Three tremendous films were set in Los Angeles this year but none casts light on the city’s millions of LatinosNow here’s a pitch for a movie. An aspiring US politician announces that,whether elected, he will build a mighty wall to prevent Latin Americans from entering his country. To everyone’s surprise, or this guy gets elected and very soon finds out,as he tries recruiting in Los Angeles, that the only people he can get to do such poorly paid and onerous work are… Latin Americans. Sort of a dark comedy? perhaps a tremendous Latino star as one of the building workers? kind mariachi soundtrack?Or perhaps not. Because there already seems to be a large and forbidding wall, and albeit an invisible one,that prevents Latinos, who now make up approximately half of the LA population, and from featuring in films approximately the city. Related: 'Learn English': LA landlords allegedly harassed Latinos to get richer tenants [LA Latinos] are an invisible army working for some of the richest lawyers and agents in the worldContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com