| Title |
El norte / director, Gregory Nava ; producer, Anna Thomas ; original screenplay by Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas ; produced in association with American Playhouse. |
| OCLC |
298322953 |
| ISBN |
9781604651133 |
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160465113X |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515035125 |
| Videorecording number |
CC1791BD Criterion Collection |
| Publisher |
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2008. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Siblings -- Drama.
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Teenagers -- Drama.
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Noncitizens -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| LC Subject heading/s |
Illegal immigration.
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| Cast |
Ernesto Gómez Cruz, David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Alicia del Lago, Miguel Gomez Giron, Jose Martin Ruano, Stella Quan, Eraclio Zepeda. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett. |
| Summary |
Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling, 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. |
| NOTE |
No public performance rights included. |
| Language note |
Soundtrack in English, K'iche, and Spanish; optional subtitles in English. |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| General note |
Title from container; credits from accompanying booklet. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1983. |
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Essay by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film in accompanying booklet. |
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Includes special features. |
| System details note |
Blu-ray. |
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