Plot: Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events. Written by IMDb
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Why Watch It: Powerful and realistic depiction of the dangers that Latino Americans face while trying to reach America.

Cast: Kristian Ferrer, Édgar Flores, Paulina Gaitan

Plot: In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria (Catalina Sandino Moreno) supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets of cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned. Written by Stephen Bowen

Why See It: A heartwrenching look at the American-Colombian drug exchange, and the lives of those on the bottom.

Cast: Catalina Sandino Moreno