Bless Me

Miriam Colon isn't just the star of Bless Me, Ultima, a gentle soul of a film set in a New Mexico Latino community during World War II. She's also something of a prophet on its behalf, urging more films like this one that, quite literally, calls from the wilderness with a story of America's rich…

It isn't the best movie ever made and it wasn't the best book ever written, but there is something about "Bless Me, Ultima" that makes the story of a boy's journey through the magical time of his youth a rich and compelling tale.