miami

Christmas in Miami - the city is rapped in its own unique festive cheer, and countless children breathlessly await the arrival of Santa Claus. Except this year there are hundreds of Santas. Miami has been invaded by the Red Menace. Anannual gathering of hundreds of red-suited, jolly old fat men and women swarm over the city,comical and annoying, until one of them turns up dead.

Two Cuban sisters--one a master electrician in Havana, the other a successful cosmetics saleswoman in Miami--are reunited after a thirty-year separation and learn the truth behind their mother's tragic death at the hands of their father years earlier.

Carlos Eire describes how he adjusted to life in Miami after moving to the United States with his brother during the Cuban Revolution, discussing his experiences living in a foster home, struggle to learn the English language, cultural assimilation, and other related topics.

Describes, against the backdrop of the history of the Nicaraguan people, one family's flight from Managua airport, in December 1979, to a new life in Miami, Florida.

Photographs and text introduce the Miami Heat, and briefly describes the history of the professional basketball team, key players and personalities, victories and losses, their fans, and other topics.

The members of the Miami Crime Scene Investigation team are called on to track down a killer who has fled Las Vegas and continued his killing spree along the Florida coast.

Camila, a young girl, describes her life in Miami with her Cuban mother and Puerto Rican father, and introduces the members of her extended family who have come to her home for her little brother's birthday party. Presented in English and Spanish.