I recently sat down and watched Maria Full of Grace. The movie was made in 2004 and was directed and written by Josh Marston. The movie is about a woman from Columbia, Maria Alvarez, who is forced to work in a sweat shop to support her family. Maria is faced with some very difficult situations, which forces her to quit her job. She looks for a new job when she is offered a position to transfer drugs. This will make her a lot of money, but is very dangerous. The job requires her to swallow a capsule full of drugs and she is ordered to transfer them to New York City. Maria Full of Grace is a heartbreaking story. The amount of pain and suffering Maria has to go through is awful. It is a very good and interesting film though. I watched this movie at home, but I think the SIUE Foreign Language Lab was offering it to watch for lab minutes! I recommend that everyone watches this movie!-Ashley Kurtz
