The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

PBS

USA - 2005

Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the full spectrum of the historical and cultural influences that shaped her.
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo explores the 20th-century icon who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics. Rita Moreno – the Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award winning actress – narrates the film.

The Great Inca Rebellion

PBS (NOVA) & NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

USA - 2007

In 2004, Peruvian archaeologist Guillermo Cock began excavating a 500-year old Inca cemetery on the outskirts of Lima. Almost immediately, he made a startling discovery. In the cemetery’s topmost layer, dated to the time of the Spanish conquest of Perú, he discovered corpses that had been buried hastily, without the careful positioning of the body typical of traditional Inca interments. What’s more, the remains bore marks of violent deaths: crushed skulls and multiple bone fractures. What grisly fate befell these ancient Peruvians?

Engineering An Empire:

The Aztec Empire

HISTORY CHANNEL

USA - 2006

It is a story wrapped in myth and legend. How did a tribe of wandering nomads engineer the Americas greatest empire in just 200 years? Their civilization rivaled Rome in its sophistication. Aqueducts, palaces, pyramids and temples stood as a tribute to their gods and a testament to the power of humankind. The Aztecs crowning achievement was a gleaming capital city that astonished European explorers called the Venice of the New World. Their thirst for power and blood set them on a course for destruction. When it finally came their annihilation would be swifter and more complete than the world had ever known.

Engineering An Empire:

The Maya Empire

HISTORY CHANNEL

USA - 2006

Deep within the jungle cryptic remains of a lost civilization, one that spanned a continent for more that 1,000 years. They were the ancient Maya, their rulers filled their cities with sky high pyramids, ornate palaces and lavish plazas. They were masters of their environment, then after generations of prosperity and innovation the ancient civilization collapsed, turning bustling cities into ghost towns, to be reclaimed by Mother Nature. Centuries later answers to they mystery surrounding these majestic people and the god-like kings who ruled them tell a story of conquest, ingenuity and disaster.

Modern Marvels:

Machu Picchu

HISTORY CHANNEL

USA - 2003

It is perched on a mountain ridge in the Andes, 1,600 feet above a river valley - and 8,000 feet above sea level. A city of stone built without mortar, the wheel, or iron tools, it is so perfectly constructed that the thinnest knife blade cannot fit between the joints in the massive granite blocks that make up most of the structures. But why was it built? And why was it abandoned, apparently only a couple hundred years after it was built?
MODERN MARVELS heads high into the Andes to explore the mysterious cloud city of the Inca, and meets the archeologists and scholars who are leading the efforts to reveal its many secrets. Well above the surrounding cloud forest, Machu Picchu likely had no commercial, military or administrative use, but many theorists now believe that it was a royal estate and religious retreat, and we'll examine the evidence that points to this conclusion.

In an industrial town in Mexico near the US border, hundreds of women have been sexually abused and murdered. As the body count continues to rise, a web of corruption unfolds that reaches the highest levels of Mexican society

Alejandra Sánchez

MEXICO - 2006