Lupe Ontiveros
12 titles
Filmography
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Real Women Have Curves
(2002)A Mexican-American teen struggles to strike a balance between her college ambitions and the pull of her traditional cultural heritage.

Chuck & Buck
(2000)When Buck, an immature 27-year-old, is reunited with his best friend, Chuck-a successful music industry executive-his resulting infatuation threatens to ruin Chuck's previously stable existence.

Universal Signs
(2008)Universal Signs is a groundbreaking, "silent" film told in mesmerizing American Sign Language and captioned for the hearing. After the death of his fiancée's daughter while in his care, a Deaf man shuts himself off from the world. Haunted by memories, it is only through new friendship that he can learn to forgive, love, and reconnect. Original score by Academy Award winner Joseph Renzetti.

Juan Frances: Live
(2008)An everyman musician from humble beginnings gets swept into Mexican pop stardom and faces a crisis of character after adopting a flashier persona.

El Norte
(1983)Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. Its a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Navas groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called "a Grapes of Wrath for our time."

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
(2006)Based on a true story, this drama charts the coming-of-age journey of a young trans woman, and her mother's fight for justice after the teen's murder.

Dark Mirror
(2007)After moving into a strange old house with her husband and son, Deborah (Lisa Vidal) discovers a mysterious mirror that does more than just cast a reflection. A door to an alternate reality, the mirror awakens a dark side in Deborah that she can't control.

The Journey of a Female Comic
(2014)La cómica e introspectiva crónica de los altibajos de una actriz y comediante latina en su lucha por alcanzar el éxito en Hollywood.

Maya & Miguel
For a pair of ten-year-old twins, life with their family is always an adventure, and everyday challenges present an opportunity to learn and grow!

Lies in Plain Sight
(2010)A blind college student returns home after the unexpected suicide of her cousin. Searching for answers, she starts to unravel dark family secrets.

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
(2010)Go behind the scenes of the 1985 adventure comedy with its now-adult stars and director to hear the how this enduring American treasure was made.

Our Family Wedding
(2010)A surprise engagement turns up the rivalry between two feuding fathers who wreak unintentional havoc with their children's dream wedding plans.