The American Southerner (El Sureño Americano)
Digital Video
22:18 Minutes
2004

“The American Southerner” makes reference to the people that belongs to countries located at the south of America (America considered as their country by U.S. citizens), and that decide to cross the border between México and the United States looking for personal achievement, however when they arrive, they find something very different inside an foreign culture. This research collects some life experiences of these “southerners” that decided to cross the border, leaving behind their home country to become illegal immigrants that only want a true change in their lives.

Santiago Forero, Maryland, USA. June 2004