in love. However, Carlos' real mother has died and his young stepmother feels threatened by Margarita, so she wishes to send her to work as a maid at a distant rancho.

125. La culta dama, Rogelio A Gonzalez et al., 1 videocassette (91 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Gloria Lozano, Elsa Cárdenas, Marilú Elízaga.
     Abstract: Eugenia, a poor, pregnant woman, is fired from her job as a seamstress. She finds refuge in the home of an affluent humanitarian named Antonia. It is later discovered that Antonia's son, Ernesto, is the father of Eugenia's baby. He decides to leave his aristrocratic family and marry Eugenia, despite opposition from the upper class.

126. Curvas peligrosas, Leonora Amar et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Leonora Amar, Carlos Cores, Fanny Schiller.
     Abstract: A popular nightclub dancer, Corita, is followed by many men, yet she refuses to become a headliner in any of the shows. She goes out with an older man, Don Tele, who buys her a pearl necklace and tells her he wants to marry her, but she refuses. Don Tele is not so easily dissuaded, but Corita and her manager count the money they have made and realize they have saved enough money to buy the farm they have dreamed of owning.

127. La dama del velo, Libertad Lamarque et al., 1 videocassette (101 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Libertad Lamarque, Armando Calvo, Miguel Córcega, Ernesto Alonso.
     Abstract: Andrea, a theatrical singer and performer, becomes involved with Esteban, the company clown, and a rather charismatic charmer. The two are about to be secretly married when it appears that Esteban already has a wilfe whom he kills when she tries to speak with Andrea. Shocked, Andrea denies that the two were ever involved when questioned by Esteban's attractive young lawyer, but attends the trial and tries to help him anyway.

128. Danzón, Jorge Sánchez et al., 1 videocassette (103 min.), Burbank, California, 1993.
     Notes: Performer Note: Maria Rojo, Blanca Guerra, Tito Vasconcelos, Carmen Salinas.
     Abstract: A love story about a woman who finally discovers the passion that has been missing from her life.

129. De la hacienda al cabaret, Alejandro Pelayo Rangel and Unidad de Televisión Educativa y Cultural, 1 videocassette (108 min.), México, D.F., 197.
     Notes: Performer Note: Narrator, Alejandro Aura
     Added Title: Aventurera
     Added Title: Mundo insolito de Juan Orol
     Added Title: Una familia de tantas.
     Abstract: representations of the dramatization by the Mexican cinema of prostitution, gangsters and life outside the law.

130. De pecado en pecado, Chano Urueta et al., 1 videorecording (108 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Esther Fernandez, David Silva, Beatriz Ramos.
     Abstract: A woman abandons her child, an envelope with 2000 pesos and a note on a poor couple's doorstep while the couple argues over the husband's drinking. Years later, the child is living with her "uncle," who continues to drink. The young lady sews piecework for to help the family survive. One day an apparently wealthy man sees her delivering a finished dress and follows her home.

131. De tequila, su mezcal, Carlos Toussaint et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Tito Guízar, María Luisa Zea, Bárbara Gil.
     Abstract: The daughter of a tequila maker, in trying to increase her father's wealth, works alongside the men in the tequila factory. The charismatic son of a rival tequila maker pursues her more attractive sister, though both women struggle to secure the future of their business.

132. Deseada, Carlos Savage et al., 1 videocassette (94 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
     Notes: Performer Note: Dolores Del Rio, Jorge Mistral, Jose Baviera.
     Abstract: Deseada, a woman living in the modern city of Chichen Itza, tries to assuage her sister's dread of her betrothal to a Spaniard she doesn't really know. However, when the man arrives in the city, he and Deseada fall in love before he has a chance to meet his bride-to-be.

133. Dios no lo quiera, Silvia Pinal et al., 1 videocassette (107 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Silvia Pinal, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos.
     Abstract: Two friends working in a slaughterhouse fight for the love of a woman who works in the dining hall. One of the men takes advantage of the woman when she is drunk. He is forced to marry her, but then she must sing at a nightclub while he gambles and drinks. He beats her and she leaves, though she is pregnant. She takes refuge with the other man who loved her.

134. La Diosa arrodillada, José Revueltas et al., 1 videocassette (98 min.), Madera, Calif, 1984.
     Notes: Performer Note: Maria Felix, Arturo de Cordova, Charito Granados.
     Abstract: A prominent chemist, unhappily married, finds passion and tragedy with another woman.

