Bilingual Movie Guide: A Million Miles Away | Questions in English & SPANISH

2 Movie Guides. 1 completely in English and 1 completely in Spanish. Product includes 33 Movie Guide Questions in chronological order 100% in ENGLISH & SPANISH. Includes pre-listening, during listening and post listening questions. Rated PG and perfect for any classroom! Includes Answer Key and images to help scaffold and better understand the film.

Synopsis: Jose M Hernandez was born in Mexico. While working in the fields, he co-developed the first digital mammography imaging system. He then persevered to become a crew member on Space Shuttle mission STS-128.

Perfect for any other units such as: Contemporary Life, Education, immigration, childhood, immigration, educational communities, migration, traditions and values, family structure, personal relationships, traditions, social values, careers, diversity, science, SPACE, NASA, agriculture, latinos in science, latinx heritage month, hispanic heritage month, california, Texas, tejas, Michoacán, monarch butterflies, mariposas monarcas, bracero movement, chicanos, chicanismo and more.

Synopsis: Inspired by the real-life story of NASA flight engineer José Hernández, A Million Miles Away follows him on a decades-long journey, from a rural village in Michoacán, Mexico, to more than 200 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station. With the support of his family, José’s drive & determination culminates in the opportunity to achieve his seemingly impossible goal.

• Rating: PG
• Genre: Biography, Drama
• Original Language: English
• Director: Alejandra Márquez Abella
• Producer: Mark Ciardi, Campbell McInnes
• Writer: Alejandra Márquez Abella, Bettina Gilois, Hernán Jiménez
• Release Date (Theaters): Sep 8, 2023  Limited
• Release Date (Streaming): Sep 15, 2023
• Runtime: 2h 1m
• Distributor: Amazon Studios
• Production Co: Amazon Studios, Select Films, Redrum
• Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
• Stars: Michael Peña, Rosa Salazar, Julio Cesar Cedillo

Critics Consensus

Thanks in part to a pair of appealing lead performances, A Million Miles Away is one inspirational biopic that mostly avoids heavy-handed gimmicks.

Este filme se relaciona a los temas de AP Spanish Language and Culture:

This film relates to the following AP Spanish Language and Culture Themes:

Las familias y las comunidades

• contexto 1 Las comunidades educativas
• contexto 2 Las redes sociales
• contexto 3 La geografía humana
• contexto 4 Las tradiciones y los valores
• contexto 5 La ciudadanía global
• contexto 6 La estructura de la familia

Families and Communities

• context 1 Educational communities
• context 2 Social networks
• context 3 The human geography
• context 4 Traditions and values
• context 5 Global citizenship
• context 6 The family structure

Contemporary life - La vida contemporánea

Contexto 1 La educación y las carreras profesionales

Contexto 2 El entretenimiento y la diversión

Contexto 3 Los viajes y el ocio

Contexto 4 Las relaciones personales

contexto 5 Los estilos de vida

contexto 6 Las tradiciones y los valores sociales

Context 1 Education and professional careers

Context 2 Entertainment and fun

Context 3 Travel and leisure

Context 4 Personal relationships

context 5 Lifestyles

context 6 Traditions and social values

Identidades personales y públicas | Identidades privadas y públicas

• Contexto l La enajenación y la asimilación
• Contexto 2 La autoestima
• Contexto 3 La identidad nacional y la identidad étnica
• Contexto 4 Los intereses personales
• Contexto 5 Las creencias personales
• Contexto 6 Los héroes y los personajes históricos

Personal and Public Identities | Private and Public Identities

• Context l Disposal and assimilation
• Context 2 Self-esteem
• Context 3 National identity and ethnic identity
• Context 4 Personal interests
• Context 5 Personal beliefs
• Context 6 Heroes and historical figures

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Ciencia y Tecnología

• contexto 1 Tecnología, individuo y sociedad
• contexto 2 El cuidado de la salud y la medicina
• contexto 3 La ciencia y la ética
• contexto 4 Los fenómenos naturales
• contexto 5 El acceso a la tecnología
• contexto 6 Las innovaciones tecnológicas

• context 1 Technology, individual and society
• context 2 Health care and medicine
• context 3 Science and ethics
• context 4 Natural phenomena
• context 5 Access to technology
• context 6 Technological innovations