Review of film: “SIN NOMBRE” + TALK by director FUKUNAGA — ‘Without A Name’ has much to be Remembered

Review of film:  “SIN NOMBRE”  + TALK by Director CARY FUKUNAGA  —

        ‘Without A Name’ has much to be Remembered  =

                       Rating:  8.5 of 10 stars.

(Based on an advance preview:)  During an in-person talk before showing his film, Director CARY FUKUNAGA, a 31-year-old American NYU Film School student, said he considers this his ‘Thesis’ work towards a degree...

...  It’s already won awards at Sundance in the 2009 U.S. Dramatic competition for Directing and Excellence in Cinematography…

…  Rather than being about the direct question of illegal immigration from Central America into the U.S., it’s more about the JOURNEY of Hondurans (including a woman, Sayra, played by PAULINA GAYTAN) and their difficulties getting thru Mexico to the U.S....

...  It also focuses on help given by a teenaged male gang member (played by EDGAR M. FLORES, who’d never acted before) while he tries to escape his ex-gang-members who are chasing him…

…  In gritty detail, it tells the harrowing problems encountered by the eager illegals and the violence-fueled gangs that work to enlist young new recruits to their pointless & wasteful non-causes...

...  The subtitled-from-Spanish film effectively makes you CARE about the participants, and it’s a fascinating excursion.

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