The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) of the United States celebrates Latino/x Heritage Month with the documentary “Bulls and Saints” which will be broadcast on September 18th at 10 p.m. ET/9 Central and will be available to stream until December 17, 2023 at pbs.org. and PBS App.
Tacho and Cecilia are from a small Mexican village Cheran. They had intended to stay one year in the United States yet after that year and 19 others they remain in rural North Carolina with hundreds of Mexican families. Tacho and Cecilia are undocumented hence illegally in the United States. They haven’t seen their families since arriving in the United States hence there is loneliness and guilt and leaving their parents behind. And they work so hard with differing schedules Tacho misses his own children and wishes he could spend more time with them.
Life is hard but they are handcuffed by the lure of cash to fund their dream of constructing a home in Cheran. Tacho at one point realizes his life is with his family in the United States yet he continually repeats he will be returning with Cecilia to Cheran where he will have a small ranch. It is always tomorrow but will that tomorrow ever come?
Although the story of Tacho and Cecilia is interesting and highly personal their story is a common one amongst many immigrants. We see both Tacho and Cecilia’s mothers who carry on used to their absent children.
Immigration is a tough game and one is left with the impression the day of tomorrow and their return to Mexico is part of the immigration process for Mexicans in the United States.
Tacho quotes a popular expression that it is the bulls that throw you to the ground and the saints lift you to heaven. The pitfalls of illegal immigration may throw you bulls but Tacho and Cecilia have shown they can pick themselves up in the daily grind to survive but is a heavenly return to Mexico is but a dream?
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