Roots of Blood

Roots of Blood

94 mins | Drama | Feb. 9, 1978

Drama - Hailed as the first film to portray the Chicano experience -- and the first Chicano film to be financed by the Mexican government -- Raíces de Sangre tells the story of immigrant workers exploited on both sides of the border. Facing unsafe conditions, a group of young Chicano workers tries to organize for better conditions but are thwarted by their own co-workers who've accepted bribes from the Americans in turn for stymieing the effort. - Richard Yniguez, León Singer, Enrique Muñoz

Roots of Blood

94 mins | Drama | Feb. 9, 1978

Roots of Blood
Drama - Hailed as the first film to portray the Chicano experience -- and the first Chicano film to be financed by the Mexican government -- Raíces de Sangre tells the story of immigrant workers exploited on both sides of the border. Facing unsafe conditions, a group of young Chicano workers tries to organize for better conditions but are thwarted by their own co-workers who've accepted bribes from the Americans in turn for stymieing the effort. - Richard Yniguez, León Singer, Enrique Muñoz
Producers Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE)
Original title Raíces de Sangre
Directors Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writers Jesús Salvador Treviño

Cast

Richard Yniguez

as Carlos Rivera

Enrique Muñoz

as Adolfo

Pepe Serna

as Juan

Adriana Rojo

as Rosa

Roger Cudney

as Factory foreman

León Singer

as Rogelio