Recalling Orange County 2006
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Mylene Moreno
Directed by Mylene Moreno
DVD, color, 58 min.
Sr. High - Adult
American Studies, Area Studies, Multicultural Studies, Journalism
Date Entered: 12/12/2006
Reviewed by Brad Eden, Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication, University of California, Santa BarbaraThis film is an interesting multicultural and urban look at one community's issues in current politics and ethnic pluralism. Orange County, California, once the home of everything conservative and white and wealthy, is now the exact opposite: multicultural, liberal, and ethnically diverse. Within this county, a recent political crisis is documented on film: the attempt to recall school district trustee Nativo Lopez from the Santa Ana Unified Board of Education. Lopez has always been a strong advocate for undocumented immigrants, but his viewpoints have angered many residents in his district, and his recall is being led by (surprisingly) 2nd and 3rd generation Mexican-American mothers. This film documents this recall, through interviews and filmography, and attempts to understand the battle playing out all over America right now, as to what it means to be an American.