All About My Mother

DVD. 1999. 102 mn. SF 017      
Pedro Almodovar / Cecilia Roth, Antonia San Juan, 
Marisa Paredes,  Penelope Cruz
Moving and funny tribute to women, the men who want 
to be women and the glories of melodrama was an 
audience and critics' favorite around the world. Unique 
tale of a mother and the friendships she makes as she 
looks for her former lover after their son is killed.

Amantes

VHS. 1990. 100mn. Spanish. SF 001

Vicente Aranda / Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdu, 
Victoria Abril
A sexually provocative film based on actual events in 
the mid 50s. Set in Franco's post-World War II Spain, 
the film centers on an intricate, perverse love triangle 
between a handsome, naive soldier, his virginal fiance 
and a beautiful, widowed landlady.

Azucar Amarga (Bitter Sugar)

VHS.1996. 102 mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 002
Leon Ichaso /
This visceral, energizing look at contemporary Cuba is 
an impassioned love story set against the 
political and economic tensions of Havana. Gustavo, 
an ideal young Communist with a glorified vision of 
Castro's regime, falls in love with Yolanda, a 
disenchanted dancer who longs to escape to Miami. 
Despite their radically opposed beliefs, the young 
couple is inseparable. The city begins to erupt around 
Gustavo when his rebellious musician brother injects 
himself with the AIDS virus in suicidal protest, and his 
father realizes that he will earn more money as a hotel 
bar pianist than as a doctor.

Blood Wedding

VHS. 1981. 71mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 003        
Carlos Saura / Antonio Gades
A flamenco ballet version of Federico Garcia Lorca's 
classic. The climax of this dramatic story is a duel to 
the death between the bridegroom and the bride's 
former lover.

Butterfly (La Lengua de las Mariposas)

DVD.  1999. 94 min. 
Spanish / English subtitles. SF 026
Jose Luis Cuerda /
A shy young boy finds friendship with his aging teacher
and begins to find out about himself and his country as
the Spanish Civil War intensifies.

Cabeza de Vaca

VHS.1993. 108mn. English.  SF 005           

Nicolas Echevarria / Juan Diego, Roberto Sosa
In 1528, the New World collides with the Old World as 
Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, 
and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and
his past.

Camila

VHS. 1985. 105 mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 023
Maria-Luisa Bemberg
A young Catholic socialite from Buenos Aires falls in 
love and runs away with a young Jesuit priest. The two 
find temporary happiness in a small provincial village, 
but eventually they are recognized and ultimately 
condemned to death without a trial.

El Amor Brujo

VHS. 1986. 100mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 006
Carlos Saura / Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos and 
Laura del Sol
In El Amor Brujo, Saura was inspired by the work of 
Manuel de Falla, with dancers delivering stunning 
flamenco performances in the story of two ill-fated 
lovers.  

El Rey Pasmado

VHS. 110mn. Spanish. SF 007 

Elisa Vida Mia

VHS. 1976.125 mn.Spain. 
Spanish/ English subtitles. SF 021      
Carlos Saura / Fernando Rey, Geraldine Chaplin
Story about a man estranged from his daughter. She 
has returned to help her ailing father and writes his 
biography. Eventually her own recollections lead to a 
deeper understanding that enable the two to reunite.

Esmeralda Comes by Night

VHS. 1998. 103 min. Mexico. Spanish with English 
subtitles. SF 008      
Jaime H. Hermosillo /
A woman with five husbands is about to marry number 
six when she is finally charged with bigamy. But the 
authorities will soon discover what the men in her life 
already know: Esmeralda's charms are hard to resist. 
As her husbands conspire to break her out of jail and 
feminists demonstrate in her defense, it becomes clear
that this is one woman who has a handle on things. A 
spirited satire of middle class values.

The Flower of My Secret

VHS.1996. 101mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 009
Pedro Almodovar / Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, 
Carmen Elias, Rossy de Palma
Almodovar's fun story of a romance writer, fresh 
out of inspiration, who goes looking for a real-life love 
of her own.

