American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
Bordertown
“Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence.”
Overview
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
Director
Gregory Nava
Budget
21.0M
Revenue
8.3M
Status
Released
Production
Mosaic Media Group, El Norte Productions, Nuyorican Productions, Mobius Entertainment Ltd.
Cast
Jennifer Lopez
Lauren Adrian
Martin Sheen
George Morgan
Antonio Banderas
Alfonso Diaz
Maya Zapata
Eva Jimenez
Sonia Braga
Teresa Casillas
Kate del Castillo
Elena Diaz
Randall Batinkoff
Frank Kozerski
Juan Diego Botto
Marco Antonio Salamanca
Irineo Alvarez
Domingo Esparza
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Julio
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Lourdes Jimenez
Rene Rivera
Aris Rodriguez
Karolinah Villarreal
Young Lauren
Debrianna Mansini
Flight Attendant
J.D. Garfield
Doctor Herrera
Juanes
Himself
Teresa Ruiz
Cecilia Rojas
Marilyn Dodds Frank
Donna Mackenzie
Paul Blott
Samuel Denton
Doris Hargrave
Secretary
Amelia Zapata
Lourdes's Friend
Peter Gonzales Falcon
Police Chief
John Norman
Senator Rawlings
Gonzalo Mauro Montiel Aguirre
Curandero
Mike Campos
Police Man
Jorge Urzua
Eduardo Lopes
Ruben G. Rojas
Eduardo's Man
Irene Estrada
Teresa's Maid
Deborah Martinez
Victim's Mother
Eduardo Garza
Arturo
Miguel Piliado
Coyote #1
Héctor Zavala
Coyote #2
Ronald Robert Hamilton
Father (uncredited)
Arlin Alcala
Aunt (uncredited)
Brandon Smith
Mr. Adrian (uncredited)
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