Oaxacalfiornia

Oaxacalfiornia

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Runtime

1h 48m

Original Title

Oaxacalfiornia

Director

Sylvia Stevens

Description

Sylvia Stevens' 1995 documentary introduced viewers to the Mejía family of Fresno, California, whose parents emigrated from Mexico's beautiful but impoverished southern province of Oaxaca to make a living in the U.S. Despite the family's thriving landscaping business and thoroughly assimilated children, the ties to the family's ancestral home are strong, maintained each year with a family trip back for their home village of Jaltepec's fiesta in honor of Saint Mary Magdalene.