Presented in 35mm
Mi Familia follows three generations of an immigrant family’s trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose—the first generation—come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, and face deportation, all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the ’50s. As the second generation becomes adults in the ’60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy’s journey to becoming a responsible parent.
