A Million Miles Away & The True Story of José Hernández

The feature film makes it abundantly clear that the support of his family — especially that of his wife Adela — was necessary to his success. Though the movie focuses on Hernández, it also tackles the familial sacrifice that allowed him, a working-class migrant, to achieve something of this magnitude. By highlighting the contributions of Adela, played by the electric Rosa Salazar, Márquez Abella was able to bring the female gaze into the production to convey that it often takes a village to get our people to the front.