Titles included:

	Almost Brothers (Brazil) This searing look at the class struggle of Brazil over a period of four decades is told through the closely linked yet fatally divided lives of Miguel, a middle-class white rebel, and Jorge, his black childhood friend.
	Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (Brazil) Johann, a young German opposed to Hitler’s war, travels the roads of Brazil where he meets Ranulpho, a sharp-tongued hitchhiker. But as Brazil enters the war against Germany and Johann is ordered home, each man must decide his own fate.
	Mango Yellow (Brazil) The hothouse atmosphere of Brazil comes alive in Mango Yellow, where lust and economic desperation combine in a volatile brew of provocative cinema. On the mean streets of the coastal town of Recife, an array of characters including a jaded waitress, a gay cook, a philandering butcher and his evangelical wife emerge as "full dimensional people in touch with their explosive feelings" (New York Times).
	Margarette's Feast (Brazil) A modern silent masterpiece using the style and techniques of Brazil’s cinematic past, Margarette’s Feast tells an allegory of Brazil’s social struggles without words while making dazzling use of exhilarating Brazilian music. After losing his job, goodhearted but penniless Pedro comes into possession of a miraculous suitcase that never runs out of money, allowing him to throw an extravagant birthday party for his wife
	Nada+ (Cuba) Carla, a postal worker in Havana, fulfills her romantic longings by opening letters and rewriting them into passionate prose before sending them out again to their intended recipients. After her co-worker Cesar catches her, Carla turns her amorous talents on him. But the dictatorial new postmaster begins to suspect something’s up. Cuba’s 2003 Oscar entry, Nada+ combines visual humor, poetry, satire of Cuban bureaucracy and a lighthearted love story.
	Today and Tomorrow (Argentina) Paula, a 24-year-old aspiring actress in Buenos Aires, is trapped in a cycle of unpaid bills and debts. Reluctantly, she calls a friend who mentors her in a new way to make money - streetwalking. The two set out and meet a variety of clients in quick succession. Advice from her friend flashes through Paula's head: she must try to not gain any pleasure and keep it strictly business.
	Whisky (Uruguay) The deadpan style of Jim Jarmusch meets Aki Kaurismaki’s wry sensibility in this perversely funny story set in Montevideo, Uruguay. When Jacobo, a lonely sock factory owner, hears about the impending visit of his irritatingly cheerful brother, who he hasn't seen in years, he enlists his faithful assistant Marta to pretend to be his wife.

All titles are also available individually.

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The Global Film Initiative