La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
72 mins
(4 votes)

Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. LA CAMIONETA follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.

Cast

    Director

    • Mark Kendall

    Producers

    • Mark Kendall
    • Rafael de Jesús Quinteros González

    Screenwriter

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