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

Daily Headlines: September 19, 2007

* Hugo Chavez’ ultimatum to Venezuelan private schools: accept the new curriculum or the government takes over.

* Rumor du jour - Is Jennifer Lopez pregnant?

* Mexican drug capo Francisco Javier Arellano Felix pleaded guilty in a U.S. court as part of a plea deal that would have him avoid the death penalty.

* Over 600 Peruvian villagers are mysteriously ill from a noxious smell caused by a meteorite that crashed over the weekend.

* The Falklands and Bolivia’s desire for a coast are just a two of several border disputes across the Americas.

Sources- Associated Press, Dlisted, MSNBC, International Herald Tribune, The Latin Americanist, Los Angeles Times

Image- BBC News