A lean, effective slice of agitprop enlivened with a New Wave voice-over and an unusual emotional directness.
Mojados (2004)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:8
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.7/10
Theatrical Release:May 18, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Mojados: Through the Night is an eye-opening documentary filmed over the course of ten days that follows four men into the desperate world of illegal immigration. Alongside Bear, Tiger, Handsome,... Mojados: Through the Night is an eye-opening documentary filmed over the course of ten days that follows four men into the desperate world of illegal immigration. Alongside Bear, Tiger, Handsome, and Old Man, director Tommy Davis takes a 120 mile cross-desert journey that has been traveled innumerable times by nameless immigrants who – like these four young migrants from Michoacan, Mexico – all had the simple, American dream for a better future. Davis brings to life the often unheard hopes and stories of these migrants as their dehydrated days evading the U.S. Border Patrol turn into sub-zero nights filled with barbed wire, brutal storms and the ever-present confrontation with death that is reality for the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who make a similar journey into the United States every year. --© Davis Gang Films [More]
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Reviews for Mojados
Mojados: Through the Night manages to capture the danger, fatigue and tedium of an illegal border crossing from Mexico without becoming tedious itself.
A gripping documentary, although we learn too little of the relationship between the filmmaker and his subjects.
Modest but memorable, the first film from 24-year-old director Tommy Davis follows four Mexican friends as they attempt to sneak into the U.S. by trekking through the Texan desert.
Unflinchingly real and never glamorous, the film presents a harrowing picture of these lives in a way rarely seen.
Davis' tough, man-of-the-people narration is often annoying, but his words can't diminish the power of his story.
A documentary about Mexicans trying to evade the border patrol to get into Texas. And watching the movie is a bit like their journey: periods of boredom and irritation punctuated by intense excitement.
While there's a tedious sameness to the footage of walking, hiding and huddling around the campfire, the film's payoff is shattering.
Davis, who grew up in the border town of McAllen, Texas, obviously wants to put a human face on the countless people who try to sneak across the border, but he fails to elicit any substantive information from his subjects.
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