Paul Rodriguez
21) Pray for rain
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English
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Young New York journalist Emma Gardner returns to the idyllic Central California farming community where she was raised, only to find it has been ravaged by drought and has become a place ruled by gangs, violent threats, and greed. She is forced to investigate the suspicious circumstances of her father's death even though it puts her in great danger.
22) Now That's Funny
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A documentary on what it takes to be a stand-up comedian in America. With appearances from comedic geniuses including Tom Green, Andy Dick, Sarah Silverman, Rich Little, Paul Rodriguez, the Smothers Brothers and more.
23) Ruta Madre
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After his first love breaks his heart, a young American singer reluctantly leaves his home in San Diego, California and embarks on an epic road trip through Baja with his uncle in order to reconnect with his Mexican roots and find himself.
24) Time Changer
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The year is 1890 and Bible Professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript. His book is about to receive a unanimous endorsement from the board members at Grace Bible Seminary until his colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, has a "difficulty with something." Dr. Anderson believes what Carlisle has written could greatly affect future generations. Using a secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse...
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Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and bring his dream to life. He and the motorcycle head for American...
27) Baadasssss!
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English
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A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned.
29) D.C. Cab
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A young southerner (Baldwin) travels to Washington, D.C. to seek his fortune, and gets a job as a cabbie in a company owned and managed by a friend of his late father (Gail). The wide-eyed youth is determined to win acceptance by the rag-tag group of crazies who are the drivers for the struggling cab company.
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English
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Mick and his son, Mikey, take on the "wilds" of Los Angeles. This time they help investigate the mysterious death of a journalist who was employed by Sue's father. Mick's friend, who has never been to the States before also comes along and Mick decides it's up to him to show his friend what the locals are like and show him around town. Along the way the "boys" find lots of things to get into trouble over.
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Three great films with the hero from the land Down Under. In the first film, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is a free spirited crocodile hunting Australian who follows a beautiful reporter to New York and shakes the Big Apple to its core. In Crocodile Dundee II, Dundee and his girfriend, the reporter are targeted by a gang of ruthless drug dealers. To even the odds, Dundee leads the big-city hoods into the treacherous Australian outback. In Crocodile...
34) Born in East L.A
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English
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A Mexican-American repairman, born and raised in East Los Angeles, is accidentally deported to Mexico.
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Español
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Ubicada en 1994, durante el gobierno del ex-gobernador de California Pete Wilson y el lanzamiento de la propuesta anti-inmigrante 187, la cual distranciaba como nunca a mexicanos y americanos. Es la historia de Richard Macedo, un ejecutivo simple y conservador mitad mexicano y mitad americano, tratando de sobrevivir una noche perdido en un ciudad que nunca había visitado y que podría haber sido su propio hogar.
A businessman of mixed heritage finds...
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Criterion collection volume 1095
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English
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Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song: A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white cops.
Baadasssss: A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peebles' struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy....
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The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Watermelon man: A loud-mouthed, bigoted white man's suburban existence is jarringly upended when he wakes to discover that he has become a black man.
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song:...