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[Horns honking]

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[Indistinct chatter]

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Pati: Who liked the tacos?
Anybody?

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[Cheering]

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Yay!

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Pati, voice-over:
There is a region

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in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands

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so interwoven it goes
by one name--CaliBaja,

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where California
and Baja California collide,

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home to the two closest
major cities in the border,

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making it the busiest
land border crossing
in the world.

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San Diego and Tijuana
are so interconnected,

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they actually share
a power grid.

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Woman: You know
what's the best thing
about San Diego? Tijuana.

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What's the best
thing about Tijuana?
San Diego.

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Pati, voice-over: This is
where I continue my journey,

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a land of unprecedented
creativity and opportunity

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for artists navigating
their cultural identities...

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Woman: Good Job.
Yay!

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Pati, voice-over: fighters
brawling for equality...

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[Pati Speaking Spanish]

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Pati, voice-over: winemakers
exploring new frontiers,

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singers bridging
cultural divides...

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Man: We want to welcome
Coro Gay TJ to our family.

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Pati, voice-over:
and migrants creating

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new homes underground.

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These are the fronterizos
of the Golden Coast.

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¡Una, dos, tres!

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Pati, voice-over:
I'm Pati Jinich.

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I'm a chef, a writer,
an immigrant.

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On this season,
I'm traveling the border

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from California and Baja
to New Mexico and Chihuahua

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to uncover the stories
beneath the headlines

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and celebrate the beauty
of the people

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who call themselves fronterizos.

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Really?

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Mexico is my heart,

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the United States
is now my home,

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and in the space between

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is La Frontera.

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[Wind blowing]

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Pati, voice-over:
When Joni Mitchell's heart

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cried out for California,
it's easy to see why.

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It's always sunny,
and the Golden Coast is endless.

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I'm at the very
southwest corner of the U.S.,

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Border Field State Park,
where the line on the map

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disappears
into the Pacific Ocean.

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Tijuana is just over the fence.

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As a Mexican American,
it's surreal to visualize

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the stark differences
between both countries

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in one location.

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On the U.S. side is
a beautiful but empty

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and heavily patrolled
state park.

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On the other is bustling
Tijuana, full of color,

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light, and sound,

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where the smell of esquites
and tacos fills the air.

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It's even more surreal
on horseback.

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Woman: Hi!
Pati: Hey!

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Such beautiful horses.

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Thank you for
bringing them here.

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Woman: Of course.

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Pati, voice-over: Cowgirl
Caroline Sullivan helps me

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mount up for a ride
with award-winning journalist

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Jean Guerrero,
who covers the border

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for the "L.A. Times"
and grew up riding horses

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on these beaches with her dad.

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Jean: I started taking
lessons when I was 14

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because I just wanted to

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connect with that part

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of my family and with

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that part of my history.

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My dad used to always talk

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about how when he lived

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in the rural outskirts
of Tijuana he would find

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these wild horses
and he would ride them

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when he was
a little boy, and...

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Pati: What do you
feel like when you're
riding a horse?

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Like, where does
that connect to?

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There's something
about the border

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that is captured to me
when I'm horseback riding

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because you're in this,
like, liminal space,

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especially when I'm galloping
on a horseback.

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I'm not in one place
or another.

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I'm sort of in multiple
places at once,

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and there's something
about the border that
that captures for me.

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Pati: You've lived
the border all your life

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with your family and all
the different generations,

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but you now also
cover the issues
in the borderlands.

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Does the border wall
and fence have

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any different
significance to you
as a journalist

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and as a just
normal person
with your family?

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Jean: I mean, when I look
at the border wall,

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what I see is division.

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I see something that's
caused a lot of people

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a lot of pain, which I've
witnessed as a reporter

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but also as somebody
who grew up crossing the border

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and knows what it's like
to suddenly be separated

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from a part of myself
that is just as much

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a part of myself
as this--this country.

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Pati, voice-over: This is
where the first 14 miles

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of border wall was built
in the early nineties.

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Pati: So somehow,
the narrative gets
just trapped

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in one dimension,
in one theme...
Jean: Exactly.

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Pati: which is illegal
border crossing.

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Jean: Yeah.

