LFF10/2006 "Al otro lado / To the Other Side" (Feature Docum

dir. Natalia Almada, 2005, Mexico / USA, 70 min.

Corridos are the "daily archives of a man's life", told through song. Natalia Almada's beautifully filmed documentary takes a multi-lateral look at cross-border narcotics and human smuggling through up-tempo Mexican corrido music. The focus of the film is Magdiel, an aspiring young composer from a small fishing village known in the Sinaloan region of Mexico known as the drug-smuggling capital of Mexico. Although Magdiel claims no part in these illicit acts, he writes and performs corridos about and even for the traffickers. Through Magdiel's songs, the film recounts the history of Chalino, the grandfather of corrido music and the cross-border success story of the Mexican corrido group "The Little Tigers from the North". For Magdiel the border separates the land of possibilities from the land of rural poverty. Despite the many dangers, his dream is to follow in the footsteps of The Little Tigers of the North and cross over
'to the other side.'


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[BIGbad619]

me quito el sombrero...

[SFLatinoFilm]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajauuuuuuuuaaa­!

[cervanova]

@thisisnow24 Gracias

[thisisnow24]

@cervanova La puedes coneguir aqui en subcine.com

[pRiNcEzZSLaLa]

I seen this documentry..At San Jose State ..its fu**ken good...this 1 part shows the min men. holding capture some old men and women . and them saying we need 2 close the borders...anyways good movie and sad at the end...

[cervanova]

Donde puedo conseguir esta pelicula, alguien sabe, en internet en algun videoclub?

[ReySinaloense]

Puro Mexico

[jag0123]

Hey what the name of that song sounds so emotional makes me wanna get a 45 pistol and start spraying bullets in the air

[sanjosejoker]

Whats up to the Michoacano"s in San Jose Ca...and all the homies S.S.P sur 13 west san jo..408

[sanjosejoker]

sick ass motherfucken video...Show how we do it en el Norte.its to bad they dont show the big ass houses, trucks, and carne asadas mexican family have...we are the most united family on this planet..Love and respect to all my Trafficantes in San Diego 619...