Al Otro Lado: To the Other Side
Feature Film
Al Otro Lado
The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music — captured in the performances of Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte and the late Chalino Sanchez — provides both heartbeat and backbone to this rich examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border. Al Otro Lado follows Magdiel, an aspiring corrido composer from the drug capital of Mexico, as he faces two difficult choices to better his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally into the United States. An Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Classroom Clip
Magdiel finds someone who will help him illegally cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. He prepares for a dangerous journey, and leaves home, perhaps for the last time, with hope for a better future.
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Filmmaker Interview
El General director Natalia Almada talks about the making of her first POV film, Al Otro Lado, and the impact of 'corrido' music.
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Trailer
The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music provides both heartbeat and backbone to this rich examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border.
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Classroom Clip
Magdiel, a young man living in Mexico, talking to his sister about wanting to go to the U.S.
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Classroom Clip
A young man with few options for the future lives in a fishing town in Mexico, and writes and sings corridos, Mexican ballads that use music to tell stories.
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