I grew up in the "fruit tramp" years. My family went from camp to camp in season; cherries, apples, peaches, pears ... whatever harvest was up, that's where we were. Not Texas but California, Oregon and Washington state. There were all these tales about ranches that picked up workers and the workers were never heard from again. Those horror stories were a part of my real past. So this film touched base with my early fears. Since then I've learned how much of that was myth, but also how, a little slice, some of it was true.
Texas got the headlines but it wasn't an isolated thing. Some of the scary stories of my youth weren't tall tales.
Hoboken Hollow is exaggerated cinema but has roots in an ugly reality. And it wasn't just immigrants, poor American's too, working to better themselves. During those years, many went from poverty to okay to middle class working on various ranches.
It could have been better but I'm startled that the story was even told. It's the second half of the Grapes of Wrath.
Just my opinion.
Hoboken Hollow is a sub par film tackling a thin slice of history. It wants to address the subject but lacks the info to do so. Kudos to the attempt.
I think it was honest - partly.
Texas got the headlines but it wasn't an isolated thing. Some of the scary stories of my youth weren't tall tales.
Hoboken Hollow is exaggerated cinema but has roots in an ugly reality. And it wasn't just immigrants, poor American's too, working to better themselves. During those years, many went from poverty to okay to middle class working on various ranches.
It could have been better but I'm startled that the story was even told. It's the second half of the Grapes of Wrath.
Just my opinion.
Hoboken Hollow is a sub par film tackling a thin slice of history. It wants to address the subject but lacks the info to do so. Kudos to the attempt.
I think it was honest - partly.