The Flower of my Secret

VHS, 1996. 101 min. 
Spanish/English subtitles. SF 025         
See description above...

Frida

VHS.1984. SF 022      
Paul Leduc / Ofelia Medina, Juan Jose Gurrola, 
Max Kerlow
Widely acclaimed, brilliantly visual tribute to the spirit 
and determination of Frida Kahlo, who risked her life for
her art and love, and became one of the dominant 
painters of the 20th century. Told in surreal 
flashbacks reminiscent of her own canvasses, 
the film remarkably captures the spirit and 
determination of the woman who made herself into 
a great artist, a cultural leader, a political activist.

High Heels

VHS.1991.Spain.Spanish/English subtitles. SF 019      

Pedro Almodovar / Victoria Abril, Miguel Bose, 
Marisa Paredes
Part revenge comedy, thriller and sexual farce, High 
Heels is a Sirkian melodrama about the bizarre 
relationship between an aging Spanish movie star and 
singer and her daughter, a prominent local television 
anchor woman. Almodovar throws in an acrobatic sex 
scene, a prison dance number, an on-camera 
confession, a buried family secret and a final 
reconciliation.

Johnny 100 Pesos

VHS. Chile. 1993. 95 min. 
Spanish/English subtitles. SF 025        
Gustavo Graef-Marino
Based on a true story, this is an offbeat, darkly comic 
thriller of a bungled heist. Johnny Garcia stars as a 
teenager whose first armed robbery escalates into a 
hostage situation when the police surround the 
building, leaving no escape for Johnny and his 
accomplices. The event turns into a media circus 
focusing on Johnny as a symbol of what's wrong with 
the country.

Letters from Alou

VHS. 1990. 100mn. Span, French and Seneg. 
with English subtitles. SF 024          
Montxo Armendariz /
Alou is an African immigrant in Spain whose 
unflagging optimism is unaffected by all the instances 
of exploitation and discrimination that characterize 
his new home.

Like Water for Chocolate

VHS. 105mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 010        
Alfonso Arau /
Immensely popular, magical story of a young girl 
whose cooking is infused with her emotions as she 
prepares her meals. Unrequited passions, changing 
political situations and madness emerge in this highly entertaining, sensual and funny story. Written by 
Laura Esquivel.

Midaq Alley (El Callegon de los Milagros)

DVD. 1995. 140 mn. SF 018
Jorge Fons / Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Delia Casanova, 
Juan Manuel Bernal, Selma Hayek
The most awarded film in Mexican history, based on 
the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Egyptian writer 
Naguib Mahfouz. A complex portrait of lives in a 
Mexico City neighborhood, and the connections 
between them. Local pub owner Don Ru is tired of 
marriage to his wife and has feelings for a young clerk. 
Don Ru's son Chava runs away to the U.S. after he 
almost kills Don Ru's lover. Chava's friend Abel is in 
love with Alma, the daughter of a tarot reader.

Mi Vida Loca

VHS. 1994. 94 min. USA. SF 014    
Allison Anders' vibrant feature is set in Echo Park, 
Los Angeles, where best friends Sad Girl and Mousie 
are now enemies as they have both become pregnant 
by the same man, Ernesto, a local drug dealer. A 
gritty slice of life.

The Official Story

VHS. 1985.112mn. Spanish/English subtitles. SF 015
Luis Puenzo / Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro
This powerful Argentinean feature is the true 
story of a comfortable middle-class couple and their 
adopted daughter. As the film progresses, the couple 
gradually begin to suspect that their daughter may be 
one of the many Argentinean children separated from 
their parents as they are detained or tortured and 
given away. The wife's journey of self-discovery reveals 
the horrors of the military dictatorship in Argentina. 
Directed by Luis Puenzo.

Secrets of the Heart

DVD. Spain. 1997. 108 min. 
Spanish/English subtitles.   SF 026
Montxo Armendariz
A nine-year-old boy must come to terms with death 
following his father's suicide. The boy and his brother 
try to uncover the veil of secrecy in a household 
overcome with grief, as the ghosts of the imagination 
guide them to a better understanding.

