El Cholo (In The Beginning)

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"El Cholo (the Beginning)" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast on unknown


Synopsis

A Nicaraguan man talks about his life. He grew up with musician grandfather in Nicaragua. Castrating and slaughtering a pig. Slaughtering cows. Coming to the US on the bus. His rebellious sister, sniffing glue, stealing bikes, then cars. Breaking into houses. Mugging people. His mother becomes ill. His sister gets attacked by a jealous boyfriend. His sister skips bail and his mother loses her business and they get thrown out. His sister robs their house and the neighbors. She overdoses. He and friends steal his mother's car and run away to San Francisco. They get mugged in a cheap hotel, try to rip off a Chinese restaurant but are intercepted. He becomes abusive to his girlfriend. He gets arrested trying to pull her off a bus in Tijuana. Getting picked up by men. Wanting to escape from Los Angeles.


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Work In Progress

Another Country (Part 1) | Another Country (Part 2) | Another Country (Part 3) | At The Border | Bad | The Best | Building A Church | Case Studies | Cocktails Before Dinner | Dear Annie | The Dictator (Part 1) | The Dictator (Part 2) | The Dictator (Part 3) | Dreamland | Dreams Of The River | El Cholo (In The Beginning) | Emerald Isle | Emergency Room | Five Part Dissonance | Great Lives | Great Lives (Remix) | He Hesitated | Highways West | Home | Iceland (Part 1) | Iceland (Part 2) | Iceland (Part 3) | I'm Not Crazy | In The Dark (Part 1) | In The Dark (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3) | Islands | A Kiss Is Just A Kiss | A Landing Strip In The Jungle | Let Me Not Dream | Lines | The More I Know You | Nausea | Night (Remix) | Night (Part 1) | Night (Part 2) | Nightride | No Show | On The Edge | A Pact With God | Performer | Photography | The Policemen's Ball | Pretender | Rain | Redneck Rounder | Rent A Family (Part 1) | Rent A Family (Part 2) | Rent A Family (Part 3) | Road To Hell | Rose | Sleep | Stories For Nothing | The Street | Summer Notes (Remix) | Talking About Love | Tell Me What To Do | Thank You, You're Beautiful | To The Bar Life | The Truth About Women (Part 1) | The Truth About Women (Part 2) | Two Babes | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel | Why I Don't Love You Anymore | Words

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