Reginald D. Hunter's Songs of the Border
Reginald D. Hunter takes a 2,000-mile road trip along the US-Mexico border to explore its music. Featured artists include Lyle Lovett, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and Frontera Bugalu.
Against the backdrop of President Trump's much-trumpeted wall, Reginald D. Hunter takes a 2,000-mile road trip along the US-Mexico border to explore how romance and reality play out musically where third-world Mexico meets first-world USA on this broken road to the American dream.
Classic American pop and country portray Mexico as a land of escape and romance, but also of danger - think of Marty Robbins's El Paso, The Drifters' Mexican Divorce or Ry Cooder's Across the Borderline. Against this evocative western soundtrack, Hunter explores the border music as it is today, much of it created by musicians drawn from the 36 million Mexican-Americans who are US citizens. Robin Hood tales of Mexican cartels, South American dance, Tex-Mex accordion, Mexican-American rap, border fence sound art and country music of both Mexican and American flavours shed fascinating insight into the topical issues of immigration, drug smuggling and Mexican-American identity, and throw the western songwriter's dream of Mexico as a place of romance, fun and escape into sharp relief.
Reg's natural empathy and gentle humanity guides us on this cinematic journey, featuring Lyle Lovett, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Frontera Bugalu, Calexico, Carrie Rodriguez, Asleep at the Wheel, Los Texmaniacs, Glenn Weyant, Eva Ybarra and Cecy B.
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Clips
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Carrie Rodriguez performs Fr铆o En El Alma
Duration: 01:45
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Reginald D. Hunter at the US-Mexican border fence
Duration: 01:29
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Los Texmaniacs perform M茅xico Americano
Duration: 01:32
Music Played
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Calexico
Banderilla
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Marty Robbins
El Paso
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The Drifters
Mexican Divorce
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Johnny Cash
Remember The Alamo (Album Version)
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Willie Nelson
Time of The Preacher (Album Version)
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Selena Gomez
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
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Selena
Amor Prohibido
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Selena
Disco Medley
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The Coasters
Down In Mexico
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Elvis Presley
Mexico
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Pink Floyd
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)
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Willie Nelson
Across The Borderline
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2Pac
California Love
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Los Tucanes de Tijuana
El Centenario
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Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
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J.J. Cale
Tijuana
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Selena
I Could Fall In Love
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Los Lobos
La Bamba
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Johnny Cash
Streets Of Laredo
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Reginald D Hunter |
Producer | Ben Whalley |
Director | Ben Whalley |
Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
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