Año Nuevo

Año Nuevo (1981)

Documentary

Emmy-winning documentary by a UCLA student concerning undocumented Mexican workers' struggle on a flower farm in Northern California. The documentary traces the worker's struggle at Año Nuevo flower farm, who were denied proper housing, denied pay, and extorted by the flower farm owner, and their attempt to bring a civil lawsuit against him. Footage includes interviews with dozens of Año Nuevo workers and main organizers, lawyers representing the group, local and state employees, and the owner of Año Nuevo farm. The documentary weaves in a history of Mexican immigration to the U.S., the struggles associated with crossing the border, the economic history of Mexico, and the crisis of transnational production in Mexico, displacing access to food staples. Following the bureaucratic state involvement with Año Nuevo Housing department and wage violations, workers organized from 1977-1979 to bring civil suit against their employer.

Director: Todd Darling

Casts

	Burt Corona as Narrator
	Bonifado Gomez as Himself
	Reginaldo Gomez Ortiz as Himself
	Isias Espina Bojorguez as Himself
	Fructoso Gomez Ortiz as Himself
	Genaro Monroy as Himself
	Pedro García Jimenez as Himself
	Emiliano Garcia Diaz as Himself
	Francisco Gomez Morales as Himself
	Guilermo Martinez as Himself
	Hugo Diego as Himself
	Gabriel Salgado Fuentes as Himself
	Gerado Vasquez Cortez as Himself
	Alphonso Vasquez Cortez as Himself
	Javier Maldonado Cortez as Himself
	Gabriel Hernandez Pacheco as Himself
	Francisco Santiago Herrera as Himself
	Agustin Rodriguez Gomez as Himself
	Manual Salgado Fuentes as Himself
	Conrado Ramirez as Himself
	Norm Benedtti as Himself
	Donald Garibaldi as Himself
	Jorge Bustamonte as Himself
	Peter Baird as Himself
	Richard Fagen as Himself
	Leonard Chew as Himself
	Susan Jackson as Herself
	Jose Raso as Himself
	Miguel Mendez as Himself
	Susan Feldberg as Herself
	Mario Vasquez as Himself

Crew