The Latino family is where the action is. Clashes between the generations -- one from the old country, another at home in a new. The innocence and essential goodness of children against the experience of adults. The power of love and faith in the face of the worst obstacles. They are all here. Click to play four Real Media clips:

"Invita a la Vecina " ("Invite the Neighbor"). Being nice to your neighbor not only makes them feel good, but it makes you feel good too. A little girl teaches her mother it's important to do nice things for your neighbor.

"Por mi Culpa" ("It was my fault"). A battered woman who feels her abusive husband is justified in hurting her, discovers it's not her fault when her brother sees the bruises on her face and takes her into his home.

"La Guitarra" ("The Guitar"). Concerned his son's desire to play guitar will take away from his academic studies, a father tells his son not to waste his time. He changes his mind after hearing his son won a music award and realizes his music is important.

"Solo me Cai" ("I Just Fell Down"). Bruises on a child's shoulder prompt her mother's friend to speak up and offer understanding and guidance to the mother in dealing with abuse.

"La Verguenza" ("Shame"). A father rejects his son because the son has AIDS. The father then comes to terms with his desire for reconciliation and his need to ask for forgiveness.

"La Nueva Alumna" ("The New Student"). It's easy to make fun of the new girl at school - until you remember what it is like to be alone and made fun of in a new town.

"La Quinceanera" ("The Fifteenth Birthday"). A young girl's fifteenth birthday ­ the most important birthday for a Latina teenager -- is approaching. But she tells her father she doesnąt want a party. She would be too embarrassed because of his drinking. He is shocked. She hugs him and says instead of a party, she wants a much more important present: his promise that he will get help for his alcoholism.

"La Mala Yerba" ("The Bad Weed"). Two teenagers have chosen a path of gangs and drugs. One of the teens realizes the danger to which she is exposing her five year-old sister and decides to turn her own life around so she can be a better role model.

"Buscando a Alma" ("Looking for Alma"). A teenager turns to a gang for help when her father throws her out of the house because she is pregnant. In the end, however, her father reflects upon the situation and offers her support.

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