Don’t know if you need any other reason to go to the SD Latino Film Festival than the fact that all the films are excellent, but if you do need inspiration the film “Without Men”, starring Eva Longoria and Kate del Castillo, is “buzzing” on the web due to a

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cuando decidió convertirse en doctor en la universidad, Raúl Trejo sabía que quería volver al sur de San Diego y contribuir con sus conocimientos y pasión por la salud de su comunidad.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Siempre había tenido esa idea, siempre había tenido eso en mente: volver a mi familia y la comunidad que yo conocía”, dijo Trejo. “El sur de San Diego es muy importante para mí”.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ethel Gist bought her dream house and planned to retire to Antioch, Calif. Instead, the 70-year-old lost the house during the height of the foreclosure crisis, and now rents a place with her daughter and two grandchildren.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Their days were long, their nights short, but their labor under the hot sun were also driven by dreams of returning home to Mexico — and the embrace of their loved ones. Back home, these Mexican workers hoped the U.S. dollars the earned would enable them to add a new room to the old house, or perhaps buy a cow or parcel of land.</p>