America
América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other latinas, América finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her story?
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“Silent history done right” “The fight for freedom” “Classic battle scenes” “Exceptional but bogged down by a silly romance” (IMDB reviews quotes). NOTE: This complete version joins together what only had been available at IA as two separate video files. D W Griffith’s last silent epic is the story of the founding of America told from the perspective of a fictional family’s experiences during the Revolutionary War. Occasionally slow and ponderous nevertheless this is an eminently watchable silent spectacular. Viewable video quality. IMDB rating 6.5. Produced and directed by D W Griffith. Released in 1924. Complete print. AKA “Love and Sacrifice” (UK)
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- Director
- Sonia Fritz
- Starring
- Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias, Rachel Ticotin, Edward James Olmos, Yareli Arizmendi, Luis Gonzaga, Talia Rothenberg, Monica Steuer
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