Immigrant Stories in Film: El Norte

El Norte (The North) - Epic Journey to a Promised Land
When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) manage to escape the massacre and decide to start a new life in El Norte -- the USA. The two trek through Mexico, meeting a variety of characters and facing trials and tribulations on their journey toward lives as illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.
The movie was directed by Gregory Nava, produced by Anna Thomas, and co-written by both of them.
This is one of the few films featuring Latin American immigrants to be archived by the Library of Congress.
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