Frontierland

09/16/1995

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1hr 17min

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Documentary

STORY

This DVD examines the multiple points of cultural contact between the United States and Mexico. From the Santa Barbara Fiestas and South Carolina's kitschy "South of the Border" tourist complex, to a Mexican Beatles cover band and Chicano rap, this film reveals the borderlands as a laboratory of hybridity that continues to ignite the popular imagination of each nation. Working at the boundaries of experimental film and documentary travelogue, this film weaves together found footage, interviews, performance art, and music video, producing a masterful commentary that is at once poetic, disturbing and hilarious. Includes appearances by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Aztlán Underground, among others.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Emiliano Alvarez
  • Alfredo Figueroa
  • Guillermo Gómez-Peña
  • Robbin Larsen
  • Cameron Jamie

    Directors

  • Jesse Lerner
  • Ruben Ortiz

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Fideicomiso Para la Cultura Mexico-Estados Unidos
  • Fronterilandia Productions

    Production Countries

  • Mexico
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Spanish

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