Melting Pot (film)

For the animated movie, see Race (2007 film).
Melting Pot
Directed byTom Musca
Written byMark Kemble
Tom Musca
CinematographyArturo Smith
Distributed byA-Pix Entertainment, Ardustry Home Entertainment LLC
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Melting Pot, also known as Race, is a 1998 feature film directed by Tom Musca,[1][2] writer and producer of Stand and Deliver.

Premise

Gustavo Alvarez is a Latino house painter who resides in Los Angeles. His wife urges him to compete for a seat on the city council now that Councilman Jack Durman has retired from politics. Alvarez decides to run but soon realizes that it will not be an easy fight. His opponent, Lucinda Davis, is an experienced black politician who is eager to win. As the campaign intensifies, things get nasty, and a race war nearly erupts.

Cast

Reviews

It was reviewed with 2,5 stars in Chicago Tribune.[3] Wrote Doug Pratt, "The jacket art tries to sell the film as a gang drama, but it is more of a seriously toned comedy. While exaggerations of the political process prevent it from being totally believable, it does offer insights and humor on a subject that is far less covered than it ought to be in popular entertainment. Best of all, the characters played by Pounder and Rodriguez are neither good nor bad, and the flaws in their characters, acerbated by the stress of the election, brings focus not only to their humanity, but to the realities of American civics".[4]

References

  1. ^ Hindes, Andrew (October 8, 1997). "Trio through stirring Musca's 'Melting Pot'". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Newport Beach International Film Festival". The Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1999. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ^ Petrakis, John (April 16, 1999). "Carlos Saura films a highlight of Chicago Latino Film Festival". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ Pratt, Douglas (2004). "Race". Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. Vol. 2 (5th ed.). New York: Harbor Electronic Publishing. p. 973. ISBN 9781932916003.


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