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Daily Nebraskan
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Review by
Ward W.Triplett III
Daily Nebrtsk&n Senior Editor
Every day, near the California
Mexico border, another hundred
or so Latin Americans are caught
on American soil and transported
back to Mexico or beyond. Con
gress reports that hundreds of
thousands of these people slip
through the net, and what's worse,
these people are stealing jobs
from the good American citizens.
In some cases, the border police
transport the same person back
so many times it becomes a game.
It's easy to get concerned about
the immigration problem as it
looks from the American point of
view...namely a large group of
people acting as a willing cheap
work force that politicians swear
is choking our economy.
But it's another kind of story
when heard from the other side.
It's not a story of cunning crooks
trying to pull a fast one. It's a
story of men and women trying to
live in the manner we have grown
accustomed to, and even come to
expect. A story of wanting to
have the opportunity to create
your own future and live your
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own life, one that rings of the
American Dream itself.
It is that story that is told poet
ically and beautifully in "El Norte,"
which opens at the Sheldon Film
Theatre tonight. The American
made movie will show twice nightly
until Monday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. It
is co-sponsored with Sheldon by
the Mexican-American Student
Association, who will sponsor a
public discussion following a mati
nee performance at 3 p.m. Sun
day. The story is that of a simple
escape to happiness and above
all, freedom. Rosa and her brother
Enrique Xuncax are Guatemalan
refugees, fleeing from the govern
ment that slaughtered their par
ents after their father, Arturo,
participated in a secret meeting
to improve working conditions.
The story is divided evenly into
three parts. The first tells the
story of the wretched (by Ameri
can standards) conditions in the
siblings' Guatemalan village, and
the political oppression that keeps
it that way.
The second part follows the
pair to Mexico, where visitors
from the south are discouraged
about as strongly as most Ameri
cans discourage Mexican aliens.
Here they try to find a safe pas
sage into the American land,
magically called only "El Norte"
(the North). There they can be-
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come whatever they want to be,
there it will all depend on what
kind of work they are willing to
give. In Mexico and Guatemala,
as one of the characters says
later, they are not wanted. The
land is poor, the people are in
poverty and only certain death
awaits them.
The third part, however, even
throws out that idealistic dream.
After crawling through a rat-infested
sewer to reach California,
the pair lands in a Mexican-American
ghetto in Los Angeles, where
the men line up for employers in
need of strong arms. The Ameri
cans eventually show up and cart
them away for a day's work. The
women are taken by the van-load
to a factory, where Rosa finds a
job ironing. The immigration offi
cials raid this place, however,
and Rosa and her instructor at
that job turn to maidwork.
Enrique, without the aggressive
attitude needed for the hard labor
jobs, ends up as a waiter in a posh
Hollywood restaurant.
Then a fellow employee turns
in Enrique, who had done well
enough to be considered for a job,
and a green card, in Chicago.
The worst part about "El Norte"
is realizing how true this must be
for so many. The best part is
knowing that we already live in
what could be heaven for Enrique
and Rosa.
"El Norte" by its very nature
and story will ask you to recon
sider your position on the immi
grant question, but it's not a loud
attempt on Nava and Thomas'
part to do that. "El Norte"
addresses a common issue from
the other side and tells an entranc
ing and real story at the same
time, without vilifying anyone or
condescending to anyone. It is
simply another look at "el sueno
americano."
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LIVE MUSIC
Bill's Saloon, 1020 P St. The
Wrex, bluesrock 'n roll, Friday
and Saturday, no cover charge.
Chesterfield, Bcttcmslsy sad
Potto, 245 N. 13th St. Holiday,
new rock 'n' roll, no cover charge.
Drumstick, 547 N. 48th St.
Blue Riddum, reggae, Friday and
Saturday, $3.50 cover charge.
Green Frog, 101 P St. Touch
and Go, rock 'n' roll, Friday and
Saturday, no cover charge.
Little Bo's West, 2630 Corn
husker Highway High Heel and
the Sneakers, top forties, Friday
and Saturday, $2 cover charge.
The Moimtsins, 31 1 S. 1 1th St.
The Dee Allen Band, rock 'n'
roll, Friday and Saturday, $1 cover
charge.
Rivera's, 1920 W. O St. Live
Wire, variety, Friday and Satur
day, no cover charge.
Royal Grove, 340 W. Corn
husker Highway Minx, rock 'n'
roll, Friday and Saturday, no cover
charge.
SkyligM Bistro, 235 N, 11th St.
Dennis Taylor, contemporary
vocal, Friday, no cover charge.
Tucker Inn, 3235 S. 13th St.
Free Ride, rock 'n' roll, Friday and
Saturday, $2 cover charge.
Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St. - The
New High Flyers, country, tonight,
$2 cover charge, Eddie Shaw and
the Wolfgang, blues, Friday and
Saturday, $3 cover charge, Love
Slave, rhythm and blues funk,
Sunday, $1 cover charge.
MOVIES
Cinema 1 & 2 "Oh God, you
Devil," 1:20, '3:20, 5:20, 7:20 and
9:20 p.m.;"C.H.U.D.," 1:40, 3:40,
5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 p.m.
Cooper "Amadeus," 2:00,
5:10 and 8:20 p.m.
Flsza 4 "Just the Way You
Are," 1:15, '3:15, 5:15, 7:15 and
9:15 p.m.; wBuc karoo Banzai,"
1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and 10
p.m.; "Silent Night, Deadly Night,"
5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; "Missing
in Action," n:30 and 3:30; "Ter
minator," 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30
and 9:45 p.m.
DoEglo S "No Small Affair,"
1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20 and 9:20
p.m.; "Garbo Talks," 1:25, 3:25,
5:25, 7:25 and 9:25 p.m.; "Terror
in the Aisles," 'lO, 3:40, 5:40,
7:40 and 9:40 p.m.
Esst Park 3 "River Rat,"
1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20 and 9:20
p.m.; "Phar Lap," 1:20, 3:20, 5:30
and 7:30 p.m.; "No Small Affair,"
9:30 p.m.
State "All of Me," '1:30, 3:30,
5:30 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday times only.
THEATEB
Studio Tfeestre Temple Build
ing "The Fox," tonight, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m.
Nebraska Directors Theatre
"A Night of One Act Plays,"
tonight, Friday and Saturday 7:30
p.m.
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Pizzas must be ordered at the
same time and delivered to the
same address.
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476-0787
11th & Cornhusker
Belmont Plaza
476-9944
1415 South St.
South Area
475-767
611 North 27th St
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