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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Raised in the U.S., Claudia is an undocumented immigrant living beyond her means in a twisted version of the American dream. When she’s arrested by the FBI for credit card fraud, Claudia is quickly deported to México.. Speaking no Spanish and lost in her foreign “homeland,” she reluctantly takes refuge at her estranged father's cattle ranch. As she clashes with her unyielding father, her attempts to return home to the U.S. thrust her into a...
2) Amexicano
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When blue-collar Italian-American Bruno loses his job, he finds himself working alongside illegal aliens in the landscaping business. After befriending Ignacio and his wife Gabriela, he develops a respect and admiration for them as they work to improve their lives.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Columbian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend, Reina, leaves his life in Columbia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately brings him to a place he could never have predicted.
Marlon Cruz, un joven colombiano, y su novia, Reina, entran a los EEUU...
4) Clemente
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Un hombre cruza el Rio Grande con la esperanza de empezar una nueva vida en América. Cuando una inesperada redada lo separa de su familia, Clemente es forzado a abrirse camino de regreso. Su traumático viaje ilustra les motivaciones y peligros de muchas personas que enfrentan valerosamente esta desafiante odisea.
A man crosses the Rio Grande in hopes of starting a new life in America. When an unexpected raid separates him from his family, Clemente...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"August Evening narra las dificultades de Jaime, un jornalero indocumentado de edad avanzada, y de su joven hijastra, Lupe, una viuda que se niega a rehacer su vida. Lupe es más que una hija para Jaime, incluso más que sus propios hijos. Ambos intentarán mantenerse unidos ... pero el cambio es inevitable"--Container.
Jaime and his wife Maria live in a poverty-stricken town in Mexico. They trudge through life, but enjoy each other's company. Their...
6) Sin nombre
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A teenage Honduran girl forms an unlikely friendship with a Mexican gang member who is helping to smuggle her family into the United States.
Una adolescente hondureña llega a ser amiga de un pandillero mexicano quien está ayudandoles a la joven y a su familia a entrar a los EEUU ilegalmente.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite.
No hay distancia que pueda romper el enorme lazo que existe entre una madre y su hijo. Esa es la razón que motiva a...
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