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These are all the members of the main indigenous Mayan family that are persecuted in the first third of the film.
Rosa - the daughter of the family, who is jovial and helps her mother with domestic work.
Enrique - the son of the family, he works in the fields like his father, and is curious about his father's desire to change their socio-political atmosphere.
Arturo - the head of the household, he works in the fields, and laments the working conditions poor people, especially the indigenous, are forced to face. He says they are like "arms" to the rich, and strives to take back the land for the people.
Lupe - the mother of the family, she is the homemaker, taking care of basic domestic needs in the house. Although supportive of her husband, she is worried that making waves about the labor conditions will result poorly for the family.

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Julio Santana- arsonist, hired by Eddie, Puerto Rican,

Eddie Naglioni- owns a coffee shop, hires arsonists, father to Trompo Loco

Papelito (Felix Camillo)- owns a botanica (San Lazaro y Las Siete Vueltas) , he practices Santeria, Julio's mentor

Maritza Lisa Sanabria- runs a church, gives away citizenship papers to immigrants with AIDS

Antonio
Helen- owns an art gallery, couldn't
find her place in Spanish Harlem, white woman and love interest for Julio

Mario DePuma- FBI agent after Marita, wants to retrieve the citizenship papers

JH: Papelito's orisha is Yemaya, Julio makes altar for the orisha Ochun and name of botanica is San Lazaro y Las Siete Vueltas (Saint Lazarus and the Seven turns)

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Characters:
Antonio-Guatemala immigrant, homeless, seeking revenge
Longoria-tattooed soldier, killed elena, massive genocide. apart of death squad, indigenous background.
elena-activist, indigenous,antonios wife
jose juan- mexican immigrant, homless, antonio's friend.
Reginalda- longoria's girlfriend. salvadorian.
frank-homeless, will help antonio kill longoria.
the mayor(larry green)-bipolar, always at city hall, knows squatter
gonzalo-editor of the activist newspaper.
theodoro- elena's ex. killed and tortured by death squad.
crisitina-jose juans friend, gets jose juan a job.also mexican

Locations:
San Cristobal Acatapan
La Joya/Limonada (slum)
El Pulgarcito express
Bunker hill (50's)
Crown Hill(90's)
Westlake arms (longoria place)
Fort Bragg- US training facility for Longoria
Summary:
Two story: one from a guatemalan immigrant and one from the guatamalan soldier and their lives in the u.s.
Seeking revenge over the death of loved ones and the story behind the massive genocide in guatemala.

Themes:
Revenge
Anti-indigenous
violence
binary between central america and mexico
class structure
economic displacement

History:
1960-96 guatemalan civil war (genocide of mayan).
1992 LA Uprising
1965 Watts rebellion
1950's new government
1980's military dictatorship

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Main: Marcos
-from his perspective
-young boy
-also told as flashback
Assorted:
-Marcos’ Parents
-farmworker family
-Doña Rosa +
-Don Cleto
- these two are married
-corrupt + immoral

-watch over Marcos while he goes to school

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She is a young girl who has curly hair and a dark complexion. She resents her hair and wants to straighten and dye it to make it look like the hair in the commercials.
2. Miss Kety
She owns a hair salon that Yetsida goes to. Refuses to straighten her hair until shes 10. Miss Kety has a broken nose which resulted from domestic abuse. Her hair is red. She has burns on her arm("map of the world"
3. Dad
Yetsida's dad tthinks she is ugly and looks down on her for her hair. He breaks her nose because she asked for crayons
Summary
Yetsida wants to dye and straighten her hair but cant until she is 10. Wants her hair to be red and straight like the hair she sees in commercials. Black ancestry is bad and shameful. The father does not want people to know that they have African roots. Her father breaks her nose. Miss Kety, owner of the hair salon also has a broken nose(domestic abuse).
Themes
Domestic Abuse:
Sexism
Beauty Standards
Prejudice
Effect of Media on personal life

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Coyotes - Jaime and Raimundo, the first of whom robs Rosa and Enrique. Raimundo leads them to the US via an old sewer.
Monte Bravo - the landlord of Rosa and Enrique, an Americanized man of hispanic descent who houses and finds jobs for latinx immigrants. He is often critical of the people he helps, encouraging them to look out for themselves rather than become too attached to others.
Enrique's Coworkers - Carlos and Jorge. Jorge is a Mexican immigrant and good friends with Enrique, while Carlos is "un pocho", meaning he is an Americanized chicano and cannot speak Spanish; he betrays Enrique to immigration.
Nacha - Nacha is Rosa's coworker and friend who shows her how to get by in the US, advising her to just nod and agree with the gringos they interact with.

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This takes place in 1983 during the Guatemalan Civil War, and the first third of the movie especially depicts the civil unrest, the racism toward indigenous people, and the government's militarized retaliation to labor organization.
The main family is a working class indigenous family, and directly affected by these conditions.

