Film Screening: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Program Type:

Arts, Movies & Performances

Age Group:

Tweens (grades 5-8), Teens (grades 6-12), Parents, Families, Adults
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Program Description

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Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Producer-star Edward James Olmos, seeking to shed new light on a historical incident that had been enshrined in a corrido (folk song), enlisted director Robert M. Young, a longtime practitioner of socially engaged realism, to helm this trailblazing independent film, a landmark of Chicano cinema.

Rated PG

Runtime: 1h 45m

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This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.