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Child of Rage (1992)
Character: Doris
A priest and his wife adopt a brother and sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage.
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A Bad Feeling (2017)
Character: Self
The day after suffering a miscarriage, a young couple attend their local comic con.
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300 Miles for Stephanie (1981)
Character: Lydia
A San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his critically ill five-year-old daughter will survive to greet him at the finish.
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Jackals (1986)
Character: Manuela
Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
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Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See (1992)
Character: Frida Kahlo
The first biographical film on the famed Mexican artist, traces his life from childhood through his Cubist period, his leading role in the Mexican mural renaissance, his fame as a muralist in the USA, and his later years. The film explores Rivera's life and work, including his stormy relationship with Frida Kahlo and the destruction of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Shot on location in Mexico and the United States, the film includes a remarkable collection of archival film and photographs, much of which has not been seen before. The text is drawn from the writings of Rivera and Kahlo and from other historical texts. Using Rivera's own words, this richly detailed film brings to life the difficulty he faced in his transition from studio artist to public and political artist, and the conflicts that arose from that point onward.
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Kissing Miranda (1995)
Character: Carmen Ortega
A young man falls in love with a co-worker's mail order bride from Latin America.
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Cannery Row (1982)
Character: Ellen Sedgewick
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
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Wooly Boys (2001)
Character: Martinez
A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage grandson.
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Café Mambo (2000)
Character: Carmen
A beautiful Puerto Rican girl and her family in Spanish harlem devise a novel plan to attract business to their restaurant, causing a wildly comic sequence of events ending in near disaster.
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About Last Night... (1986)
Character: Mrs. Lyons
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
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The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
Character: Linda
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
Character: Carlotta Muñoz
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.
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Face of the Enemy (1989)
Character: Neiloufar Mobbasser
Years after his release from captivity as a hostage during the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, a former US intelligence officer comes face to face with one of his former Iranian captors in Los Angeles.
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The In-Laws (1979)
Character: Evita
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
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Serial (1980)
Character: Maria
A man resists the California fads that his wife, friends and wealthy Marin County neighbors embrace.
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Family Business (1989)
Character: Elaine
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.
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Stand and Deliver (1988)
Character: Fabiola Escalante
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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La Bamba (1987)
Character: Connie Valenzuela
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Character: Azetbur
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.
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Women of San Quentin (1983)
Character: Adele Reynosa
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
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Thicker Than Blood (1998)
Character: Señora
Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, end up in crime and poverty. He takes a particular interest in one of the boys nobody believes will ever come to anything, Lee Cortes, who he finds to be a prodigy in cartoon drawing but who never spoke a word at school, and always wears a Walkman, essentially because of his home situation: his elder brother Tyro, a drug dealer, abuses him and his mother, so he often stays home to mind the smallest siblings. Griffin tries everything to help Lee, despite everyones cynicism, even takes him in his bachelor flat, but finds the whole family situation must be solved, which is probably beyond his power, yet tries tireless, even if he gets nothing but abuse and the results seem to do more hurting then helping...
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