Why has it taken so long? The first is of . According to Nava, "There are hundreds of thousands of refugees from Central America in Los Angeles alone. In 1990 I started trying to track Gregory Nava down so that I could . Rosa seeing the little deer in the forest) The two have to navigate a foreign culture and an unknown language, and they're constantly trying to evade immigration officials and find work in precarious places like sweatshops or the back of a restaurant. CIA). "El Norte," which earned Nava and his co-screenwriter Anna Thomas an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, follows the tortured paths of two siblings (Zaide Silvia Gutirrez and David Villalpando) escaping to the United States from their village in Guatemala. It was directed by Gregory Nava and produced by Anna Thomas. Norte' to my Senior Religion classes since 1985 and my students if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav1n=MSFPpreload("_derived/home_cmp_copy-of-global-marketing010_hbtn.gif"); MSFPnav1h=MSFPpreload("_derived/home_cmp_copy-of-global-marketing010_hbtn_a.gif"); } Midway through Gregory Nava 's 1984 film El Norte, a wealthy white woman explains to her newly hired housekeeperrecent Guatemalan immigrant Rosahow to use the washing . When this happens, Enrique must make the tough decision of missing the flight to Chicago to be by her side, and thus loses the position. The Legend of El Cadejo: The Devil and Angel Dogs of Central America. When Rosa, perplexed by the machine, winds up doing the laundry by hand, the woman protests: I couldnt stand the thought of her in here, scrubbing. By centering Rosas point of view, the scene becomes an absurdist comedy of the easy lies that facilitate convenience. The movie, which earned Nava and his co-screenwriter Anna Thomas an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, follows the tortured paths of two siblings (Zaide Silvia Gutirrez and David Villalpando) escaping to the United States from their village in Guatemala as the country is torn by civil war. The colour black has always been synonymous with elegance and sophistication in fashion and design, and, of course, in the world of decoration. . // -->