Disc One:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Gregory Nava
New audio commentary featuring Nava
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation

Disc Two:
In the Service of the Shadows: The Making of "El Norte" a new video program featuring interviews with Nava, producer and cowriter Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutierrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco
The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva, the 1972 award-winning student film by Nava
Gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by novelist Hector Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film