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21 de Marzo, 2008
La Misma Luna [The Same Moon]
Categorized under Cultura , Raza | Tags: ALIENZ, Film, Immigration, Mexicans, Mexico
MAYBE AS MORE PEOPLE who are concerned with the inhumanity shown to migrants and the deeply-entrenched iniquities in place that perpetuate the harm being done to raza, to families, and to the economy and well-being of our nation as well as Mexico's get into positions of media making, the heavily slanted, immoral, and unkind political and social landscape will shift. We can hope.
Here is progress.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mexican film director Patricia Riggen faced so many challenges making her new film, "Under The Same Moon," that she almost gave up, but it is good for audiences and for Riggen that she persevered.
The Spanish-language film, which debuted in major U.S. cities this week and will play around the country in days ahead, puts a human face on illegal immigration. Yet, Riggen hopes audiences will see beyond political issues and be touched by the tale of a mother and son who long to reunite.
Using its Spanish title, "La Misma Luna" ("The Same Moon"), the movie earned a standing ovation at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and became a darling of that year's event -- the top gathering for independent film in the United States. [...]
"Under the Same Moon" tells of a Mexican mother, Rosario, working illegally as a domestic laborer in Los Angeles while her son Carlos is left behind in Mexico.
After years apart, the 9-year-old boy decides to risk everything and cross the border in search of his mother. What ensues is a tale of the extreme measures immigrants will take to come to the United States and the harrowing trip they face.
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Comentarios (1)
latinitasoyme dijo:
i saw the movie with a friend yesterday afternoon and i was amazed. my friend and i decided that we HAD to take our parents to see it (and it totally helps that the majority of it is in español). it is not a story one really hears of unless one knows someone in that situation... i won't say anything more so that others can go and see it, but please go see it!
Palabras por latinitasoyme spat forth on el 21 de Marzo, 2008 at 10:20 AM