The ballad of Gregorio Cortez
By: producers, Moctesuma Esparza, Michael Hausman ; written by Victor Villaseñor, Robert M. Young ; directed by Robert M. Young
Contributors: Olmos, Edward James, actor; Gammon, James, actor; Bower, Tom, 1938- actor; Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999
Series: The Criterion collection -- 940; Criterion collection -- 940.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Drama; Texas Rangers; Mexican Americans; Film adaptations; Murder
Description: Set in 1901 Texas, a Mexican-American farmer must run for his life after he is accused of murdering a Texas Ranger.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

Based on the book "With his pistol in his hand" by Américo Paredes.

Mono, wide screen 1.85:1.

Essay by film scholar Charles Ramírez Berg in container.

Features: new interview with actor and producer Edward James Olmos; new interview with Chon A. Noriega, author of Shot in America : television, the state, and the rise of Chicano cinema; cast-and-crew panel from 2016 including Olmos, director Robert M. Young, producer Moctesuma Esparza, cinematographer Reynaldo Villalobos, and actors Bruce McGill, Tom Bower, Rosanna DeSoto, and Pepe Serna.

Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James.

MPAA rating: PG.

For private home use only.

In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles.