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Hijos de la Guerra tells the story of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), an international Hispanic street gang founded by Salvadoran civil war refugees, which the U.S government singles out as the fastest-growing and most violent gang in the country. The film explores the individual motivations behind gang membership and the ensuing explosion of fratricidal violence, as well as the complex role of social and government policy in attempting to contain and yet unintentionally encouraging the spread of the gang.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declared the Mara Salvatrucha to be the country's largest and most violent street gang. The Bureau recently listed the fight against the MS-13 as one of its top enforcement priorities.
The Mara Salvatrucha was formed in Los Angeles during the late 1980s by teenage refugees from the Salvadoran civil war, as a means of protecting themselves from the crossfire of ethnic rivalries. MS-13 has since become a notorious and growing threat throughout 33 states in the nation and every country in Central America.
At its inception, the newly formed gang channeled the widespread trauma that a genocidal civil war had wrought on an entire generation of orphaned and militarized kids into fanatical violence. This formed the basis for MS-13's explosive growth. The institution of stern and increasingly systematic U.S. deportation policies, along with forceful, armed repression of the members by the Salvadoran government, radicalized the group and established its hold in Central America. Instead of reducing the gang's influence, these policies amplified its reach from the barrios of a single city to the cities of an entire continent. The violence perpetrated by members of the MS- 13 surged while its criminal activity intensified, making the gang more difficult to control.
HIJOS DE LA GUERRA ("Children of the War") is the first feature-length documentary film to tell the history of the MS-13. It addresses the motives and circumstances that have fueled this gang's ominous rise to power.
Director: Alexandre Fuchs
Producer: Alexandre Fuchs, Jonathan Bollier
Editor: Taige Jensen
Screenwriter: Jeremy Fourteau
Cinematographer: Samantha Belmont
Music: Nathan Matthew David
Filmography: Debut Feature Film
Running Time: 81 mins
