USA / Mexico,
2003, 27 min
Shown in 2004
CREDITS
- dir
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Alex Rivera
- source
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SubCine, 611 Broadway #616, New York, NY 10012. EMAIL: xochitl@subcine.com.
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COMMENTS
Part of the Music of Life program.
OTHER
The inspiring story of Grupo Unión, a transnational union created by Mexican immigrants who live and work in upstate New York. They pool their money together to build and provide public works in their small hometown of Boquerón.
—Maïa Cybelle Carpenter
FACTOID #51
The first silent film screened at the Festival (now an annual tradition) was The Scarlet Letter (1924) by the great Swedish director Victor Sjöström, on October 24, 1968. The film’s star, Lillian Gish, was honored with an in-person tribute two days later.
