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. "This is powerful reportage, beautifully shot and gracefully laid out.... (Full plot summary below)
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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. "This is powerful reportage, beautifully shot and gracefully laid out.
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| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressWhile The Counselor focused on the hopeless darkness, Mark Kendall finds the humanity that keeps the lights on while fully aware of what could await them down the road. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenMark Kendall’s quietly moving documentary, La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus, is as modest and farsighted as its cast of Guatemalans who make a living resurrecting discarded American school buses. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallA lyrical probing of a culture precariously balanced between past and future, making do in the present by renovating American hand-me-downs. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsThis sense of childlike wonder, and the respect accorded everyone involved in prolonging the bus's usefulness, are all the more impressive given that Kendall concludes with a sobering assessment of widespread civilian violence in Central America. |
| Flick NationSara Maria VizcarrondoThough Mark Kendall's documentary only alludes to the condition of "public" transportation in Guatemala, he gives us a clear feeling for the imminent danger of the job. |
| The PlaylistEmma Bernstein“La Camioneta” is at once an insightful documentary and a poignant allegory. |
| GuernicaEla BittencourtKendall makes his documentary memorable by resisting the urge to give crime center stage. Instead he focuses on the lives being quietly and doggedly built, even if at a great risk. |
| It's Just MoviesRon WilkinsonA short and easygoing film, this is a great movie to take in before dinner and one you should see when it comes to your local art house. Do not miss this bus. |
| tonymacklin.netTony MacklinPerhaps Kendall's greatest strength is finding expressive Guatemalan faces. |
| User ReviewDavid FWhat happened to those old yellow and black school buses you used to ride in? Director Mark Kendall wants to show you in this fascinating film that opens viewers to a part of Guatemala they probably never knew about. |
