(Fronterilandia)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Mexico,

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

77 minutes

Year:

1995

Directors:

Ruben Ortiz

Production companies:

Fideicomiso Para la Cultura Mexico-Estados Unidos,

Fronterilandia Productions

Actors:

Wolverine

Self

Supermojado / NaftAzteca

Nun

The Artistic Tourist

Crews:

Screenplay

Director

Director

Screenplay