Elpidia Carrillo

Nine Lives
6.7

Nine Lives

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
A Day Without a Mexican
4.8

A Day Without a Mexican

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.
They Come at Night
6.1

They Come at Night

In 1986 LA, an illegal immigrant (Elpidia Carrillo) suffers from past tortures in her native El Salvador. Her husband had been killed and her two children taken from her. She was an educated teacher with a philosophy degree, but now is forced to take only the most menial tasks and lives in a roach-infested dwelling. This fragile woman is turned ...