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Gregory Nava
1) Bordertown
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lauren, an impassioned American reporter for the Chicago Sentinel heads to Juarez, a Mexican BORDERTOWN, in order to investigate a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women from all over Mexico. As she discovers hundreds of victims, she gains the trust of local factory workers but falls into danger.
2) Selena
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music into mainstream America.
3) My family
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of three generations of Mexican Americans, from the father's journey to California in the 1920's, to the family struggles in modern-day America.
Series
Criterion collection volume 458
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Español
Description
El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
The...
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"Three beautiful women visit record executive Morris Levy with one thing in mind: to claim the music royalties earned by their husband, the late, great '50s rock icon Frankie Lymon. They say good things and bad news always travel in threes: looks like the talented, troubled Frankie left more than his music behind"--Container.