Mexican Boy: the Story of Pablo
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.120
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content: REMC 2 educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 678 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film, produced and distributed for Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Films, tells story of a young Mexican boy and his family who lives in an unidentified village in southeastern Mexico. The boy Pablo wants a pair of shiny new shoes to wear to the feast of the Virgin of Guadelupe. He does a variety of odd jobs to earn the money for the shoes but instead of buying the shoes he gives the money to his mother to pay for medicine for a sick sister. On the day of the feast, at the Shrine of the Virgin of Guadelupe in Mexico City, Pablo gets his shoes. Film includes scenes of a street market and daily activities in rural Mexican village, Pablo with his family in their adobe house,and Pablo and his father and brother herding cattle, picking beans and coffee, harvesting maguey and making adobe brick. Footge also includes scenes of Mexican countryside, outskirts of Mexico City and pilgrims at the Shrine of the Virgin of Guadelupe.  

Legacy Keywords: Domestic and family life ; Agriculture Mexico ; Religion Mexico ; Rites and ceremonies