Veronico Cruz

VHS. 1988. 106 mn. Argentina. 
Spanish/English subtitles.  SF 020         
Miguel Pereira
A fascinating film from Argentina, Veronico Cruz 
shows how the Falklands (Malvinas) war affected the 
life of an Indian boy from one of Argentina's most 
remote regions.

SM 002 Actualidades Video
VHS. Vol.2

SM 003 Crossing Borders: The Journey 
            of Carlos Fuentes
VHS.1989. 60 mn.

SM 004 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 1

SM 005 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 2

SM 006 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 4

SM 007 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 6

SM 008 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 7

SM 009 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 8

SM 010 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 9

SM 011 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 10

SM 012 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 11

SM 013 Carlos Fuentes : Lecture Series
VHS. Tape 12

SM 014 Columbus and the Age of Discovery
VHS. PBS series. tape 1

SM 015 Columbus and the Age of Discovery
VHS. PBS series. tape 2

SM 016 Columbus and the Age of Discovery
VHS. PBS series. tape 3

SM 017 Columbus and the Age of Discovery
VHS. PBS series. tape 4

SM 018 España y Las Americas
VHS.

SM 019 España y Las Americas
VHS.

SM 020 España y Las Americas
VHS.

SM 021 España y Las Americas
VHS.

SM 22  España y Las Americas
VHS.

SM 23  España y Las Americas
VHS.

SM 24 Salamanca (November 1987)
VHS.

SM 25 Travelers: Day of the Dead
          /Ancient mysteries
VHS.

SM 26 Velasquez
VHS. Part 1

SM 27 Velasquez
VHS. Part 2

SM 28 Carlos Fuentes Lecture 10-26-2000 at VCU
VHS.

SE 002 Living Language - Spanish
VHS.

SE 003 Puntos de Partida -An Invitation to
            Spanish
VHS.

SE 004 Puntos de Partida -An Invitation to
            Spanish
VHS.

SE 005 Puntos de Partida -An Invitation to
            Spanish             
VHS.

SE 006 Puntos de Partida -An Invitation to
            Spanish              
VHS.

SE 007 Puntos de Partida -An Invitation to
            Spanish  
VHS.

SE 008 Puntos de Partida -An Invitation to
            Spanish              
VHS.

DICCIONARIO ACADEMIA ENCICLOPEDICO
(Mac only, 1 copy)
Encyclopedic dictionary.Spanish. 40,000 entries, 
4,200 pictures, 600 sound files.

PUNTOS DE PARTIDA (PC/Mac, 36 copies)
To accompany Textbook.

LINC (PC/Mac, 1 copy only)
10 video topics with transcript and explanation of 
cultural issues, 100 exercise on reading, writing, 
listening, speaking, vocabulary. Intermediate level.

LEARN SPANISH NOW! 8.0 Transparent Language (PC/Mac, 1 copy only)
Comprehensive learning package to practice 4 
language skills with texts, dialogues, games, 
authentic video clips. Beginner to advanced levels.

EN MARCHA (PC only, 5 copies)
2 hours of spoken Spanish, interactive games, 1400 
words ilustrated and spoken, record and playback 
facility.

WHO IS OSCAR LAKE?
Interactive game where you must solve a puzzling 
mystery, all in Spanish.

LET'S VISIT SOUTH AMERICA (PC only, 1 copy)
Sights and sounds of S.A. Transcripts, Teacher's 
notes with questions and exercises, facts.

LET'S VISIT SOUTH AMERICA (Mac only, 1 copy)
Sights and sounds of S.A. Transcripts, Teacher's 
notes with questions and exercises, facts.

LET'S VISIT MEXICO(PC only, 1 copy)
Sights and sounds of Mexico. Transcripts, Teacher's 
notes with questions and exercises, facts.

LET'S VISIT MEXICO(Mac only, 1 copy)
Sights and sounds of Mexico. Transcripts, Teacher's 
notes with questions and exercises, facts.

