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Three things I like (Tres cosas che me gustan)
video, English with Spanish subtitles, 14 min, 2002

Fabian is a 19 year old Mexican immigrant who lives in New York and works as a busboy in an Italian restaurant. Fabian is most worried about his career and money, how to pay for school, rent, cable and internet and his passion, sneakers. (He owns 55 pairs including a collection of rare Jordan’s.) What he likes the most about the US, he says grinning, are: the opportunities, Mc Donald's and the green bills...
His motivation for coming to the US, his expectations and hopes address the harsh reality of Mexican immigrants in the US following the promise of the American Dream and questions cliché pictures and stereotypes present in popular HipHop music.

Director, Script, Camera, Editing: Heidrun Holzfeind. Starring: Fabian Bautista. Additional camera: David Park, Reynold Reynolds. Music: Eve, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Orishas. Subtitles: Fabian Bautista, Christian Viveros-Fayne

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