How did a poor Mexican scuba diver get to marry an American top model? What was she looking for when she drove a convertible from New York to Acapulco with her 3 year old son? What happened to that white freckly boy who grew up in a world that reminded him everyday that he was a foreigner? Using a legendary shark hunt in the late seventies as our story’s core, we will meet the Martinez Sidney family and discover the secrets of their peculiar past. They will also show us a different view of the Mexican-American experience.
Direction
Hagerman treats home movies like sacred artifacts
Editing
Seventies Acapulco footage feels like stolen time travel
Writing
The shark hunt framing device is chef's kiss
Director
Carlos Hagerman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary subverts the 'magical realism' stereotype by treating this family's absurd true story with deadpan reverence.
Director Hagerman spent four years convincing the Martinez Sidneys to participate; some family members still dispute which version of the shark story is true.
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