Cartoneo Y Nopalitos Analysis

“Cartoneo y Nopalitos” is a film written and directed by Pablo Veliz from San Antonio, TX inspired in his sister Benny’s story. This film narrates the story of Carla, a young Mexican immigrant, who has the dream of becoming her grandfather’s physician. Shortly after, she realizes that her vision will not be possible because of her undocumented status, which prevents her from not only achieving the American dream but take her away from her family.
This film is an awesome piece of art. It is incredible the way it is possible to transmit a huge and powerful message in just an hour and forty minutes. From this, people may learn to appreciate what they have, talking about the ones who enjoy of legal status, because sometimes they do not realize others would love to have the chances they have only because of a “legal citizenship status.” The best fact about this film is the way the author portrayed reality in life. Most of the time people is used to witness a happy ending, but this was not the case. Veliz knew exactly how to portray a reality that many people do not like to realize. As well, several key quotes or phrases he used helped to enhance the meaning of this story as when they said “Nomas por los coyotes en la colina, no vamos a dejar de criar gallinas.” This gave the message of realizing that, after all, troubles are part of life, so people must learn to deal with it and do not give up. Moreover, the
It is good to realize that the author is a young Chicano man willing to raise the voice for all the ones who are not able. It is important to keep transmitting this kind of message because people needs to remember being illegal does not make them less. This kind of works should continue, mostly after the last elections which led to an apparent unfavorable result for the Chicano people. After all, as Veliz said, the main idea is to change peoples’ heart because only love will defeat all the hate and racism that exist