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Alamo Bay: Everett Collection
Alamo Bay
(1985)THE HISTORY In the years following the Vietnam War, the immigrants known as the Boat People flee from Vietnam and land on American shores. In the movie, they're met with less than open arms by the Texas fishing community of the title.
THE STRUGGLE The Vietnamese become scapegoats for the locals' fears of lost jobs and their lingering resentment over the war. Racism becomes a factor as well when the Ku Klux Klan gets involved in the dispute.
WHY YOU'LL WATCH IT The always magnetic Ed Harris, as an increasingly desperate and violence-prone fisherman, and the thoughtful direction by Frenchman Louis Malle.
