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Reginald D. Hunter's Songs of the Border

Reginald D. Hunter's Songs of the Border

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 28, 2018

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Documentary, Music

Original Title

Reginald D. Hunter's Songs of the Border

Production Companies

BBC Studios

Director

Benjamin Whalley

Description

Against the backdrop of President Trump's much-trumpeted wall, Reginald D. Hunter takes a 2,000-mile road trip along the US-Mexico border to explore how romance and reality play out musically where third-world Mexico meets first-world USA on this broken road to the American dream. Classic American pop and country portray Mexico as a land of escape and romance, but also of danger; Hunter explores the border music as it is today, much of it created by musicians drawn from the 36 million Mexican-Americans who are US citizens.