Roots of Blood (1978)

Original title

Raíces de sangre

Directed by

Jesús Salvador Treviño

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Mexican and Chicano workers clash over labor issues. The film follows their tensions and struggles on the job.

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What happens

Raíces de sangre (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈises de ˈsaŋɡɾe]) (Roots of Blood) is a Mexican movie written and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño released in 1978 in Mexico and other countries. According to some sources, it had a wide release on May 30, 1979, but other sources show it was playing in US theaters as early as August 1978. The film deals with labor relations and tensions between Mexican and Chicano workers. It has received praise as a foundational work in Latin American cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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