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-stories about migrant farm workers
-told stories through memories and temporalities

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-Home- Crystal City, Texas

-Migrant farmworkers, so move/ travel frequently, though film focuses on Minnesota

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Takes place in the Spanish Harlem, New York

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Julio worked as an arsonist for a man named Eddie, having the intention to quit his job and live an honest life. However, he messes up his last job by leaving evidence and now Julio must either move to Washington D.C. to burn houses or burn his own apartment building down to repay Eddie.

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1) After trying to organize in the labor community, the army murders Arturo, and takes Lupe away. Enrique murders one of the soldiers, so he and Rosa decide to leave Guatemala, with help from their godmother.
2) The two siblings make it through Mexico, and upon arrival to Tijuana meet Jaime, who offers to guide them across the border, but ultimately robs them. They are found by immigration, but pass themselves off as Mexican, and are deported back to Tijuana. Enrique finds Raimundo, the coyote he originally sought, and he agrees to get them across for $100 dollars. Rosa sells her mother's silver for the money, and Raimundo leads the siblings through a tunnel across the border.
3) Rosa and Enrique both find working class jobs and a small apartment. They start taking English classes, and Enrique's employers promote him. Out of envy, his coworker Carlos reports him to immigration and Enrique loses his job. Rosa gets very sick from the rats they encountered in the sewer tunnel. Enrique opts to take a job in Chicago, but loses the opportunity when he must see Rosa in the hospital. She dies lamenting that they cannot make a life in Guatemala, Mexico, or even in El Norte. Enrique finds new physical labor for work, but is haunted by his experience.

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1) Gentrification: -Julio burns down many of the Latino neighborhoods so the real estate owners can give the land to white people.

2) Religion- Julio rejects his mother's religion, later realizing he wants to learn more about Papelito's religion.

3) Fire- Although Julio has set destruction literally, he has also brought the people he loves into his problems due to the chain, the "fire," of his mistakes.
- Chango is the fire Orisha that is connected to Julio

4) Racism: -Helen refuses to let Julio in building the first time she sees him
- The women in the community group refuse to listen to Helen's commentary on gentrification.

5) Displacement/isolation
- the building owners are separating the Latinos from white people, placing Latinos in barrios
- Julio is isolating himself after he receives the debt from Eddie, believing he can solve everything himself
- Helen feels separated from everyone else in the Spanish Harlem because she is white

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1) Rich vs. Poor
The disparity of wealth is heavily depicted throughout film.  The decadence of white American life is contrasted with the poverty in other countries, and for the immigrants who one to the US.
2) Trust
The siblings have to make hard decisions about who to trust in their journey given their precarious situation. People like Jaime and Carlos take advantage of their precarious situation for their own gain.
3) Cultural Misunderstanding
Once Rosa and Enrique reach the North they are forced to deal with various cultural differences. While a difference like a fast flushing toilet is welcome, Rosa reacts adversely to the overly complicated washing machines, opting to wash her employer's clothes by hand instead. Part of this cultural misunderstanding is derived from difference between American and Guatemalan life, but cultural differences between strict hispanic and indigenous people is significant too. Rosa and Enrique pass themselves off as Oaxacan throughout, showing how people cannot differentiate between indigenous people.
4) Disillusionment of the American Dream
Life in the North is something the family initially idealizes, focusing on the glamor of American life, but the inability to access social mobility once Rosa and Enrique get to the US displays the destruction of those ideals. The glamorous stripped away to reveal America's own class divisions and racial prejudices.

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-Set in 1950s, around time of Korean War + G. I. Bill
-told in dreams/fragments of Marcos’ memories
-based off of book:
-y no se lo tragó la tierra by Tomás Rivera (1971)
-collection of short stories
-film released 1995

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She is a beautician. She is beautiful. Has a high standards.She is not promiscuous. Wants a mate that has the following:  a good job( like an engineer), money, volvo, lives in nice part of town. Key to a house, key to a volvo, key to a nice office.

Walks around town and enjoys the attention she receives from men but she does not respond to them. Has sex with a man that she believes is not a one night stand. She thinks they are going to go on vacations together. She cant wait to brag about it to her friends.

Themes
Greed/ superficial
Sexism
hunger for justice

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-Religious Fervor/Spirituality
- Marcos’ mother + water glass
- meeting w/ Little Sister
-Church + priest taking advantage of Marcos’ family (Spain trip)

-Racism/Oppression
-Mexican migrant workers seen as disposable objects
-Boy shot and killed for merely drinking water, foreman thought he was stealing
-School Prejudice
-Hogan boys- bathroom bullies

-Memory/Temporality
-Marcos and loss of innocence

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scope the quotes in your notes for IDs

will have 2 essays on this book

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Miss Kety has burn scars on her arms from straightening hair so much

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major key: protagonist has hunger for "justice"

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antonio - dating martiza, undocumented, works at construction site and gets cut of union workers' wage

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santa barbara == chango

papeltio's spirit orisha dresses in blue, name TBD

Ochun = love god that julio makes altar for

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name of papelito's shop?

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humanizing Longoria-- why would author do this bc Longoria is evil