Still riding the monumental success of his 1941 Citizen Kane, Orson Welles was sent to Brazil to make an anti-Nazi “Good Neighbor Policy” film on behalf of Uncle Sam. Naturally, the young genius was so ignited by what he found that the project blossomed into a trilogy, underscored by Welles’ zealous determination to address the misery and oppression that blighted an otherwise beautiful culture. Uncle Sam didn’t want any of that, of course, and so began the heartbreaking pattern that would define the rest of Welles’ career. He was labelled a Commie; funds were pulled; everything was shelved and his career dwindled in spectacular style. It’s All True, the 1993 documentary that was cut from those original cans of celluloid, has been digitally re-mastered for DVD.

Maria Full of Grace is also new to DVD this week. Based on “1,000 true stories,” this quiet, gripping drama is about one pregnant Colombian (played by Catalina Sandino Moreno) who decides that transporting smack to the States by swallowing balloon-wrapped pellets is the only way to break the cycle of abject poverty. » Sarah Rowland