Mojados - Through the Night
by Tommy Davis
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Actor: Guapo, Oso, Tigre, ViejoDirector: Tommy Davis
Brand: Vanguard Cinema
Writer: Tommy Davis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 65 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: VF5304
Studio: Vanguard Cinema
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- A stunning documentary filmed over the course of ten days, following four men into the world of illegal border crossing from Mexico to United States. 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 the four young migrants from Michoacan, Mexico - all had a simple drea
DVD Reviews of Mojados - Through the Night
DVD Review: A Respectable Effort
Summary: 3 Stars
Given that I once worked a menial job with the director, my review should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Putting that aside for a moment, I'd like to first express my excitement generated by a local kid making good in the film industry. I was certainly pleased to see that an aesthetically pleasing, full-length documentary was well within the capabilities of someone raised in the cultural wasteland that is the Rio Grande Valley.
As for the film itself...I saw it ages ago at a local screening, but I still recall my basic impressions of it. It was enjoyable enough, regardless of who made it. However, I remember feeling that certain scenes and dialogue felt a bit staged. I also thought it would have been better had the filmmaker included himself more directly in the proceedings. The "mojados" had a hard time crossing over, drinking filthy water, etc. But did Davis endure the same hardships? I find it hard to believe that he would, and maybe it doesn't matter either way. I just remember thinking something seemed a bit off. If the fuzz had intervened at any point, what would have happened to Mr. Davis? Perhaps I'm nitpicking. If he truly flew solo in this enterprise (which he must have if he was really joining these men on a covert journey), then he deserves more praise than I could ever bestow upon him. I wondered where he kept all the batteries, tapes, and food/beverage supplies to last him throughout the trip. Maybe some of this is discussed on the DVD...
Finally, I recall feeling that the news footage of the dead, anonymous mojados at the end of the film was a bit manipulative. Were we supposed to feel that these men could possibly have been among the dead? Were we supposed to feel that these unanswered deaths were proof that our country needs to aid Mexican citizens who are trying to enter the USA? Either way, I wasn't convinced. However, the cinematography was pretty good and some of the jokes told by the men were amusing. Davis is obviously a gifted guy with genuine concerns, and I hope his next film will better showcase his abilities.
Description of Mojados - Through the Night
A stunning documentary filmed over the course of ten days, following four men into the world of illegal border crossing from Mexico to United States. 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 the four young migrants from Michoacan, Mexico - all had a simple dream for a better life. Fighting dehydration and exhaustion while evading the U.S. Border Patrol through sub-zero temperature darkness of night, filled with barbed wire, brutal storms and the ever-present confrontation with death, they endure unimaginable hardship that is reality for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who make a similar journey into the United States every year.System Requirements:
"Mojados." The English translation is "wetbacks," referring to workers from Mexico who illegally cross the border into the United States in order to earn money to send to their families back home. Their stories are, for the most part, little known and little regarded, but with Mojados - Through the Night, director-writer Tommy Davis sheds some unusually personal light on this shadowy world. Davis managed to persuade four young men--Guapo (Handsome), his brother Viejo (Old Man; he?s all of 26), Oso (Bear), and Tigre (Tiger)--to let him accompany them as they leave their homes, head north toward the Rio Grande, and then cross over into Texas. The trip is over a week long, with more than its share of hardships (enduring cold nights and sweltering days, drinking contaminated water and eating moldy bread, climbing barbed wire fences and sleeping on muddy ground), uncertainty, and fear of capture by the U.S. Border Patrol. And yet it?s relatively uneventful, or so it seems. There?s little drama here; the four men just doggedly move on, with no map, dwindling supplies, and a vague plan of finding another immigrant to stay with before scattering to Austin and elsewhere. They don?t all make it; but among those don?t, their almost matter-of-fact willingness to go through it all again is remarkable. Davis, who narrates in a kind of conspiratorial whisper, is sympathetic to the mojados (he also interviews a Texas rancher and a few Border Patrol officers); but in taking the personal approach, his hour-long film mostly avoids the highly flammable issue of illegal immigration. Bonus features include the director?s commentary track, and half an hour of extra footage. --Sam Graham
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