This epic exploration of undocumented workers walking to the United States from as far away as El Salvador is unlike any other film on the subject. The narrative sweep is breathtaking, the pathos almost unbearable and the dramatic tension weighs like those steps taken, one after the other, on the long, perilous journey to El Norte. Wetback goes beyond our political expectations to conjure a deeper understanding of what it takes to cross that man-made border south of our comfort zone.  RD