David Riker's neo-realist drama "The City" looks at the plight of Latin American immigrants in New York. Filmed in black and white, starring a mostly unknown cast, and spoken mostly in Spanish, this movie tests your attention span but makes perfectly clear how much these people struggling to survive. The only other movie that I know that draws this much attention to the immigrants' plight is Herbert Biberman's "Salt of the Earth", which Biberman made while blacklisted.
If you don't feel something for the characters, then you have no soul. As the Latin American population in the United States continues to grow, movies like this will become all the more important. Highly recommended.
If you don't feel something for the characters, then you have no soul. As the Latin American population in the United States continues to grow, movies like this will become all the more important. Highly recommended.