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2003 | Color | 22 min

The Embargo The story of the Veracruz Harbor Labor Union mired in gangs and corruption. The federal government took over their headquarters and relinquished it to private industry. The union members lost their jobs. Some of them committed suicide; others still fight to get back what was theirs. A hope for some, nostalgia for others. The story has been written


Country: México
Direction: Boege; Martín
Production: Boege; Martín
Photography: Anay; Alberto
Sound: Barberis; Matías
Music: González; Erando
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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