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- An original story by renowned novela dame Delia Fiallo. Ana Paula fights to set herself free from her powerful, short-tempered husband Rogelio, whom she met while working at the Hacienda del Fuerte. She finally decides to quit and meets Gustavo, a handsome young engineer who rescues her from an accident. They fall in love, but a cruel twist of fate soon tears them apart.
- Esperanza and Marcos are two persons who believe in destiny and true love. Their paths, once separated, become one through the power of coincidences.
- After living in poverty, Rafaela decides to become a doctor and work at a hospital to carry on. She didn't imagine that at the hospital she would find her true love and the envy of people who never liked her.
- 'Mom' is a dialogue between a mother and a son in order to discover what is behind the veneration and violence surrounding the mother figure.
- Set in 1934 and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fence, the Native Americans have almost no way to better their living conditions or fight oppression. They are also plagued by "superstition," which leads to misguided actions that only make things worse. Violence and sexual encounters are interspersed throughout the story.
- No Son Invisibles: Maya Women & Microfinance, is about three Mayan women from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Stepping deep into their lives we see how with a small amount of credit they turn dire circumstance into a well of human empowerment that reaches far beyond any regional boundary. Using Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus' microfinancing formula, a local micro credit organization finds clients who have been forgotten and would otherwise not be able to get a loan, and puts their trust and money in their hands. The descendants an ancient Mayan culture, the women have learned to manage in the modern world by using money from the loans to start their own businesses, which becomes the sustaining power of their families. The friendships and family relations within the social groups change and become stronger as women helping women not only saves the lives of their families, but entire villages.
- Marcelo and Serena are swept up into a mysterious restaurant full of intrigue and eroticism. With dinner underway, the couple's bond is tested as the restaurant draws them deeper and deeper into delirium.
- Paying attention to her neighbours, a lady is frightened and suspicious... Will she be able to help them?
- documentary on over collection of palm leaf in South America for the world wide florist trade
- Maruch, a young indigenous woman from a rural community in Chiapas suffers from harassment, corruption, racial and gender discrimination and a lack of opportunities because of her social class.
- The story of a Tzotzil man who goes from his village of Chamula outside of San Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas, Mexico and joins the Mexican army. When he returns to Chamula later, he finds he has become an outsider. From the novel by Ricardo Pozas.
- A Ronin who faces an evil spirit is mortally wounded and in his agony meets the forest demon from whom he asks for some water.