135. Doña Barbara, Rómulo Gallegos et al., 1 videocassette (138 min.), S.l., 1987.
     Notes: Performer Note: Maria Félix, Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués, Andrés Soler, Charles Rooner.
     Abstract: Doña Bárbara, feared for her witchcraft, becomes involved in a land dispute with Santos Luzardo, a lawyer who has come to take charge of his property. Both she and her daughter, fall in love with the lawyer in this film reflecting the conflict between civilization and primitivism.

136. Doña Perfecta, Francisco de P Cabrera et al., 1 videocassette (116 min.), S.l., 1985.
     Notes: Performer Note: Dolores Del Rio, Esther Fernandez, Carlos Navarro, Julio Villareal.
     Abstract: In this drama, set in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late 19th century, a matriarch causes the death of a once-beloved nephew and alienates her only daughter through her dogmatism and backward opposition to progressivism and industrial development.

137. Donde estás corazón?, Rogelio A Gonzalez et al., 1 videocassette (97 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Rosita Quintana, Lola Beltran, Amalia Mendoza.
     Abstract: Now in her old age in a home for the elderly, the once famous Rosa recalls her days in a popular female trio, and how she fell in love with a composer named Raúl. Courted by an army general, Rosa was forced to miss her first date with Raúl, and their friendship was plagued thereafter by the general and his sidekicks. They do, however, manage to stay together, and the trio's popularity grows, until things begin to fall apart for its members.

138. Donde nacen, los pobres, Agustín P Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (91 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Abel Salazer, Gloria Lozano, Amanda del Llano.
     Abstract: Jesus is a plumber and metalworker in the poor section of the city; Blanca is the rich and slightly spiteful daughter of a wealthy woman. When Jesus visits Blanca's home to fix some plumbing, Blanca enters the room with a man who won't stop fondling her. Jesus steps in on her behalf, impressing her deeply. The next day she visits his shop and they agree to see each other, to the dismay of Carmelita, a blind woman in love with Jesus. As Jesus and Blanca grow closer, Jesus gradually loses touch with his more humble peers.

139. Dos almas en el mundo, Emilia Guiu et al., 1 videocassette (68 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Emilia Guiu, Fernando Fernandez, Esperanza Issa.
     Abstract: A child looses his mother and is left homeless. He must fend for himself to survive and, with other homeless children, he lives in abandoned trains until he is caught. He is put into an orphanage until he is grown. When he leaves, he has trouble finding work and becomes involved with several women.

140. Dos cadetes, René Cardona et al., 1 videocassette (66 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Soler, Julian Soler, Sala Garcia, Maria Fernanda Ibanez.
     Abstract: Tía Dolores rules her brother, Federico, with an iron fist. He had been spending money and womanizing in Paris until his sister stopped sending him money. A strict religious woman, Tía Dolores wants her nephew, Carlos, to go to seminary; her brother remembers that when the boy was young, he wanted to join the military, so when he ostensibly takes the boy off to seminary, he actually takes him to the Colegio Military without Tía Dolores knowing.

141. Dos caras tiene el destino, Agustín P Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (98 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Miroslava, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos L. Moctezuma.
     Abstract: After escaping a tropical work camp and stowing away on a boat, a man is immediately witness to a murder on the beach. Upon inspecting the victim, the man realizes that they look identical. After taking the man's car and clothes, he returns to the man's home and finds that the dead man, Pedro de Vega, was rather rich and had a beautiful wife and daughter to whom he was rather callous. Determined to redeem "himself", he becomes a more caring Pedro, to the surprise of his wife and the household servants. He soon also learns that the dead man was a drug trafficker with a mistress, both of which he determines to change without getting killed again.

142. Dos corazones y un tango, Andres Falgas et al., 1 videocassette (73 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Andrés Falgás, Carmen Conde, Andres Soler.
     Abstract: Andres is a talented tango singer from Argentino who wins a singing contest and begins to tour Latin America, performing his act. In Mexico, he meets a young and her family in a club, but when he refuses to accept money from her father, she is upset and refuses to speak with him. He is finally able to hold her attention by unexpectedly jumping into her car with her in place of the man she was with; the two begin to grow closer.

143. Dos monjes, Juan Bustillo Oro et al., 1 videocassette (75 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Magda Haller, Victor Urruchua, Carlos Villatoro.
     Abstract: A monk is delirious and apparantly possessed by Satan. A new monk is asked to perform an exorcism. The possessed monk then begins to tell an older monk that he and the new monk were once best friends until his friend committed a terrible crime.

