Cinematographic Imaginaries Around the Contempt of the Undocumented. Between Xenophobia and Dehumanization
Undocumented | Chris Peckover | 2010
Alfonso Ortega Mantecón: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Sandra Anchondo Pavón: Universidad Panamericana

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México
Universidad Panamericana, México

Abstract

The article recovers the narrative of the film Undocumented (Peckover, 2010) to study the violence against the migrants on the northern border (Mexico-United States). It intersects the context of the construction of migratory policies that spread a xenophobic and racist environment on the border. The analysis of Undocumented —under the premise that the film starts with this socio-political reality— models an anti-racist criticism against the criminalization of the migrant. Also, it shows that the legislative design itself promotes the climate of racism and produces structural and poststructural violence against migrants. It connects this reality with its filmic representation based on the Arizona Law or SB1070, whose origin and foundation contravenes the international discourse of human rights.

Keywords: Cinema | racism | representation | border | undocumented

This article is, for the time being, only available in Spanish: Imaginarios cinematográficos en torno al menosprecio del indocumentado fronterizo. Entre la xenofobia y la deshumanización


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