One of the most celebrated living writers of the Mexican-American experience, Octavio Solis pens a 21st-century tale inspired by John Steinbeck鈥檚 The Grapes of Wrath. William Joad has no heir to bequeath the family farm to 鈥� until he learns about Mart铆n Jodes, a young Mexican-American migrant worker descended from Steinbeck鈥檚 protagonist Tom Joad. In a reversal of the Joads鈥� mythic journey, William and Mart铆n embark on a road trip from California鈥檚 migrant farm camps back to Oklahoma, where they reckon with their brutal pasts and forge an unlikely bond. Along their journey on the Mother Road, they gather a chorus of travelers.
Witness Solis鈥� soaring poetry, gritty realism, and mythic scope as he captures the intersection of people, cultures, and migration in the American West.
Directed by David Mendiz谩bal
Featuring Cher 脕lvarez, James Carpenter, Daniel Duque-Estrada, Emilio Garcia-Sanchez, Branden Davon Lindsay, Michael Moreland Milligan, Lindsay Rico, Benny Wayne Sully, Courtney Walsh, Scott Coopwood, Marilet Martinez, Kenny Scott, Angel Villalobos
