Immigration ‘mockumentary’

“That is the premise of the satirical film ”” a mockumentary ”” called A Day Without a Mexican, which in a limited release this year succeeded in offending people on all sides of the immigration issue. Some Latinos called it racist. Some activists called it a simplistic distortion or a misguided fable. Still others didn’t know what to make of it. But it would be hard to find someone who didn’t consider it thought-provoking.

For less than $2 million, first-time director Sergio Arau and his co-writer, wife Yareli Arizmendi, made a surreal movie with a real statement: Without its Latino population, California can’t open for business in the morning.”

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