¡Alambrista!

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special ed.

Languages

In English and Spanish, with English subtitles.

Performers

Domingo Ambriz, Trinidad Silva, Linda Gillin, Ned Beatty, Jerry Hardin, Julius Harris, Edward James Olmos.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A farmworker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.

Special features: Audio commentary featuring director Robert M. Young and coproducer Michael Hausman ; interview with actor Edward James Olmos ; Children of the fields (1973), a short documentary by Young, accompanied by an interview with the director ; trailer.