The Bracero and the Hummingbird
Logline: Determined to support his niece and her family, a Zapotec migrant worker, returns to the United States year after year, in the face of mounting challenges.
Characters
GOZIO CASIMIRO, mid-20s, short, wiry, and clever. Speaks Zapotec, and some Spanish. He is going to America, to work as a bracero (aka a migrant day laborer)
NAYELI, 8, Gozio’s precocious niece. She has a close bond with Gozio.
ADOLFO, late 20s. A wandering day laborer and Gozio's friend.
XQUENDA, late 20s, Gozio’s brother who has grand dreams, but is bound to the village.
YEJ SUSEN & ATL, Gozio’s sister and brother in law
ZYANA, Gozio’s grandmother.
ISA & ANA, Luz’s daughters.
Vision: Immigrant Stories
“The Bracero and the Hummingbird”, tells the story of Gozio, a Zapotec migrant worker and bracero, who journeys to find work in the United States and back home again, and again and again, despite the hardships he endures. It also focuses on his strong, uncle-niece relationship with 7 year old Nayeli, and how a turn of events beyond their control, changes their lives forever, before he arrives at Chavez Ravine.
This story was written as both a stand alone short script and as introduction to Gozio, as one"barrio characters", in Chavez Ravine, as the series storylines in Esperanza's World develop.
