Synopsis
Miguel, a Puerto Rican boy has moved to New York City with his family. He finds his ability to speak English and Spanish puts him at an advantage in assisting his family in their new surroundings. Miguel later stretches his ingenuity to an extreme when, to put food on his family’s table, he goes fishing in the heavily polluted East River. A moving and amusing film with many suprises. Awards: Winner Columbus Film Festival; Best in Category Aired on CBS Childrens Film Festival Columbus Film…
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- 15 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Very upbeat · ERD. · 2007-07-27
Excellent 1970 film, giving a good image to Puerto Ricians who have settled in the states. The acting was very natural. Well directed, written and filmed.
★★★★★ · Excellent for multi-cultural studies. · jeannie7 · 2007-07-26
Miguel is a model for raising self esteem among all ethnic group youngsters! Thanks Bert Salzman for your most sympathetic film.
★★★★★ · koool beanz · ki3rk3gaard · 2011-05-20
I enjoyed this very much but those rellenos de papas in the window made me huuuuuuuungry..lol
★★★ · Another example of my generation · Telephone Toughguy · 2007-06-26
The generation that participated in the american dream by actually becoming part of it, instead of the present wave of immigrants that practice cultural isolationism, hanging flags of the country on their rear view mirrors of the country that was so bad they had to leave, strange. Interesting blend of environmentalism and multiculturalism... hmmm. Looking for a pattern here.
