Bordertown (
2007) | IMDb:
6
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez
,
Martin Sheen
,
Antonio Banderas
,
Maya Zapata
,
Sônia Braga
,
Kate del Castillo
Selena (
1997) | IMDb:
6.8
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez
,
Jackie Guerra
,
Constance Marie
,
Alex Meneses
,
Jon Seda
,
Edward James Olmos
Directed by:
Gregory Nava
My Family (
1995) | IMDb:
7.3
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
Starring:
Edward James Olmos
,
Jimmy Smits
,
Esai Morales
,
Jennifer Lopez
,
Jacob Vargas
,
Constance Marie
Directed by:
Gregory Nava