El Norte /

"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Norte (Motion picture : 1983)
Main Author:	Martinez, Melecio (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Academy Film Archive (Contributor), Independent Productions Corporation (Producer), American Playhouse Theatrical Films (Producer), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Contributor)
Other Authors:	Nava, Gregory (Director, writer,), Lago, Alicia del (Actor), Thomas, Anna (Screenwriter, film producers,), Gutiérrez, Zaide Silvia (Actor), Villalpando, David (Actor), Gómez Cruz, Ernesto (Actor), Blankett, Betsy (Film editor), Glennon, James, 1942- (Cinematographer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English Spanish Mayan languages
Language Notes:	In Spanish with English subtitles, optional English language closed captions.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [Independent Productions], 2017.
Subjects:	Foreign workers, Guatemalan > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Guatemalan Americans > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Guatemala > History > 1945-1985 > Drama. Massacres > Guatemala > Drama. Los Angeles (Calif.) Chiapas (Mexico) Mexico. San Diego (Calif.) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Chiapas (Mexique) Foreign workers, Guatemalan. Guatemalan Americans. Massacres. California > Los Angeles. California > San Diego. Guatemala. Mexico > Chiapas. Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California) 1945-1985 British films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Feature films. History Drama. Features. Films de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

El norte /

Published 2008

Video DVD

El Norte /

Published 1984

Video VHS