Ricardo Acosta

Películas

Niños de Las Brisas
Co-Writer
In Venezuela, amidst a backdrop of poverty, murder, and corruption, the El Sistema youth orchestra offers children hope and the opportunity to pursue a life of art in spite of the harshness of the society around them. Yet the country’s spiraling collapse and political repression threatens the musicians’ dreams of a better life.
Niños de Las Brisas
Editor
In Venezuela, amidst a backdrop of poverty, murder, and corruption, the El Sistema youth orchestra offers children hope and the opportunity to pursue a life of art in spite of the harshness of the society around them. Yet the country’s spiraling collapse and political repression threatens the musicians’ dreams of a better life.
Desplazados
Translator
En 1937, decenas de miles de haitianos y dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana fueron exterminados por el ejército dominicano, basándose en el odio contra los negros fomentado por el gobierno dominicano. En 2013, la Suprema Corte de la República Dominicana despojó de la ciudadanía a cualquier persona con padres haitianos. El fallo dejó a más de 200.000 personas apátridas. Una joven abogada llamada Rosa Iris monta una campaña, desafiando la corrupción electoral y abogando por la justicia social.
Desplazados
Consulting Editor
En 1937, decenas de miles de haitianos y dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana fueron exterminados por el ejército dominicano, basándose en el odio contra los negros fomentado por el gobierno dominicano. En 2013, la Suprema Corte de la República Dominicana despojó de la ciudadanía a cualquier persona con padres haitianos. El fallo dejó a más de 200.000 personas apátridas. Una joven abogada llamada Rosa Iris monta una campaña, desafiando la corrupción electoral y abogando por la justicia social.
El silencio de otros
Editor
‘El Silencio de Otros’ revela la lucha silenciada de las víctimas del régimen franquista, que continúan buscando justicia hasta nuestros días. Filmada a lo largo de seis años, con un estilo de cine directo e intimista, la película acompaña a víctimas y supervivientes del régimen a medida que organizan la denominada “Querella Argentina” y confrontan un “pacto del olvido” sobre los crímenes que padecieron.
The Blessing
Editor
Intimate portrait of a Navajo family in Piñon, Arizona, where the primary industry of coal mining is destroying the mountains held sacred to the community.
The Blessing
Writer
Intimate portrait of a Navajo family in Piñon, Arizona, where the primary industry of coal mining is destroying the mountains held sacred to the community.
Chicago Boys
Editorial Consultant
En plena Guerra Fría, la Universidad de Chicago becó a un grupo de estudiantes chilenos para ir a estudiar economía bajo las enseñanzas de Milton Friedman. Veinte años después, en plena dictadura, cambiaron el destino de Chile y lo convirtieron en el bastión del neoliberalismo en el mundo. Esta es la historia de los Chicago Boys contada por ellos mismos: ¿qué estuvieron dispuestos a hacer con tal de lograr sus objetivos? ¿Cómo nació el modelo que hoy está en jaque? ¿Cómo explican los resultados a largo plazo?
Up in Arms: How the Gun Lobby Is Changing Canada
Story Consultant
This film takes a critical look at both sides of a contentious issue - Canadian gun owners and lobbyists who are winning new converts and have successfully repealed gun control legislation, and those who view deregulation, gun ownership and gun violence with serious apprehension.
Marmato
Editor
Colombia is the center of a new global gold rush, and Marmato, a historic mining town, is the new frontier. Filmed over the course of nearly six years, Marmato chronicles how townspeople confront a Canadian mining company that wants the $20 billion in gold beneath their homes.
The Market
Editor
In a slum in Chennai, India, a young mother of two, wants to sell her kidney so she can pay off the crippling debts of her family. If she sells Hema will be the fifth member of her family to sell a kidney for an amount that represents several years' wages. Across the world in Nanaimo, Canada, forty year old single mom Sandra's kidneys are failing and she has been on a waiting list for 5 years now. Two different people. Two journeys.
Tiger Spirit
Editor
Korea is a divided nation. Filmmaker Min Sook Lee sets out on a revelatory, emotion-charged journey into Korea’s broken heart, exploring the rhetoric and realism of reunification through the extraordinary stories of ordinary people.
Politics of the Heart
Editor
Based in Quebec, this film is a portrait of lesbian and gay families as well as the story of how they organized out of conditions of violence and discrimination to win recognition of their relationships, families and parenting rights. Also tells the story of the landmark case in Quebec that broke the ban against same-sex marriage, making Quebec the third province in Canada to recognize equal marriage.
The End of Second Class
Editor
On July 20th, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to extend the right to marry to lesbian and gay couples. The End of Second Class traces the story through the voices of three couples from Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, and key activists and human rights lawyers who were at the forefront of the battle.
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
Additional Editing
"An investigative documentary that takes viewers inside the high-stakes business of boxing. It is an unprecedented look at the inner workings of the fight game from both sides of the ropes with access to the FBI's investigation of the International Boxing Federation and a ringside seat at the contract negotiation for the most lucrative deal in the sport's history."
Spirits of Havana
Editor
This feature documentary offers a glimpse of contemporary Cuba’s rich musical culture through the experiences of renowned Canadian soprano sax player and flautist Jane Bunnett. Jane and her husband, trumpeter Larry Cramer, are surrounded by the charm of Old Havana as they connect with some of the city's finest musicians—like singers Bobby Carcasses and Amado Dedeu —for a recording session. Bunnett and Cramer then venture to small towns like Cienfuegos and Camaguey, where they hook up with local musicians and visit music schools. Global music fans will be captivated by the performances of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, a celebrated Afro-Cuban rumba group, and Desandann, a 10-member a cappella choir that sings in Haitian Creole.
Surviving Bokator
Writer
From the ancient carvings on the temples of Angkor to the international stage. What started as a Cambodian genocide survivor’s dream to resurrect one of the world’s oldest martial arts becomes an inspiring mission to heal a nation and revive their culture. A story of triumph, heartbreak and coming of age in a Cambodia on the rise.