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Pati: There's so
much that happens

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at the border crossing

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that is regular
people just...

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Jean: Just living
their lives.

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Pati: studying,
living their lives.

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Jean: When this wall
was built, it cut off

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this zig-zag circular
migration pattern

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where a lot of people
were coming here

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with the intent
of just working

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for a little while
and saving some money

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to build a home
and go back to Mexico,

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but a lot of people
ended up getting stuck here

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and staying here
and establishing roots

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in a way that they
wouldn't have otherwise.

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Pati, voice-over:
That's what happened

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to Jean's paternal grandparents.

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They were born in Tijuana
but in the 1940s crossed

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every day to work in the U.S.

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They eventually settled
in San Diego,

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starting a business that's now

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a local institution,
The Butcher Block.

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For 40 years, The Butcher Block
has supplied meat

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to some of the best
Mexican restaurants in the city,

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including Rolando's Taco Shop in
historic Barrio Logan.

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Jean: This is
Barrio Logan.

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So my dad spent, like,
10 years working here,

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um, at the shipyard.

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A lot of working-class
people from Mexico came

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and settled down here,

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and this is home
to Chicano Park,

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which has, like,
this very long, um,

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and powerful history
of using art and murals

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as political resistance,
as empowerment.

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Pati, voice-over:
In 1970, Barrio Logan residents

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challenged the city
by occupying land

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beneath the Coronado Bridge
to stop construction

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of a California Highway Patrol
station and keep

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the land underneath
as a neighborhood park.

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They were successful,
and ever since,

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the park has been memorialized
by muralists and has become

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a symbol of peaceful resistance.

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[Food sizzling]

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At Rolando's, Raul is
making us a saucy, juicy,

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irresistible Angus beef burrito

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and some overloaded
carne asada fries.

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Pati: Oh, wow. Oh!
That's beautiful!

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This weighs,
like, 10 pounds!

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[Speaking Spanish]

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I'm about to eat
two pounds of a burrito.

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I'm so hungry.

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[Speaking Spanish]

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Mmm!
You like it?

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Ha ha!
Mmm!

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Jean: I'll tell
my grandma. Ha ha ha!

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Pati: And I had never
tasted carne asada
fries either.

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Tell me about it.

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Jean: Carne asada fries
actually originated
in San Diego.

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I can't say that my
family has any credit
in creating them...

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Right.

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but it's something
that just represents

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the fusion of cultures
that I think is

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so unique
to the border region.

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Eating this kind of food
has helped me to find

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and navigate my own
identity as somebody

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who was born
in the United States,

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is considered American,

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but also comes
from a Mexican
immigrant family,

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a Puerto Rican family,
and so many people

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who have similar stories
to me, we exist

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in this, like,
in-between space

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where we're not
quite one thing
and not quite the other.

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I mean, I went
to a school here
where speaking Spanish

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was against the rules,

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um, and it was
my first language,

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so I sort of had to
teach myself to reject it,

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and so I feel like
for many years I did

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sort of run away from who
I was and from my roots,

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and becoming a journalist
and focusing

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on Mexico
and Latin America

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has--has provided me
with a pathway

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for finding my way back.

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And so you and your
sister grew up here,

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and you went
into journalism,

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and she went
to be a muralist.

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A muralist. Yeah.

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Her art looks
so beautiful.

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I love it.
No, but yeah,

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that's just one example.

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It's peeling off.

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She is a part
of the legacy

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of this neighborhood.

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♪

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Pati, voice-over:
Jean's sister Michelle

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also navigates her identity
through storytelling,

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but her stories require
at least two stories

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and a lot of spray paint.

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Michelle: Spray paint
is my favorite tool.

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It's so freeing.

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Like, I feel like it's

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almost like a dance,

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like, when you're working

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so large-scale.

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Pati, voice-over:
Mr B Baby, as she's known

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on the street, has gone
from unknown artist

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to one of the most recognizable
muralists in the city

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in only a few years.

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Her work centers around
a whimsical wolf piñata
named Chucho.

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Pati: How did you
come up with Chucho?

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Michelle: My sister
and I were actually talking

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about doing
a children's book,

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and we decided that
we wanted to do, like,

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all the Aesop fables,
like, all

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the popular
children's books,

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but with
a Latin twist...

