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La camioneta : the journey of one American school bus / Follow Your Nose Films ; a film by Mark Kendall ; director/producer, Mark Kendall ; producer, Rafael González.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 023 023
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Buses--Social aspects--Guatemala.
- Buses.
- Buses--Guatemala.
- Bus lines--Guatemala.
- Bus lines.
- Bus drivers--Crimes against--Guatemala.
- Bus drivers.
- Extortion--Guatemala.
- Extortion.
- Violence--Guatemala.
- Violence.
- School buses.
- Gangs.
- Social aspects.
- Guatemala.
- Gangs--Guatemala.
- School buses--United States.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Journey of one American school bus
- Place of Publication:
- Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with optional English, English censored or Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; all regions; Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby Digital 2 sound.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- "Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. La Camioneta follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live"--Container.
- Participant:
- Featuring Domingo Lastor, Mario Boc Pixtún, Andres Gamaliel Chitay Chile, Mario Enrique Valle, Ermelino Velasquez, and the words of Luis Aguilar.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Mark Kendall ; original music, T. Griffin ; editor, Mark Kendall.
- Notes:
- 16:9 aspect ratio.
- "Filmed on location in Guatemala, Mexico, Texas, and Pennsylvania."
- Includes also a 52-minute version of the film intended for classroom use.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 863709859
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