144. Dos pasiones, Fernando A Palacios et al., 1 videocassette (92 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Ricardo Montalban, Abel Salazar, Susana Cora.
     Abstract: Ricardo and Christobal are friends and naval cadets together, sharing responsibility and rising together through the ranks. Both gain the respect and confidence of their superiors while in the academy, though each is at times more reliable than the other. When a war situation arises and they are to report to a departing ship, Christobal is late, and Ricardo finally finds him drunk in a hotel with a woman. Both are blamed for a gross violation of regulations and are dismissed from the navy dishonorably. Together, they try to start over as civilians.

145. Dos pesos dejada, Joaquin Pardave et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Joaquin Pardave, Sara Garcia, Abel Salazar.
     Abstract: Don Gabino (also known as Don Gabi) is released from jail early, but he doesn't want to go. He tries futilely to convince the warden to keep him because in jail he has food and shelter. A young friend named Fermin waits for him outside and feeds him while listening to Don Gabino complains about the hard life out of jail.

146. Dos tenorios de barrio, Carlos Véjar et al., 1 videocassette (86 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1998.
     Notes: Performer Note: A. Soto La Marina "Chicote", Agustín Isunza, Delia Magaña.

147. Dulce María Sauri el poder de lo suave, Dulce María Sauri, Denise Maerker, and Once TV (Mexico City, Mexico), 1 videocassette (55 min.), México, D.F, 1999.
     Notes: Performer Note: Guest, Dulce María Sauri ; interviewer, Denise Maerker.
     Abstract: An interview with Mexican politician Dulce María Sauri who discusses her life and work and the position of women in politics in Mexico today.

148. La edad peligrosa, Mauricio de la Serna et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Maria Elena Marqués, AndreaPalma, Carlos Navarro.
     Abstract: A greedy businessman, upon finding that he owns the building that houses a group of nuns, lays claim to it and everything in it. During the frenzied confiscation, one of the young women is hurt. She and her sister, María, and her mother go to live with a family while trying to earn enough money to carry on. In order to pay for her sister's medical bills, María sings in a theater. While her fame and repute grow, she becomes increasingly disgusted with the world of greed and debauchery in which she operates.

149. Educando a papa, Fernando Soler et al., 1 videocassette (85 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Fernando Soler, Evangelina Elizondo, Beatriz Aguirre.
     Abstract: A man named Ramiro returns to Spain from Mexico after a long absence. Ramiro's sister and two children are happy to see him, but his brother-in-law doesn't want him around, saying that Ramiro's father sent him to Mexico because he was always a good-for-nothing. Ramiro confides to his niece that the real reason was that his parents did everything they could to separate him from his true love, Soledad.

150. El amor de los amores, Antonio Mediz Bolio et al., 1 videocassette (117 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Miguel Arenas, Milisa Sierra, Juan José Martínez Casado.
     Abstract: A vagrant forest wanderer named Felipe enters a small settlement one day and discovers that a woman there is the sister he hasn't seen since childhood. He decides to stay, and is taken in as a protégé to a blind community leader named Don Fernando, who changes Felipe's decorum and refines his manners. Despite the improvement Felipe retains ill-repute among the community because of his vague past, and Don Fernando's daughter Juana is no exception. Felipe remains extremely polite to her, though, and one day defends her in the forest from some violent men. She gradually loses her skepticism and falls in love.

151. El amor las vuelve locas, Mapy Cortés et al., 1 videocassette (89 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
     Notes: Performer Note: Mapy Cortés, Rafael Baledón.
     Abstract: The narrator, an elderly Cupid, causes the daughters of a rich opera singer to repeatedly and inexplicably fall in love with their chauffer, despite a makrked lack of interest on his part. When under Cupid's spell, they can't avoid acting rather strangely.

152. El Angel exterminador The Exterminating angel, Gustavo Alatriste et al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), Chico, Calif, 198.
     Notes: Performer Note: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Jacqueline Andere, Jose Baviera
     Added Title: Exterminating angel.
     Abstract: Guests at an elegant dinner party find themselves unable to leave the room for several days; they begin to starve and die. Finally the spell is lifted and they go to church to give thanks but find they cannot leave the church!

