Boxes and Books
After his father passing, Joaquín must take care of his father's book collection while trying to put his own life in order.
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After his father passing, Joaquín must take care of his father's book collection while trying to put his own life in order.
A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various aspects of his thought and his life.
The film addresses the censorship of children's literature during the last civil-military dictatorship in Argentina, as part of the systematic plan to silence cultural voices that was carried out during that dark period
Juan arrives at a house and finds a mysterious book on the floor. After having a look, he decides to ignore it and start watching television.
The documentary explores Gabriel Garcia Marquez influence on everyday life in Barranquilla, taking into account the impact of his time in the city on his life and work. Through testimonies of those who are inspired by hi
"Unearths, the books we do not inherit" delves into the family memory of Maria Julia Blanco, its director. The unearthing of his father's student library - recovered in 2018 - is the starting point. Julia guides us throu
During the last military dictatorship in Argentina, a family from Córdoba hid their books in their own home and built a wall to conceal them. Thirty years later, they returned to the house, turned over the wall, and disc
A woman was almost called Avioneta (Small Airplane) at birth. Another had a library in the back seat of her car. Yet another fractures her finger with the rebel shelves of her bookshop. Lectors read to cigar makers while
For over three decades, Yolanda Prada has been the heart and soul of the library at the Spanish Cultural Center in Lima. This documentary pays tribute to her tireless work as a librarian, exploring her passion for books
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targete
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
When chaos reigns, while barbaric and fanatical rulers, both ecclesiastical and secular, systematically burn entire libraries, book hunters, secret heroes of history, travel the world saving and copying texts, threatened
Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by the Germans, are gathered in Vilnius to be classified, either to be stored or to be destroyed. A group of Jewish scholars