Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.
Cast: Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Art Bonilla, Marco Rodríguez, Lupe Ontiveros, Daniel Valdez, Evelyn Guerrero, Sam Vlahos, Sal Lopez
Writers: Severo Perez (Writer), Tomás Rivera (Novel)
Cinematographer: Virgil L. Harper
Production Designer: Russell J. Smith, Armin Ganz
Editors: Howard Heard, Susan Heick
Composer: Marcos Loya
Costume Designer: Yvonne Cervantes
Direction team: John Acevedo (Assistant Director)
Producers: Severo Perez, Bob Morones, Lindsay Law
Production: Tierra Voz Producciones (I), American Playhouse, KPBS, Kino International
