Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

28 May 2020

El Norte (1983)

Gregory Nava's El Norte is really sad and pulls absolutely no punches. Young farmworkers laboring under slavery conditions in Guatemala travel to the United States in hope of a better life.

To be honest, El Norte is rough. It's stunning that this movie is talking about anti-Latino racism in 1984. And this movie is smart about race and about labor in California. El Norte is an impressive feature.

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