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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. 106+ min. In English & Spanish. Criterion Collection. 1982. DVD ISBN 9781681434865. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781681434858. $39.95. SDH subtitles. Mistakenly suspected of stealing a horse, tenant farmer Gregorio Cortez (Edward James Olmos) shoots the arresting lawman in self-defense, leading to a protracted chase by a posse of Texas rangers. Eventually captured and put on trial for murder, Cortez is threatened by a lynch mob hell-bent on their own racist brand of turn-of-the-20th-century frontier justice. Based on a real incident, Robert M. Young's powerful historical drama gets a digital makeover that doesn't disguise its grainy, low-budget roots. Superb extras put this seminal indie film in proper perspective.