Bordertown
by Gregory Nava
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Actor: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Lopez, John Norman (IX), Juan Diego Botto, Kate del CastilloDirector: Gregory Nava
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: VELOCITY / THINKFILM
Movie Reviews of Bordertown
Movie Review: Predatory corporatism & predatory men.
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't know a thing about this powerful film before a friend of mine in Mexico City alerted me to it. We usually hear everything about what's going on in the life of Jennifer Lopez, but her starring role in this film was largely ignored. After watching it, I understood why; "Bordertown" addresses issues that the ruling elite don't want us to think about - NAFTA, so-called "free" trade, violence against women, political corruption, a subservient press Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media, class war and so forth.
Contrary to the criticism of one reviewer that the politics of the film are "confused," the politics are actually quite clear and accurate. Female workers in towns like Juarez are being treated like slaves, and the wealth of their labor is being concentrated in the hands of the corporations that moved there to avoid taxes, labor concerns and environmental regulations. The result is a dysfunctional dystopia of crime, violence and poor health.
To further explore these issues, I'd recommend:
The Fourth World War
Class War: The Attack On Working People (Spoken Word)
The Corporation
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
On the Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez
No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Nacla Report on the Americas
The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy
Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization
Summary of Bordertown
A powerful story of life on the border between the United States and Mexico Bordertown is based on the hundreds of women working in American-owned factories who have been brutally raped and murdered in Juarez a city gripped by fear. The attacks have been covered up by the local authorities and still continue today.When editor of the Chicago Sentinel George Morgan (Sheen) sends ambitious reporter Lauren Adrian (Lopez) to Juarez Mexico to investigate the murders what she finds is the story of a lifetime. Eva a young woman who was raped and left for dead in the desert is the only woman to survive an attack. Unable to go to the police for help she turns to a local newspaper run by Diaz Alfonso (Banderas) former friend and colleague of Lauren s. Hiding Eva is incredibly dangerous but Lauren knows that publishing her story is the only way to expose the truth behind the murders. She is determined to find Eva s attackers but soon finds herself immersed in a dangerous web of corruption that extends to both sides of the border.System Requirements:Running Time: 114 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 821575555852 Manufacturer No: TF-55585Drama DVD Video
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