El Norte Film Highlight

LATINX FILM 🎞 Highlight ‘EL NORTE’ by Gregory Nava released 1984 👉🏾 35 years ago! El Norte was a breakout film: It became the 1st independent movie to be nominated for a best-original-screenplay Oscar, and had significant influence over the immigration debate at the time. <— which is equally if not more relevant today. Gregory on his film: “I wanted to find a Latino way to tell the story, because it’s a Latino story.” 👈🏽 how important is this! Film 🎞 Synopsis: 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. Today ONLY the film is screening at select movie theaters. Check local theaters in your area or watch the film if you haven’t already on iTunes.