Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary

Sound Editor, Chandra Bulucon, Puppy Machine
Director: Arturo Perez Torres, Open City Works
Producer: Heather Haynes
Cinematographer: Felipe Rodrigez
Editor: Julia Blua
Sound Recordist: Benito Amaro
Original score: Roko Citroen
90 min, film

A documentary that follows several immigrants from Central America and Mexico on an extraordinary and extremely dangerous journey to North America.

More than 3,000 Latin Americans a day embark upon this journey. Less than 300 make it to their destination.

Check out this other youtube link for more previews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DUl0ejuWBQ&feature=related

Selected list of awards:

Best Documentary
Cinequest, 2005

Best Feature Documentary
Full Frame, 2005

Best Story
Festival Pamplona Punto de Vista, 2005

Audience Award: Best Film
Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2005

Official Selection
Hot Docs, 2005

Broadcast:
The National Geographic Channel
The Documentary Channel

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• film
• documentary
• perez
• torres
• bulucon
• haynes
• blua
• amaro
• wetback
• sex

[chandrabulucon]

There are always two sides to a story, and almost always 3 (yours, theirs, and the truth)... Just recommending again for people to rent this and look at it from a human rights perspective. There's a lot of scary and very real terror that comes with the stories of those featured in this film.

[chandrabulucon]

I recommend for all you to rent this documentary and watch it in its entirety before you speak about what you truly don't know.

[tncdel]

Plus that illegal lives here with a "girlfriend" collecting welfare and food stamps intended only for needy people. He even got a taxpayer-funded Latin Community group to pay for his cellphone, to stay in touch with his family!

And he's not an isolated case. In California, for example, over half the illegals there are collecting welfare and / or other government assistance.

Are you an illegal too? Or just a traitor to our country trying to let foreign nationals here illegally destroy it?

[eddysacat]

I thought this documentary was great. It reminds me of when I came here with my wife and two small kids. This country has been great to us and allowed my family to grow. We do get food stamps but as soon as I get a job I hope to get off of them. I now have three kids that are US citizens and I feel proud that I gave this to them, Thank you America and all of the generous people here. Viva Mexico!

[DjStaxx]

@ericsyutubeaccount  yup sure was! :)

[ericsyutubeaccount]

@DjStaxx NUH UH REALLY?!?!

[PRMFdude1682]

Does anyone have a link to this movie so i can download it for myself?

[skewedsoul26]

@ericsyutubeaccount jeez....if you are going to BITCH about 'wetbacks' (as you call them), learn how to spell!

[CMKify]

@ericsyutubeaccount thats not appropriate. but hey, this is america, right?

[ericsyutubeaccount]

@chandrabulucon what i dont know? what i know is that a couple fucking wetbacks tried to still my dads truck today so they could sneak their shit colored friends over that fucking fence, and i know that those fucking assholes have been stealing 40 trucks every month in austin, tx lately, and i know that these fuckers deserve every bit of misery they get and this dicumentary makes me happy to see these fucking wetbacks get what they deserve

[Marieeazy]

@tncdel seriously that was a month a go im NOT arguing with u. ur opinion wont change mine and im leavin it at that. im aware of who immigrants are and i know where i stand. i stopped caring when i stopped commenting, so leave it alone and find something better to do with ur life