Culture Shock2019
“Let freedom ring.”
Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero
The premise
A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.
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A desperate young Mexican woman risks everything to cross the US border in pursuit of a better life — but the America she discovers is something far more sinister than she ever imagined. Director Gigi Saul Guerrero wraps sharp political commentary in a veneer of cheerful Americana that quickly curdles into something deeply wrong. What begins as a grounded immigration thriller escalates into a nightmarish vision that interrogates the myths a nation tells about itself. Unsettling in both concept and execution, Culture Shock weaponizes the Fourth of July backdrop to chilling effect.
Content: Psychological Horror, Depictions Of Border Crossing Peril, Violence, Themes Of Coercion And Bodily Autonomy
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