La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus (2013)

Overview : Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. LA CAMIONETA follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.

Release Date : May 31, 2013

Runtime : 72m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Follow Your Nose Films, Ek Balam Producciones

Countries : United States of America, Guatemala

Keywords : artwork, migration, transportation, guatemala, school bus, americas, repurposing