El Norte (motion picture) - Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando (performers) (1983) (trailer)
Title
El Norte (motion picture) - Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando (performers) (1983) (trailer)
Subject
Guatemalan fiction
Indigenous films
Magic realism (Art)--United States
URL
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Description
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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, and undocumented immigrants. -Ed Cannon.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Photo from Under Cover magazine with caption about program.
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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, and undocumented immigrants. -Ed Cannon.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Photo from Under Cover magazine with caption about program.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Gregory Nava (director and screenplay)
Anna Thomas (producer and screenplay)
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez (actor)
David Villalpando (actor)
David Villalpando (actor)
Publisher
American Playhouse
Channel Four Films
Independent Productions
Island Alive
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Channel Four Films
Independent Productions
Island Alive
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Date
1983 November 10
Citation
“El Norte (motion picture) - Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando (performers) (1983) (trailer),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/471.