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La Boda
(The Wedding)
A videotape by
Hannah Weyer
Grades 6 and up
Establishing a foundation for "Escuela," this provocative documentary is the first by Hannah Weyer to chronicle the Luis family and their struggles as a migrant farm workers. Profiling the 22-year old Elizabeth Luis (Liliana’s sister) during the weeks leading up to her wedding, "La Boda" unfolds the challenges and sacrifices faced by Mexican-American girls who labor as seasonal agricultural workers. Relevant for conversations dealing with cultural identity and the US Latino experience, "La Boda" presents an aspect of the American experience that few teens ever see or encounter.
- Broadcast Nationally on PBS
- Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival
- Human Rights Watch Film Festival
“…Highly recommended for Latino and Multicultural Studies.”
Patricia B. McGee
Educational Media Review Online
“***…reveals how strong cultural traditions and family support help soften the economic hardship of migrant life, shaping a young couple’s hopes and plans for the future.”
A. Cantú
Video Librarian
“…shows both how different life is for migrant laborers and how universal is the human experience…Recommended for public and academic libraries.”
Roxann Bustos
Library Journal
“The constant migration of this family is the life of people who live next door and we never see…[A] very intimate story that very vividly describes cultural differences.”
Lisa Hughes
National Center for Farmworker Health
"In 'La Boda', promising filmmaker Hannah Weyer creates an audio-visual portrait that belongs in the extended American family album, with the story of a wedding in one migrant's family. The family's open generosity to Weyer is as remarkable as her skill at sketching their characters. Along with sibling affection and mother-daughter tiffs, the film takes us across borders we rarely even see: borders of class and nation, and
the many borders crossed every season by the people who harvest the nation's food.
La Boda is a warm, affectionate, revealing and ultimately sobering look at the life of migrant workers, as it follows the daughter of the family through her wedding. It illuminates discussions of immigration, class, gender, culture and the economics of agriculture under globalization. It will be equally useful in American studies, sociology, and women's studies."
Patricia Aufderheide
American University
"Thoroughly charming and touching...one can't help but feel bouyed by Elizebeth's girlish dreams and the unwavering strength of the community's family traditions."
San Antonio Express News
League of United Latin American Citizens National Education Service Centers
National Association of Migrant Education
United Farmworkers of America
POV’s Website on La Boda
Review of "La Boda" from La Prensa in San Diego
LA Weekly's Review of "La Boda"
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