La Camioneta: The Journey Of One American School Bus

Running time: 72 mins

The inspiring journey of a bus fraught with danger. Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, colorfully re-painted and used as daily transportation by working class Guatemalans. La Camioneta is the enthralling story of the journey of one such bus and its owner, a man determined to survive as an entrepreneur despite overwhelming odds against his success. In Guatemala, local gangs control the buses by extortion, violence, and even murder, which has become tragically commonplace among those who do not cooperate. Director Mark Kendall dramatically brings us into a world of dreams and ambition, fraught with terror and uncertainty. And in the end, we witness not only the rebirth of an abandoned bus, but the triumph of the human spirit. - Sandy Wolf Preceded by the short films: Safe Agua Peru, Propane Outboard Motors, and Transforming Arsenic Crisis into an Economic Enterprise.