More About Obama’s Mini-Novelas

I’ve written previously (here and here) about Miguel Orozco’s plan to release three mini-novelas as a means of independently drumming up support for Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy. Well, today, all three videos have been posted to YouTube. San Francisco-based Vote Hope paid for the video production.

According to the group’s press release, “The Hispanic community is a key battleground in California and nationally, and Vote Hope is aiming to increase political participation among this rapidly-growing demographic group. The mini-novelas address the fact that many Latinos are not registered to voter and many who are, do not vote regularly.”

Each of the videos tackle subjects that don’t get much of a hearing, at least within the Latino community. The first episode implicitly criticizes those who are willing to march but unwilling to vote. In the second episode, the impact of deportation on friends and family is discussed. And the last topic is Black-Latino relations.

As with all but the very best of its genre, some of the dialogue in the mini-novelas can seem simplistic or stilted and some of the acting can seem forced. However, taken as a whole the videos can be oddly affecting.

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