The 5 Best Border Films

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 06/23/2011 - 15:30 | 2 Comments

Immigration is a hot button topic these days. Arizona’s notorious SB 1070 immigration law paved the way for states like Georgia and Alabama to implement their own laws—albeit all of them are being fought out in federal court right now. As the debate and protests over racial profiling and deportations heats up, another fantastic film is giving us a different perspective on the debate.  

A Better Life, starring Demian Bichir, is hitting theaters tomorrow and we thought it would be interesting to showcase some of the movies that we think best capture the reasons people risk their lives to come to this country.

 

PREV
SLIDE 1 OF 6
NEXT

El Norte, 1983

About halfway through what is arguably the best, most honest and unvarnished movie about illegal immigration ever made, the two protagonists, who have fled Guatemala because of political violence and made their way through Mexico, crawl through a seemingly interminable sewer pipe leading to the United States. Inside: claustrophobic darkness, filth, animal skeletons and mountains of rats (real ones that actually crawl onto the actors). Once they emerge from the ground, though, they breathe the fresh air and look down the mountain at San Diego. This is what it means to be free.

Twitter
Facebook
StumbleUpon
More Services
Send to a Friend
Printer Friendly
Tagged As