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The Message for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana August 2, 1991
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'Finding the Way Home' provides rewarding entertainment
BY HENRY HERX
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS} --
Worth some time with the
family is "Finding the Way
Home," airing Sunday, Aug.
1i, 9-11 p.m. EDT an ABC.
A subdued George C. Scott
plays 60-year-old Max Mittel-
mann, a hardware-store
owner who has fallen on hard
times because he hasn't
changed with the times.
His business is failing be-
cause of chain-store competi-
tion and the fact that his old
customers have long departed
the declining neighborhood
where the store is located.
Max's business woes have
also taken their toll on his
personal life. His marriage
has grown cold and his doc-
tor has warned him to slaw
down.
The final straw is a visit
from a city building inspector
requiring Max to make major
structural repairs on the store
or the city will condemn the
property.
Driving home that night,
his mind overwhelmed by his
problems, Max narrowly es-
capes a collision but winds
up in a thicket along a
deserted highway.
Seeking help, Max comes
upon a camp of. Latino farm
workers. When Ruben Lazara-
do (Hector Elizondo}, the
camp's manager, offers to
help, Max realizes he can't re-
member anything but the car
accident and his first name.
Elena (Julie Carmen),
Ruben's widowed sister-in-
law, takes charge of the dis-
oriented Max and puts him
up for the night.
Max stays on in the camp,
waiting for some clue as to
his identity. He makes him-
self useful by fixing things
around the camp, an unex-
plained talent that everyone
appreciates.
As the days .pass, the once-
harried Max relaxes and be-
gins to enjoy life without a
past. He feels at home with
PBS to air 'Maria's Story' August 13
'"MARIA'S STORY," Aug.
13, PBS
The reason why no amount
of military force will stop the
fighting in El Salvador is to
be learned in "Maria's Story,"
airing Taesday, Aug. 13, 10-
11 p.m. EDT on PBS.
The program follows Maria
Serrano, a 39-year-old wife
"and mothes of three, as she
moves thro.lgh the country-
side with the FMLN, the
guerrilla army at war with the
regime in San Salvador.
Maria is a cheerful revolu-
tionary, making light of the
hardships of ltte o.-the.run ,
from he|icopter gunships and
military patrols.
After fleeing a mortar at-
tack on Christmas Eve, Maria
and her comrades march for
hours before setting up their
camp in a safer area.
Clearly exhausted, Maria is
able to joke ebout her tired,
feet and worn-out footwear:
"One day I'm going to change
these old boots for the shoes
of a lady."
Maria comes from a small
town which in 1979 was oc-
cupied by the national guard.
The soldiers massacred all
those who didn't flee.'"l
never lived in a house again,"
Maria comments, matter-of-
factly.
However, she did not join
the FMLN until 1987 whel
her eldest daughter was
caught in an army ambush,
killed and horribly mutilated.
Produced and directed by
Pamela Cohen, Catherine M.
Ryan and Monona Wali, the
"P.O.V." documentary gives
viewers a rare opportunity to
understand the issues from
the point of view of the anti-
government forces.
For Maria, being a guerrilla
is "not the most wonderful
thing in the'world." But fur
those who don't have enough
to live, it's a question of sur-
vival and "if that means pick-
ing up a gun, you pick it up."
This is a vivid portrait of a
woman who is filled with
these migrant workers who
don't have much but share
what they have.
The change in Max is so
dramatic that when Ruben,
who has discovered his busi-
ness card, tells him who he
is, Max is afraid to go back
and face the world he left and
still can't remember.
This story of a man's get-
ting a second chance on life
is warmly told and keeps
viewers rooting for Max to
make it.
The simple life and solid
values of the Latino migrants
is nicely realized. Through
Max, one also gets some un-
derstanding of the hard phys-
ical labor involved in picking
crops and the exploitation of
undocumented workers.
Ruben is a very flawed
character but he, like Max,
undergoes a transformation of
character over the course of
the story. In his case, it is the
love of a good woman
Elena -- which effects the
change.
The story and the charac-
ters are strong enough to
make one forget, for instance,
why no search has been
mounted o find the missing
Max.
Enjoyed for what it is a
fable about people changing
for the good this show
should provide family view-
ers with unusually rewarding
entertainment.
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Describing the event, Maria
says, "lt revives my rage."
Her husband is a peasant
farmer who brings in supplies
for FMLN units. Their middle
daughter works in a medical
clinic and the youngest
daughter, a 13-year-old, ac-
companies her mother with
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hope for a better future. It is a r:_: pr00.planninl00
future she is willing to die Because you care
for.
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One gets the sense that it [.-'"
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vador that Archbishop Oscar Charles H arowmno Jean B,owmnc-HeSlor
Romero gave his support and FUMERAL BITOA FUNERAl. OlAECIOA
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