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Pati: Yeah.

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and so I started
with "Red Riding Hood,"

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and I didn't know
how to make, like,

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a Latino-looking wolf,

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and so I just created
this, like,

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piñata-looking guy,
and it was Chucho.

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Pati, voice-over:
If you pay close attention,

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you will start to see
Chucho on walls

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all over Southern California

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and sometimes
even walking around.

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Pati: And so what
does he mean to you?

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Michelle: Piñatas
were originally
filled with seeds,

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and they were
held over the garden

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and broken so
the seeds would grow,

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and I always really
connected with that idea

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that, like, through
brokenness comes growth.

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Pati: So this look
like a love story

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between you and Chucho.

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Mm-hmm.

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Tell me about
that love story.

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So a lot of my work touches
on just, like, self-love

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and, like, mental health,
a lot of different struggles

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that I've been through,
and so for me,

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Chucho is also me,
and so I always like

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to create these
little stories

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where we're in love
as a representation

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of how important
self-love is.

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Pati: So how do you
navigate your Puerto Rican,

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American,
Mexican identities?

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I feel like art helps me,
um, just being able to

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create and kind of
explore those worlds

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through my art.

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Pati: And so you're kind
of claiming space

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as a Mexican,
as a Puerto Rican,

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but you're also
claiming space as a woman.

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Absolutely. Yeah,

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and so, like, with
this mural particularly,

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the reason why I chose
to do a self-portrait

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is because I feel like
as Latina women

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we're made to feel small,
and, like, we're not--

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we shouldn't be
taking up space,

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and so this is
kind of my--

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me voicing to
other Latina women

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that we should
take up space and that,

00:11:06.733 --> 00:11:08.333
like, don't be afraid to.

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Pati, voice-over:
Jean and Michelle once wrestled

00:11:09.933 --> 00:11:13.167
with their mix of cultural
identities but now use it

00:11:13.167 --> 00:11:15.700
as their strength
to magnify a message of unity

00:11:15.700 --> 00:11:19.900
and love that reverberates
far beyond the borderlands.

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Pati: I love you, Chucho!

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Michelle: Ha ha ha!

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Nice! Ha ha ha!
Good job.

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Yay!

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Pati, voice-over:
Another group in San Diego

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is also sharing a message
of unity and love...

00:11:35.667 --> 00:11:36.733
[Singers humming]

00:11:36.733 --> 00:11:39.400
but a few octaves lower.

00:11:39.400 --> 00:11:42.167
In the city's vibrant
Hillcrest neighborhood,

00:11:42.167 --> 00:11:44.267
the mission of music
is changing lives

00:11:44.267 --> 00:11:45.933
one voice at a time...

00:11:45.933 --> 00:11:47.867
[Humming]

00:11:47.867 --> 00:11:49.333
and leading the charge is

00:11:49.333 --> 00:11:51.633
the San Diego
Gay Men's Chorus...

00:11:51.633 --> 00:11:53.300
Bring it down.

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Pati, voice-over: one of
the 10 largest gay choruses

00:11:55.400 --> 00:11:58.800
in the U.S., who is making
a statement from the moment

00:11:58.800 --> 00:12:02.233
you walk through the doors
of their rehearsal space.

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Man: I start from
the premise that

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all singing is about connection.

00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:06.167
It's all about human beings,

00:12:06.167 --> 00:12:07.600
so if I'm--one of the things

00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.833
I say to the chorus

00:12:08.833 --> 00:12:10.133
all the time
is it's hard to hate

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someone that you
just sang a song with.

00:12:11.633 --> 00:12:13.133
Yeah.

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And at a time of division
and fragmentation

00:12:16.767 --> 00:12:18.800
and when there are all
these troubles in the world,

00:12:18.800 --> 00:12:21.000
it seems to me that
bringing people together

00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.733
through singing is quite
a radical act.

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It's an act of activism.

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I feel like there is
such a connection

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between what you do
and the food world

00:12:30.667 --> 00:12:32.967
because it is also
a safe space

00:12:32.967 --> 00:12:35.600
where people that
can't see eye to eye

00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.233
suddenly can connect

00:12:37.233 --> 00:12:38.800
and maybe are
surprised by it.