153. El apando, Felipe Cazals et al., 1 videocassette (85 min.), México D.F, 1997.
     Notes: Performer Note: Salvador Sánchez, José Carlos Ruíz, Manuel Ojeda.
     Abstract: Three drug-addicts, Albino, Polonio and El Carajo, are imprisoned in "el Apando," a restricted cell within the capital city's jail. El Carajo routinely cuts his veins to inject the drugs that Polonio sells to him. The other two feel only revulsion for El Carajo, there is a struggle, and he is beaten. La Chata and Mercedes, girlfriends of Polonio and Albino, are the ones who usually deliver the drugs to the jail. But, because of the close examinations they are subjected to by the jailers, they decide that next time, El Carajo's mother should be the messenger. The day of the next scheduled visit arrives, and they plan a huge disturbance that will allow the men in "el Apando" to get out.

154. El baul macabro, Miguel Zacariás et al., 1 videocassette (81 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Ramón Pereda, Rene Cardona, Manuel Noriega.
     Abstract: A mysterious man clad in black sneaks into a hospital, knocks out a nurse, and kidnaps an unconscious patient. He takes her to his house, and, with the help of his deranged assistant, prepares to operate on her. She dies before they begin, so the man must return for another patient. Detectives have already begun their investigation at the hospital, with little success. The man in black is unsuccessful, and visits his sick wife--whose illness is the reason for his diabolical experiments. They recall how they met and became involved with one another.

155. El billetero, Raphael J Sevilla et al., 1 videocassette (148 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: David Silva, Esther Fernandez, Rodolfo Acosta.
     Abstract: A boy and his stepmother search for his long-lost father. The father vanished in pursuit of the traitorous friend who set fire to their house on their wedding night.

156. El brazo fuerte, Giovanni Korporaal et al., 1 videocassette (84 min.), Mexico, 199-.
     Notes: Performer Note: Leandro Morett, Hermelinda Guerrero, Jorge González.
     Abstract: The unscrupulous ascent of a road worker to town leader.

157. El bronco reynosa, Miguel M Delgado et al., 1 videocassette (73 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Antonio Badú, Mauricio Garces, Silvia Fournier.
     Abstract: When "Bronco" (the star of Western films in which he plays tough, manly characters) visits the rural town where his brother lives, the people of the town expect him to be as tough as the characters he plays. The local gang of outlaws sees him as a threat to their hold on the community, and resolve to force him to leave. Despite his image-conscious and urban manners, he is able to avoid the local "tough guys" and maintain the image that the people hold, with the help of a plan that his brother devises.

158. El buen mozo, Mario Gonzales et al., 1 videocassette (98 min.), Stanford, CA, 1995.
     Notes: Performer Note: Armando Calvo, Glória Marin.
     Abstract: A debonaire but poor man deceives and uses a rich woman in order to gain money and influence in 19th-century Paris.

159. El bulto, Gabriel Retes et al., 1 videocassette (114 min.), Mexico,D.F, 1993.
     Notes: Performer Note: Hector Bonilla, Jose Alonso, Lourdes Elizarraras, Juan Claudio Retes, Lucila Balzaretti, Gabriela Retes.
     Abstract: A young photographer, covering an uprising in 1971 is himself injured and left in a coma from which he doesn't recover for twenty years. When at last he wakes up, he opens his eyes on a completely different world--computers, new diseases, the disappearance of communism, his wife's new husband, his adult children. Little by little he ajusts.

160. El callejon de los milagros, Jorge Fons et al., 2 videocassettes (160 min.), Mexico, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Margarita Sanz.
     Abstract: The story, which takes place in a typical barrio of the Centro Historico in Mexico City, is divided into four parts: the first three tell the same story from the points of view of the three main protagonists: Rutilio, the stereotypical macho owner of a cantina, who surprises everyone when he changes his customary habits; Alma, the ambitious beauty of the barrio, who is in love with Abel the barber (who leaves for the United States to make his fortune); and Susan, la spinster landlady in the neighborhood, whose only dream is to get married. The fourth part gathers together the three stories two years later.

161. El cambio, Alfredo Joskowicz et al., 1 videocassette (86 min.), Mexico, 199-.
     Notes: Performer Note: Héctor Bonilla, Sergio Jiménez, Ofelia Medina, Sofia Joskowicz, Héctor Andremar.
     Abstract: Two young middle class professionals, a photographer and a painter, fed up with their work and the daily grind, move to the coast where they set up a cabaña and reunite with their girl friends. However, even here they are unable to escape injustice, oppression and industrial pollution. A portrait of the Post '68 generation and its idealism and disenchantment.

