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Angel and Big Joe

Angel, a 15-year-old Chicano migrant worker, has to make a difficult decision: whether to move and help his family in Arizona or stay in New Jersey and go into business with his new friend Joe, a telephone repair man.

Credits

Directed by
Bert Salzman
Written by
Bert Salzman
Cast
Paul Sorvino
Music
Harry Manfredini
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For most of his life, Angel has been a migrant worker, helping his family as they move from place to place picking crops. When a phone won’t work, Angel enlists “Big Joe’s” aid to repair it - and from then on a friendship develops. Joe and the boy team up to start a rose-growing business. A call from Angel’s father comes, the family must leave. Angel can stay with Joe and the promise of a future, or he can go with his family and continue in the uncertain lifestyle of his parents. Value issue: responsibility to self verses family.

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  8. Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody, The 1978
  9. Snowbound 1978
  10. Best Horse 1979
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  12. Family of Strangers (Edited Version) 1980
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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q4762305 ↗ — color, country, genre, credits
  3. Internet Archive · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, genre, description, video
  4. 16mm Filmography editors — sound, description, video

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