East of Salinas (2016)

Directed by

Laura Pacheco, Jackie Mow

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows an eight-year-old boy named Jose Anzaldo whose parents are Mexican migrant farmworkers. It shows him with his teacher Oscar Ramos as they navigate life near Salinas, California.

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What happens

East of Salinas is a 2015 American television documentary film which follows the life of an 8-year-old boy, Jose Anzaldo, the son of Mexican migrant farmworkers living near Salinas, California and his teacher, Oscar Ramos. It was directed by Jackie Mow and Laura Pacheco. The film premiered in December 2015 as part of the PBS documentary series Independent Lens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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