00:12:38.800 --> 00:12:40.467
♪ My Bonnie lies... ♪

00:12:40.467 --> 00:12:42.100
Pati, voice-over: Charlie Beale
is the new director

00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:44.633
of San Diego's 40-year
old chorus,

00:12:44.633 --> 00:12:47.767
and his top priority is
bringing together singers

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from across the border.

00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:52.400
♪ My Bonnie to me ♪

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Charles: This evening,
we are gonna teach our singers

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two songs,
one of which is chosen

00:12:58.133 --> 00:12:59.433
by the Tijuana choir,

00:12:59.433 --> 00:13:01.233
one of which is chosen
by our choir,

00:13:01.233 --> 00:13:03.133
and we're going to learn
them separately,

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and then on Sunday,
we come together

00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:06.667
for the first time ever...

00:13:06.667 --> 00:13:08.233
For the first time ever!

00:13:08.233 --> 00:13:09.800
and, uh, sing together.

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And I'm gonna be
there!

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And you're
going to be there.

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I'm so excited!

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But this is, like,
the first step.

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I mean, it's amazing
that they are so close to us,

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like, 15 miles away,
but, you know,

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different worlds
in so many ways.

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Pati, voice-over: Mexico
legalized same-sex marriage

00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:25.767
in 2015, a short time
before the U.S.

00:13:25.767 --> 00:13:30.533
But socially, the LGBTQ movement
is just getting started.

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The Tijuana Gay Men's
Chorus was started in 2020

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and was only one
of two in all of Mexico.

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Charles: They're springing
up in Mexico right now

00:13:40.133 --> 00:13:42.367
as if it were
the early eighties in the U.S.

00:13:42.367 --> 00:13:44.067
Really?
It's very interesting.

00:13:44.067 --> 00:13:46.267
Something is going on
in Mexico at the moment.

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I also want to introduce
you to Pati,

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who I only met
about 45 minutes ago.

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Hello, Pati.
Come and join us.

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Pati, voice-over: I've always
wished my superpower

00:13:55.233 --> 00:13:57.500
was singing,
but it's not.

00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:00.700
However, I made the mistake
of telling this to Charles.

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Charles: So I thought
that if I just put

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that chair there, it's--
Oh, yeah!

00:14:04.033 --> 00:14:05.667
You don't need to
go there.

00:14:05.667 --> 00:14:07.633
It's your choice,
but if that chair's there,

00:14:07.633 --> 00:14:09.067
I thought maybe you could
just join us in the warmup.

00:14:09.067 --> 00:14:10.667
Yeah.

00:14:10.667 --> 00:14:12.000
Charles: Let's go as high
as you can this time.

00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.100
[Chorus humming]

00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:15.000
Hold it.

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Let it fall.

00:14:16.133 --> 00:14:17.200
[Note descending]

00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:18.600
So it's gonna be...

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:21.000
[Humming]

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Charles: Keep it there.

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Charles, voice-over:
The song that San Diego

00:14:24.900 --> 00:14:27.800
are gonna do is
about community.

00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:29.033
So it goes...

00:14:29.033 --> 00:14:34.400
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

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You just try that. 2, 3.

00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:44.033
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

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That's half
the song learnt already.

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:47.500
Charles, voice-over:
The song is originally

00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:49.800
from Central Africa,
and the concept is that

00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:54.267
every member of the choir
starts from very far away.

00:14:54.267 --> 00:14:57.033
My name's Pati.
So nice to meet you.

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Charles: It's a song
about coming together

00:14:59.067 --> 00:15:01.467
as a group
for the first time.

00:15:01.467 --> 00:15:03.600
OK. I'll sing
when you sing.

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.733
Man: OK.

00:15:04.733 --> 00:15:05.800
[Speaking Spanish]

00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:09.967
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

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Both: ♪ A-ma i ♪

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Charles: And we all
sing the same part

00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:15.300
from different parts
of the space.

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We keep singing until
everyone feels

00:15:18.367 --> 00:15:21.000
they're comfortable
in the group,

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.733
and then we end
on a single note.

00:15:23.733 --> 00:15:25.667
[All singing note]

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And so we come together
as a community

00:15:27.400 --> 00:15:29.000
for the first time,
and that will be a lovely--

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Oh, and they're
learning the song.

