My Family (film)

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My Family

Directed by	Gregory Nava
Produced by	Francis Ford Coppola
Written by	Gregory Nava Anna Thomas
Starring	Jimmy Smits Jennifer Lopez Edward James Olmos Esai Morales Elpida Carrillo Lupe Ontiveros
Cinematography	Edward Lachman Jason Poteet
Editing by	Nancy Richardson
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	May 3, 1995 (U.S. release)
Running time	128 min.
Language	English Spanish
IMDb profile

My Family is a 1995 film directed by Gregory Nava, who was previously nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay in El Norte. Gregory Nava and his then wife, Anna Thomas, also wrote the screenplay. The film is also known as My Family/Mi Familia.

The film tracks three generations of a Latino family that emigrated from Mexico and settled in East Los Angeles. In the 1930's Maria and Jose, the first generation, go to the U.S., meet and marry, and face deportation due to political and cultural intolerance.

The second generation, in the 1950's, deals with the children of Maria and Jose, and the continued ethnic bigotry they face in Los Angeles.

In the 1980's, as the second generation matures, the third generation face situations like acculturation, assimilation, and the echos of past wrongs on the family.

1 Awards
2 Taglines
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards (AMPAS): Nominated, Best Make-Up.
Casting Society of America: Nominated, Best Casting for Feature Film.
NCLR Bravo Award, Winner, Outstanding Feature Film.

[edit] Taglines

Three generations of dreams.

[edit] Trivia

Film locations: the film was filmed in Michoacán, Mexico and Los Angeles, Calif.
According to Imdb, "The final scene is duplicated shot-for-shot from the final scene of Apur Sansar (1959).
Jennifer Lopez had a small 5 - 7 minute part in the film.
Exposé singer Jeanette Jurado had a cameo playing "Rosie" of Rosie & The Originals.