Speed Queen

After her mother's death 15-year-old Roma falls ill with a strange disease. Previously distant and emotionally cold towards the teenager, now driven by fear for his daughter's life, her father tries to rebuild their mutual relations.

The saga about a young Latino boy who due to circumstances joins a gang and ultimately winds up in prison. After he does his time he meets a man who helps him from falling back into the gang life. In essence he finds "The Way".

The film was commissioned by the Workers Education Fund to motivate rural voters to vote. It forms part 2 of the so-called "worker film trilogy" together with Norge for folket (1936) and Byg og land hand i hand (1937).