The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student
This coming-of-age movie discusses immigration issues in the United States through the eyes of two exchange students in Brazil.
Bordertown (2008)
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.
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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Written By:Gregory Nava
In Theaters:1/29/2008
Box Office:$8,329,799
Runtime:112 minutes
Studio:Mosaic Media Group, El Norte Productions, Nuyorican Productions, Mobius Entertainment Ltd.
Cast
Gregory Nava
Director
Jennifer Lopez
Lauren Adrian
Martin Sheen
George Morgan
Antonio Banderas
Alfonso Diaz
Maya Zapata
Eva Jimenez
Sonia Braga
Teresa Casillas
Kate del Castillo
Elena Diaz
Randall Batinkoff
Frank Kozerski
Juan Diego Botto
Marco Antonio Salamanca
Irineo Alvarez
Domingo Esparza
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Julio
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Lourdes Jimenez
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