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- W hen it was first released in 1977, ¡Alambrista! depicted something previously unseen in American fiction films—the lives of undocumented Mexican immigrants from their point of view.
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Outline. Roberto, a farmer from Michoacán, aims to cross the border to provide for his family. Upon reaching the United States, he finds himself fleeing from immigration authorities. Nevertheless, he encounters various individuals who offer him assistance.
Apr 17, 2012 · As he envisioned it, ¡Alambrista! would be a narrative film relating a story unknown to most Americans—that of the undocumented Mexican migrant experience, distilled into the quest of one man, Roberto Ramírez (Domingo Ambriz), who comes to the U.S. seeking work to support his family back home.
Alambrista!: Directed by Robert M. Young. With Domingo Ambriz, Trinidad Silva, Linda Gillen, Ned Beatty. After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Robert M. Young
- 1977-10-16
In ¡Alambrista!, a Mexican farmworker sneaks across the border to California 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.
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In ¡ALAMBRISTA!, a Mexican farmworker sneaks across the border to California 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.
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. When an eager youth illegally crosses the U.S./Mexican border to find a new life in the promised land--where he must prove himself to be the "man of his family"--what awaits him is heartbreak and exploitation. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert M Young. Director. Domingo Arubriz. Roberto.
May 16, 2005 · When the movie Alambrista first appeared in 1977, it took viewers by surprise. No moviemakers had ever shown what it was like to be an undocumented migrant worker.
