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The boxer / TVE International ; BBC Worldwide ; directed by Felix Zurita.
The Docuseek Complete Collection 3rd Edition Available online
The Docuseek Complete Collection 3rd Edition- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Life (Bullfrog Films) ; 6.
- Life ; [6]
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Noncitizens--United States--Social conditions.
- Noncitizens.
- Mexicans.
- Economic conditions.
- Foreign workers.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Noncitizens--United States--Economic conditions.
- Foreign workers--United States--Social conditions.
- Foreign workers--United States--Economic conditions.
- Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--United States--Economic conditions.
- Mexicans--United States--Social conditions.
- Mexicans--United States--Economic conditions.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with English voiceovers.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Luis is 27, and lives in the remote peasant village of Sierra de Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. Here, families are numerous and the land is scarce and arid. Like most of the local people, Luis' parents are Mixtecos Indians who survive by growing corn and selling jelly at the weekly local market. But Luis has a dream of how he will escape the surrounding poverty and be able to look after his parents in their old age. Inspired by classic movies of Mexican boxing heroes, he's training to become a famous boxing champion in the United States. This film follows him as he travels north to the U.S. border, joining other migrants determined to outwit the US frontier guards and scale the wall to the New World to realize their dreams.
- Participant:
- Commentary: Luis Rodriguez, Lucila Rodriguez.
- Credits:
- Executive producer, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; series editor, Robert Lamb ; editor, Damien Rea.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: TVE International, ©2000.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-lsbox Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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