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040 _cSILC
041 _aeng
_beng
_heng
_jeng
_jspa
046 _k2007
050 _aPN1997
_b.B673 2007
100 _aGregory Nava
_91169
245 _aBordertown
_cGregory Nava
_h[videorecording]=
260 _aSpain
_bMöbius Entertainment
_bEl Norte Productions
_bNuyorican Productions
_c2008
300 _a1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.)
_bsound, color.
_c4 3/4 in.
440 _aDavid W. Foster Collection
500 _aSpecial features include: - Exposing teh Juarez Murders: The Making of Bordertown - "Dual Injustice"-- a WITNESS.org Documentary Short - "La Frontera" - A Documentary Short from Executive Producer Barbara Martinez Jitner
520 _aFrom case cover: A powerful story if the life on the border between the United States and Mexico, Bordertown is based on the tragic accounts of hundreds of women working in American-owned factories who have been brutally raped ad murdered in Juarez, a city gripped by fear. the attacks have been covered up by the local authorities, and still continue today. When editor of the Chicago Sentinel George Morgan sends ambitious reporter, Lauren Adrian, to Juarez, Mexico to investigate the murders, what she finds is the story of a lifetime. Eva (Maya Zapata), a young woman who was raped and left for dead in the desert, is the only woman to survive an attack. Unable to go to the police for help, she turns to a local newspaper run by Diaz Alfonso, former friend and colleague of Lauren's. Hiding Eva is incredibly dangerous, but Lauren knows that publishing her story is the only way to expose the truth behind the murders. She is determined to find Eva's attackers but soon finds herself immersed in a dangerous web of corruption that extends to both sides of the border.
_bFrom IMDb: Lauren, an impassioned American reporter for the Chicago Sentinel heads to Juarez, a Mexican bordertown, in order to investigate a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women from all over Mexico. As she discovers hundreds of victims, she gains the trust of local factory workers but falls into danger.
538 _aDVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region 1; 1.78:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
546 _aEnglish audio. Optional Spanish subtitles. Optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing.
700 _aGregory Nava
_eScreenwriter
_eDirector
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700 _aJennifer Lopez
_eActor
700 _aAntonio Banderas
_eActor
700 _aMaya Zapata
_eActor
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_cDVD