Discussion Board Assignment #5

Discussion Board Assignment #5

Discussion Board Assignment #5: Watch Hecho en Mexico from the excerpt called Fronteras which begins at 20:45 and ends at 32:35 of the documentary found in Week 4 modules. In the discussion board address the following the questions: What were the directors or the producers attempting to get across to the viewers of this documentary Hecho en Mexico? Were the producers effective. Which lyrics found in the documentary explained how Mexicans feel about the border with the United States? What did the documentary have to say about drugs and workers? Which of the songs in Fronteras do you think would impact the people who watch the documentary the most? What was the most terrible border, according to the commentators in the documentary? What did the documentary have to say about living in a campo in Mexico with no running water or drains? What was the most significant thing said by either the commentators or the musicians in their lyrics? Was the Fronteras excerpt worth viewing? Why or why not? Be sure to respond to at least one classmate in the discussion board.