Student Films
“Animal Attraction,” the final of four films in recent screenings at UCLA, was described as a “satire about TV, Mexico, and tourism” in which a newsman goes to Tijuana in search of “the mythological woman-and-donkey sexploitation act.”
Granted that the film maker tried to make light of the subject. But it was shocking to see Mexicans in stereotypical roles as poor, uneducated peasants; and the film, in its representation of bestiality, is nothing short of pornography!
What is of even greater concern is that this is a student project, with a faculty adviser overseeing the production process at a state university.
MICHAEL GONZALES
Chairman of the Alliance of
Hispanic Media Professionals
West Covina
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