Norteña music is the keystone to this documentary of Mexican-Americans living at the Texas-Mexico border in the mid-seventies. There, the bonding rituals and constant struggles to make ends meet are expressed communally through music and eating. Of course, food is not only a source of cultural and communal sustenance; it also brings pain and hardship, as field work keeps the population employed and transient with each crop season.

(by Rebecca L. Epstein)