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199577 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Frontierland

199577 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Guillermo Gómez-Peña collaborates with a Mexican Beatles cover band to explore cultural intersections at the Santa Barbara Fiestas and South Carolina's tourist complex.

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Guillermo Gómez-Peña collaborates with a Mexican Beatles cover band to explore cultural intersections at the Santa Barbara Fiestas and South Carolina's tourist complex.

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Ruben Ortizdirector

Jesse Lernerdirector

Ruben Ortizwriter

Jesse Lernerwriter

Emiliano Alvarezcast

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Guillermo Gómez-Peña appears alongside a Mexican Beatles cover band in a vibrant exploration of cultural intersections. "Frontierland" captures the Santa Barbara Fiestas and the "South of the Border" tourist complex in South Carolina. The film combines found footage, interviews, performance art, and music video to illustrate the dynamic exchanges between the United States and Mexico. It presents the borderlands as a site of creativity and hybrid expression, featuring performances by Aztlán Underground and others.

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