The Wetback

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A group of students from Universidad Francisco Marroquín present a three-act musical that describes the reality of immigrants to the United States and what could happen when they return home. The story describes what happens when a group of immigrants returns to Guatemala after working up north. Harnessing their enterprising spirit, they find new opportunities for themselves that lead to success. The story also describes the establishment of a free market society throughout the entire American continent with Guatemala City as the capital. In this New America, there is no more government intervention and the success of private enterprise benefits everyone.  

Credits

The Wetback
UFM students
Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference, APEE
Guatemala City
April 6, 2009

Student participation: Josemanuel Aguilar Méndez, Egemberto Alvergue Martínez, Raúl Horacio Arévalo Rabe, Fernando Raúl Arredondo Vargas, Vivian Michelle Barascout Ortiz, Javier Bathen Romero, Rodrigo Alfredo Bauer Herbruger, Juan Diego Berger Crespo, Ana Maren Blasberg Rademann, Kathelyne María Bueso Matheu, Alfredo Alejandro Cardona Madero, Adriana María Castellanos Bustamante, Santiago Castillo Castillo, Melvin Haroldo Chávez Trinidad, María Alejandra Cifuentes Sedano, Carla María Colindres Garzaro, Ana Miriam Coloma De León, Carlos Andrés Contreras Ovalle, Alejandro Dubón Ruiz, Carlos Fernando Dubois Ochoa, Ana Silvia Escobar Morales, Carolina Isabel Escobar Estrada, Silvia María Escobar Valverde, José Andrés Faerron Dollagaray, Miriam Sofía Figueroa Calderón, Fabiana García Calvinisti, María Inés Gisbert Bernadas, Ramiro Enrique Godoy Solórzano, Juan Miguel Goyzueta Villegas, Ana Lucía Gutiérrez Gordo, Sebastian Ibárgüen Dougherty, Carmen María López Juárez, Luis Pedro López Recinos, José Eduardo Martínez Muñoz, Ingrid Elizabeth Marroquín Córdova, Sofía Maselli Yurrita, Alejandro Matheu Luarca, María Estefanía Mollinedo Cóbar, Erick Fernando Montufar y Montufar, Sofía Alejandrina Morales Ángel, Eduardo Antonio Morales Jiménez, José Felipe Muralles Grajeda, Ricardo Alfredo Nicol Vielman, Gregg André Ochaita Allen, Pablo José Orozco Marquéz, Raúl Alexander Oxón De León, Mario Rolando Pivaral González, Claudie Nicole Polasek Franco, María Andree Polo Perdomo, Federico Rincón Escobar, Marcos Ríos Lam, Lord Byron Rodas Marquéz, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez González, Jhanen Noemí Rodríguez Ruiz, Roberto Rodríguez Sagastume, Laura Sofía Sánchez Alquijay, José Rafael Salguero Recinos, Paola Salomón Godoy, Ana Sam Mío, César Samayoa Goicolea, Ane Lisse Sánchez Godoy, Alejandro José Sánchez Quiñonez, María José Sánchez Romero, María Fernanda Sosa Sosa, Marco Aurelio Urízar Valdéz, María Andree Vasquez Dacaret, Julio José Vielman Lojo, Alba Valeska Vielman Sazo.

Musical themes: "Mojado" (Ricardo Arjona), "Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II), "Luna de Xelajú" (Paco Pérez), "California, Here I Come" (Al Jolson), "Oklahoma! Overture" (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II), "Anything You Can Do" (Irving Berlin), "The Liberty Bell" (John Philip Sousa), "Don't Fence Me In" (Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter), "God Bless America" (Irving Berlin).

A New Media - UFM production.  Guatemala, April 2009.
Camera: Mario Estrada, Mynor de León; digital editing: Mynor de León; index and synopsis: Sergio Bustamante; content revisers: Daphne Ortiz, Jennifer Keller; publication: Mario Pivaral/Carlos Petz

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 License
Este trabajo ha sido registrado con una licencia Creative Commons 3.0