El Norte
El Norte • 2h 21m
Directed by Gregory Nava • 1983 • Guatemala, United States
Starring Ernesto Gómez Cruz, David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It’s a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava’s groundbreaking EL NORTE (“The North”), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, EL NORTE is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called “a GRAPES OF WRATH for our time.”
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EL NORTE Commentary
Director and co-writer Gregory Nava recorded the following audio commentary.
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In the Service of the Shadows: The Ma...
The following video interviews with director Gregory Nava, producer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco present in full detail the independent production of EL NORTE and its groundbreaking release.
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THE JOURNAL OF DIEGO RODRIGUEZ SILVA ...
