Friday, March 7, 2008

Was Bordertown Booted to DVD in U.S. Because of Anti-Immigrant Feelings......

....or just because it sucks?

This is the German trailer for the film, which ended up going straight to DVD here in the U.S.
At the premiere of the film at the Berlin Film Festival last year, a presumably international audience, the film about the killing of women in Ciudad Juarez, was booed.
Writer Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez feels that the film is a victim of anti-Latino sentiment based in large part in anti-immigrant sentiment.

I haven't seen the film, so I can't comment on if this is another J-Lo bomb or if something deeper is going on.

Sources : The Latin Americanist, Brave New Films

1 comment:

  1. this was a fantastic movie based on true facts still going on actually

    and this was by far for me
    Ms. Lopez-Anthony's best work to date

    all racist ignorant,arrogant greedy xenophobic people here in USA should see this
    it tales a tale of reality and what other people in the world, so close by suffer to be able to eat and feed and cloth their kids
    Bravo and Kudos to JLo for this portrayal on film,
    ooops DVD


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