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Catch Up: Sin Nombre (2009)

Posted in Catch-up, Timothy Parfitt with tags , , , , on July 4, 2011 by Timothy Parfitt

On this, America’s Independence Day, I’ll take a few moments to speak about Sin Nombre, the debut film by director Cary Fukunaga (Jane Eyre). It’s a story of a Honduran family and a teenage gang member whose paths cross as they cling to the roof of a train headed for the US border. While the film itself is beautiful, it paints a clear picture of the stifling existence these immigrants are trying to leave behind. Read more »

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