Sweet 15
by Victoria Hochberg
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Actor: Jenny Gago, Karla Montana, Lennard Camarillo, Panchito Gomez, Tony PlanaDirector: Victoria Hochberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: All Things Family
Movie Reviews of Sweet 15
Movie Review: A Parent's Review
Summary: 1 Stars
Sweet 15 was shown in 3 parts in my son's junior high Spanish class. When I heard about the subject matter, I went to the school to watch it.
I was appalled that this film would be shown in school! It's theme was supposed to be about quincea?era, but the real theme was how the girl's father was in the US illegally(breaking the law)and now needed signatures of past employers to fill out his amnesty papers (the teacher explained amnesty was forgiveness for breaking the law as long as you were employed the whole time you were here in the USA).
The girl's father could not get in to see his supervisors at his past jobs in the lawn mowing, fence building, restaurant, junkyard and trucking industries because of horribly rude and racist white people (Not to mention the rough treatment by immigration officers during a raid).
When the 15-year old daughter took it upon herself to help her father and go to the employers herself for the signatures, she was faced with bigots like a white junkyard owner saying, "How should I know if he ever worked here? I've got alot of wetbacks working for me and they ALL look alike!"
Of course the young girl softened the owner's heart by shaming him and reminding him that signing her father's amnesty papers was the right thing to do.
This movie was a slap in the face to white people; it insulted Mexican-Americans and all immigrants who have worked so hard to come to this country LEGALLY through the system.
Sweet 15 had NO place in a school classroom. Its message was that it's ok to break the law (as long as you are working) and all would be forgiven. Not the right message for our young people.
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