Third World California (2006)

Directed by

Otavio Juliano

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows the living conditions of undocumented immigrants on an Indian reservation in the California desert. The residents live in metal trailers without air conditioning or reliable plumbing while paying high rent.

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What happens

Third World California is a 2006 documentary film by Otavio Juliano. It depicts the substandard living conditions of undocumented immigrants living within an Indian reservation in the Lower Coachella Valley in the California desert. Because of the reservation's status as a sovereign entity, environmental regulations, building codes, fire safety codes and other basic legal protections cannot be enforced there. As a result, the undocumented residents of the reservation live in squalor next to mounds of sewage sludge, enduring some of the highest summer temperatures in the world in metal trailers without air-conditioning or reliable plumbing, all the while being charged high rentals by their tribal member landlords. The film debuted at the 22nd Chicago Latino Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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