View Item - SP-N005-1983

Language:
Spanish
Category:
Drama
Duration:
141 min
Catalog Num:
SP-N005-1983
Title:
El Norte
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
Romance Languages

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

"Mayan Indian peasants, tired of being thought of as nothing more than ""brazos fuertes"" (""strong arms"", i.e., manual laborers) and organizing in an effort to improve their lot in life, are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, a brother and sister, teenagers who just barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to ""El Norte"" (""the North"", i.e., the USA). After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling through Mexico, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants." Director: Gregory Nava. Actors: "Sergi Dagliana,Giuseppe Furia,Mike Gomez (I),Zaide Silvia Guti�rrez,Ernesto G�mez Cruz". Color. Country: USA. Subtitled.

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