LET'S VISIT SPAIN (PC only, 1 copy)
Sights and sounds of Spain. Transcripts, Teacher's 
notes with questions and exercises, facts.

LET'S VISIT SPAIN (Mac only, 1 copy)
Sights and sounds of Spain. Transcripts, Teacher's 
notes with questions and exercises, facts.

HISTORY AND CULTURE OF SPAIN 
(Mac only, 1 copy) (PC only 1 copy)
Multimedia. Spanish-English. video, maps, 
transcripts, teacher's guide.

VIDEOLINGUIST SPANISH (PC/ Mac, 1 copy)
People and events on Spanish national television. 
Choose English or Spanish narration/texts.

CONVERSACIONES DE VIAJE (PC/Mac, 1 copy)
Phrases and vocab. Travel related topics.

CONVERSACIONES DE NEGOCIOS 
(PC/Mac, 1 copy)
Phrases and vocab. Business related topics.

VELAZQUEZ (PC only, 1 copy)
His work, his inspiration, his influence on the history 
of art. All in Spanish.

MUSEO DEL PRADO (PC only, 1 copy)
Paintings, animated sequences, audio, time lines, biographies...

100 OBRAS/ARTISTAS DE LA PINTURA 
DEL SIGLO XX (PC only, 1 copy)
Great selection of masterpieces, animations, 
time lines, biographies. All in Spanish.

Software Installed on Dell Computers:

SPANISH GRAMMAR TUTOR (on computers 1 to 30)
100 grammar topics, hear the words, quizzes. 
Beginner to advanced levels.

EDUOLE : Pretérito Imperfecto, Preposiciones, 
Los Acentos (on computers 1 to 10)
Interactive exercises with illustrations.

TALK NOW SPANISH (installed on computers 1 to 30)
Learn vocab on food, shopping, numbers, time, 
body parts, colors, phrases, etc. practice your 
pronunciation, take quizzes...For beginners.

WORLD TALK SPANISH 
(installed on computers 1 to 30)
Improve your listening and speaking skills with 10 
games, recording studio, dictations, quizzes.
A step up from "Talk Now", advanced beginners
/intermediate levels.

LEARN SPANISH WITH THE SON OF ASTERIX 
(installed on computers 1 to 30)
Develop your language skills, extend your vocabulary 
(over 6000 words!) and increase your fluency. Listen 
to or read the story, record and playback your own 
captions, test your comprehension. 
Intermediate levels and up.

ADVANCED SPANISH "Querido Maestro" 
(installed on computers 1 to 30)
Interactive video learning. Watch a movie, learn vocab, 
read dialogues, record your own voice, test your comprehension, play games. Intermediate and 
advanced levels.

MUSICAL SPANISH (installed on computers 1 to 30)
Learn Spanish through pop songs. Audio, animation, 
vocab, grammar, pronunciation, quizzes.

HISTORY AND CULTURE OF SPAIN 
(installed on computers 1 to 10)
Live video clips highlight history, geography and 
culture of Spain. Choose narration in English, 
beginning Spanish or advanced Spanish with Spanish 
texts.

- DIVACE DUO (Sound file player / recorder)
- WINTV 32
- REAL PLAYER, QUICKTIME, WINAMP,
  DVD PLAYER
- MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000
  (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
- INTERNET EXPLORER, 
  NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR,
  HOST EXPLORER
- VCU CONNECTIONS
  (Atlas, Titan, Saturn, Libbrary, Aurora, Etc.)

Software Installed on Macintosh Computers:

- Learn To Speak Spanish (Hypercard)
- Spanish Word Torture (Hypercard)
- Spanish Pronunciation Tutor (Hypercard)
- Spanish Survival Manual (Hypercard)
- Spanish Tense Tutor (Hypercard)
- Spanish Verb Tutor (Hypercard)
- Atajo Transparent Language 
  (Hypercard, 35 literary texts)

- Email @Titan, Atlas, Saturn
- Netscape Communicator
- Microsoft Office 98 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
- Quicktime
- RealAudio RealPlayer G2