A Trailer for Heidi Specogna's The Short Life Of José Antonio Gutierrez!

Our own Michael Guillen has become a bit of a champion of this film and having finally had the chance to see the trailer, it's easy to understand why. Heidi Specogna's The Short Life Of José Antonio Gutierrez is the true story of a young Latino immigrant who agreed to join the Armed Forces in exchange for US citizenship and was shipped off to Iraq, where he met an early death. Yes, death is always a possibility when you join the army but should the US government really be dangling citizenship as a lure to entice impoverished immigrants to sign on? It's a good question and one the film, be all accounts, does justice ...

The Short Life Website
Michael's interview with cinematographer Rainer Hoffmann
The Short Life Trailer (downloadable Quicktime)