Alambrista! : The illegal /

Alambrista! : The illegal /

A farmworker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home. It is a story that happens every day, told here in an uncompromising, groundbreaking work of realism from American independent filmmaker Robert M. Young. Vivid and spare wher...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Young, Robert M., 1924- (Screenwriter, Director), Hausman, Michael (Producer), Young, Irwin (Irwin W.) (Producer), Ambriz, Domingo (Actor), Silva, Trinidad (Actor), Gillin, Linda (Actor), Beatty, Ned, Hardin, Jerry, Harris, Julius W., Olmos, Edward James
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Edition:Blu-ray ed.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 609.
Subjects:
Illegal aliens > United States > Drama.
Migrant agricultural laborers > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Drama.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A farmworker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home. It is a story that happens every day, told here in an uncompromising, groundbreaking work of realism from American independent filmmaker Robert M. Young. Vivid and spare where other films about illegal immigration might sentimentalize, Young's take on the subject is equal parts intimate character study and gripping road movie, a political work.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Special features: New high-definition digital restoration; New audio commentary featuring director Robert M. Young and Michael Hausman; New interview with actor Edward James Olmos (Stand and deliver); Children of the Fields, a 1973 short documentary by Young, plus new interview; Trailer; Plus, a booklet featuring an essay by film historian Charles Ramirez-Berg.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:Blu-ray; widescreen, 1.66:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital Stereo.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Robert M. Young; art director, Lilly Kilvert ; original version film editor, Edward Beyer; music, José B. Cuellar ... [et al.] ; editor, Norman Buckley.