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El Norte: Full Cast & Crew 1983 Drama
When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) manage to escape the massacre and decide to start a new life in El Norte -- the USA. The two trek through Mexico, meeting a variety of characters and facing trials and tribulations on their journey toward lives as illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. R Released: Jan 1, 1983 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Gregory Nava Director, Writer Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez Rosa Xuncax Actor David Villalpando Enrique Xuncax Actor Ernesto Gómez Cruz Arturo Xuncax Actor Stella Quan Josefita Actor Eraclio Zepeda Pedro Actor Jose Martin Ruano Foreman Actor Emilio Gomez Ozuna Luis Actor Daniel Lemus Valenzuela Encarnacion Actor Anna Thomas Writer, Producer Trevor Black Producer Bertha Navarro Producer James Glennon Cinematographer Betsy Blankett Film Editing The Folkloristas Original Music Malecio Martinez Original Music Linda O'Brien Original Music Emil Richards Original Music Hilary Wright Costume Design Bob Morones Casting David Wasco Set Designer, Set Dresser Julia Evershade Sound Editor David Kern Sound Effects Editor Michael C. Moore Sound Recordist Robert Yerington Sound Recordist