The White Mexican

  • 8 10
  • 2017
  • 18min
The White Mexican
  • Original Title: The White Mexican

A Mexican director. A white American actor. What can happen in this fifteen-minute conversation about race and privilege?

The White Mexican

The White Mexican. Race and Privilege in Mexico

A Caucasian Mexican actor enters an uncomfortable exchange about race and privilege with the director during a casting session. 

With an actor playing an actor, and a director playing a director, this unscripted mockumentary short blurs the line between fact and fiction to discuss taboo issues of race and class in Mexican society.

Mak CK
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