If you enjoy the intellectual stimulation of social justice cinema, you have to go outside the borders of the US (Norma Rae and Dead Man Walking excepted).
Director Carlos Carrera's list of feature films can be counted on one hand, but he already has a Golden Palm, and his 2002 film, The Crime of Father Amaro, garnered an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination. He is one to watch now, and in the future.
Another who has my eye is Ana de la Reguera, who I first saw in Así del precipicio. She was also in Nacho Libre and Cop Out, but I doubt I'll see either soon. As the new police captain Blanca Bravo, she is charged with finding out who is responsible for the missing and dead girls in Juarez, Mexico.
Joaquín Cosio (Rudo y Cursi, Quantum of Solace) is fantastic as a radio DJ that reports on the murders, and the fact that the so-called "serial killer" the government has jailed was not available for the day they find 8 women naked in the hot sun, where they have been left to decompose. Another every week after that, too.
The powers that be just wanted everything to go away. It was bad for business. Fortunately, some were refusing to quit (Rivera). As they always do, they paid the price.
Jimmy Smits makes a cameo appearance as a slime bucket who gets what he deserves.
A great film based upon real events, not only in Mexico, but throughout South America.
Director Carlos Carrera's list of feature films can be counted on one hand, but he already has a Golden Palm, and his 2002 film, The Crime of Father Amaro, garnered an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination. He is one to watch now, and in the future.
Another who has my eye is Ana de la Reguera, who I first saw in Así del precipicio. She was also in Nacho Libre and Cop Out, but I doubt I'll see either soon. As the new police captain Blanca Bravo, she is charged with finding out who is responsible for the missing and dead girls in Juarez, Mexico.
Joaquín Cosio (Rudo y Cursi, Quantum of Solace) is fantastic as a radio DJ that reports on the murders, and the fact that the so-called "serial killer" the government has jailed was not available for the day they find 8 women naked in the hot sun, where they have been left to decompose. Another every week after that, too.
The powers that be just wanted everything to go away. It was bad for business. Fortunately, some were refusing to quit (Rivera). As they always do, they paid the price.
Jimmy Smits makes a cameo appearance as a slime bucket who gets what he deserves.
A great film based upon real events, not only in Mexico, but throughout South America.