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  • Summary: An aspiring corrido composer from the drug capital of Mexico faces two choices to better his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally into the United States. From Sinaloa, Mexico, to the streets of South Central and East L.A., Al Otro Lado explores the world of drug smuggling, illegal immigration and the corrido music that chronicles it all. (Altamura Film)… Expand

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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    Almada steadfastly reserves judgment, which means we don't learn if there are members of the Mexican community who disapprove of corrido's hard-edged lyrics. But she makes a pretty good case for its passionate fans. Like them, we're left unable to get the music - and the musicians - out of our heads.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Serves as a primer on a musical style that may be unfamiliar to many, while putting a human face on the problem of illegal immigrants.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    A competent, earnest ethnographic video doc that never quite rises above its own best intentions.

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