Bread and roses / a Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films production ; with the participation of British Screen [and others] ; a co-production between Britain, Germany and Spain ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay by Paul Laverty ; directed by Ken Loach.

Maya is an illegal alien who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Parallax Pictures
Road Movies Filmproduktion
Tornasol Films
Alta Films
British Screen
Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Other Authors: Loach, Ken, 1936-
O'Brien, Rebecca
Brody, Adrien
Laverty, Paul
Padilla, Pilar
Carrillo, Elpidia
Lopez, George, 1961-
Language:English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional Spanish and English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Cleaning personnel > United States > Drama.
Labor unions > Organizing > United States > Drama.
Hispanic Americans > Employment > California > Drama.
Unauthorized immigration > United States > Drama.
Noncitizens > United States > Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Bread & roses.
Format: Video DVD

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