| Description |
2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([14] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 458.
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| System Details |
DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
In Spanish, Kiché and English with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Miguel Gomez Giron, Jose Martín Ruano, Stella Quan, Eraclio Zepeda. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983. |
| 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 |
Special features: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer; new audio commentary featuring Nava; "In the service of the shadows: the making of 'El norte:' a new video program featuring interviews with Nava, producer and co-writer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco; "The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva:" Nava's 1972 award-winning student film; gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs; theatrical trailer. |
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Booklet features an essay by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film. |
| Subject |
Siblings -- Drama.
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Teenagers -- Drama.
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Illegal immigration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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Action and adventure films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Thomas, Anna H., 1948- Producer. Author of screenplay. Interviewee.
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Nava, Gregory. Director. Author of screenplay. Commentator. Interviewee.
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Gutiérrez, Zaide Silvia. Actor. Interviewee.
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Villalpando, David. Actor. Interviewee.
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Gómez Cruz, Ernesto. Actor.
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Lago, Alicia del. Actor.
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Tobar, Héctor, 1963-
Promised land.
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Ebert, Roger.
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American Playhouse Theatrical Films.
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Channel Four Films (Firm)
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Independent Productions, Ltd.
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Island Alive, Inc.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604651096 |
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1604651091 |
| UPC # |
715515034722 |
| Music # |
CC1788D Criterion Collection |
| OCLC # |
270775494 |
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