162. El Campeon ciclista, Fernando Cortés et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Mexico City, 1994.
     Notes: Performer Note: German Valdés "Tin Tan", Marcelo Chávez, Sonia Furió.
     Abstract: "To want is to be able" - so goes an old saying. "Tin Tan" shows it to be true in this role as a brilliant inventor and champion cyclist.

163. El caso de una adolescente, Carlos López Moctezuma et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Martha Mijares, Lucy Gallardo, Andrea Palma.
     Abstract: Inexperience, excessive liberties and the lack of warmth in a family turn the happiness and well-being of an a young woman into a torrent of tears.

164. El Castillo de la pureza, Arturo Ripstein et al., 1 videocassette (109 min.), Mexico, 1995.
     Notes: Performer Note: Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Diana Bracho, Arturo Beristain.
     Abstract: Gabriel has kept his wife and three children in seclusion for 18 years. He believes he needs to protect them against the corruption of the outside world, but in his paranoia, he cannot see the prison he has created.

165. El cementario de las Aguilas, Luis Lezama et al., 1 videocassette (96 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Negrete, Margarita Mora, José Macip.
     Abstract: In 1847, Miguel is a young man admired by his peers and sought after by women. His friend Agustín, a soldier, is in love with Mercedes. Mercedes' sister, Ana Maria, is in love with Miguel. The four spend time together before the pressures of war break them up. The girls' father refuses to allow Mercedes to marry Agustín, and instead favors the more devious Raphael. Miguel decides to join the military and must also leave. For the young women left at home with the men they do not love, times become difficult.

166. El charro y la dama, Pedro Armendáriz et al., 1 videocassette (88 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Armendariz, Rosita Quintana, Fernando "Mantequilla" Soto.
     Abstract: Patricia, a young woman from the city, is engaged to be married to a man she doesn't love, so she stubbornly causes trouble for her father. He decides to take her to a small country town and introduces her to some of his friends. While at first she reacts conceited and snobbish about the country life, she is forced to adapt when she ends up with a cowboy named Pedro for an entire night.

167. El ciclon del Caribe, Maria Antonieta Pons et al., 1 videocassette (91 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: María Antonieta Pons, Carlos Cores, Prudencia Grifell.
     Abstract: José Luis, a ship captain in the Caribbean, is engaged to marry María Elena. Unfortunately, he is caught unknowingly transporting illegal cargo for a group of Mexican mobsters. Before he can identify the criminals to the police, they kidnap him and he is assumed dead. María Elena escapes the grasps of chief mobster; without financial support, María Elena looks for work as a Caribbean dancer.

168. El Cobarde, René Cardona et al., 1 videocassette (67 min.), Harlingen, Tex, 1996.
     Notes: Performer Note: Julian Soler, Adria Delhort, Josefina Escobedo, Antonio R. Frausto.
     Abstract: Captain Anzurez, who comes from a distinguished military family, is killed in a decisive battle against the enemy while his pregnant wife, Doña Amalia, is at home. The family doctor warns the messenger not to tell the bad news to Doña Amalia because of her state, but she overhears. The servants wait anxiously to see if child will be born "asutade" (scared). She gives birth to a son, Alberto, who appears to be a coward as he grows up; his mother, however, is determined to make him the military man his father would have wanted.

169. El compadre Mendoza, Fernando de Fuentes et al., 1 videocassette (80 min.), Chicago, Ill, 1993.
     Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo de Diestro, Carmen Guerrero, Antonio R. Frausto.
     Abstract: Don Rosalio Mendoza is the patrón of a Hacienda near Mexico City during the time of Zapata. He is an opportunist who plays both sides, depending on who comes to visit his hacienda. His brothers are Mexico City financiers who play the same game, financing both sides. All seems to be going well; Don Rosalio offers to marry the daughter of one of his brothers' debtors in exchange for forgiving the debt, but both sides begin to doubt his loyalties.

170. El conde de Montecristo, León Klimovsky et al., 1 videocassette (100 min.), Argentina, 1992.
     Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Mistral, Elina Colomer, Nelly Meden.
     Abstract: Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d'If without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba. After being told that he died in prison, his fiancée Mercedes is forced to marry his rival De Villefort. Twenty years later, Dantes escapes with the help of the Abbe Faria, who leaves him the treasure of Monte Cristo. Dantes, now called the Count of Monte Cristo, plans his revenge on the three who framed him.