00:15:30.467 --> 00:15:32.067
And they're learning
the song at the same time.

00:15:32.067 --> 00:15:34.167
[Plays notes]

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[Snaps fingers]

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Mmm, mmm.

00:15:36.933 --> 00:15:38.467
[Chorus singing]

00:15:38.467 --> 00:15:40.133
Pati, voice-over:
A few miles south in Tijuana,

00:15:40.133 --> 00:15:41.633
Edgar Gheno's chorus
nervously prepares

00:15:41.633 --> 00:15:44.200
for the arrival
of the San Diego guys.

00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:47.033
[Speaking Spanish]

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:52.333
[Singing]

00:15:52.333 --> 00:15:54.767
Pati voice-over: An increase
in LGBTQ violence

00:15:54.767 --> 00:15:57.267
and low public support
has made it difficult

00:15:57.267 --> 00:16:00.533
for the community
to gain traction.

00:16:00.533 --> 00:16:04.900
In a 2017 government survey,
about 1/3 of Mexicans said

00:16:04.900 --> 00:16:09.300
they would not rent out a room
to a gay or trans individual...

00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:13.633
[Singing in Spanish]

00:16:13.633 --> 00:16:16.500
...which is why this visit
by Charlie and the members

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:19.933
of the San Diego Choir
will not only lift voices.

00:16:19.933 --> 00:16:21.633
It will also raise support.

00:16:21.633 --> 00:16:23.867
[Indistinct chatter]

00:16:23.867 --> 00:16:25.600
Eddie? Nice to
meet you, Eddie.

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.833
How's it going?

00:16:26.833 --> 00:16:28.433
Ryan.

00:16:28.433 --> 00:16:29.633
How are you?

00:16:29.633 --> 00:16:31.600
Nice to meet you.

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.100
Pati: You would think that
because we're at the border

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:36.800
there would be more
openness to create a space

00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:39.867
like this for, you know,
the LGBT community...

00:16:39.867 --> 00:16:41.133
Yes.
Pati: but he was telling

00:16:41.133 --> 00:16:43.033
me that there's people
that come

00:16:43.033 --> 00:16:45.233
from different parts
of Mexico that

00:16:45.233 --> 00:16:48.567
are very closed-minded,
like, in their families

00:16:48.567 --> 00:16:51.067
or communities,
and that it's harder.

00:16:51.067 --> 00:16:53.367
[Speaking Spanish]

00:17:07.367 --> 00:17:09.533
Charles: It is so great
that two groups

00:17:09.533 --> 00:17:11.767
that are so close together
in distance

00:17:11.767 --> 00:17:13.167
can now sing together.

00:17:13.167 --> 00:17:14.667
That's just
the right thing,

00:17:14.667 --> 00:17:16.600
and so we want to welcome

00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:19.533
the Coro Gay TJ
to our family.

00:17:19.533 --> 00:17:22.133
[Applause]

00:17:25.667 --> 00:17:28.867
So one person will start
somewhere in the room,

00:17:28.867 --> 00:17:33.400
and then you join in
when you want in your own time.

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:38.433
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

00:17:38.433 --> 00:17:40.767
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

00:17:40.767 --> 00:17:42.867
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

00:17:42.867 --> 00:17:47.433
♪ A-ma i-bu oh ee ay ♪

00:17:47.433 --> 00:17:49.133
Pati, voice-over: I feel
honored to be here

00:17:49.133 --> 00:17:51.300
in this moment,
to be included

00:17:51.300 --> 00:17:54.033
in this space
of coming together.

00:17:54.033 --> 00:17:56.667
[All singing same note]

00:18:01.300 --> 00:18:02.633
[Singing stops]

00:18:05.167 --> 00:18:07.067
Charles: So the idea--yeah.

00:18:07.067 --> 00:18:09.633
[Cheering]

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.433
One word in either English
or Spanish that says

00:18:17.433 --> 00:18:21.000
how you felt
while you were singing.

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.967
Man: Empowering.
Man two: Togetherness.

00:18:23.967 --> 00:18:26.000
Togetherness?
What was yours?

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.333
Family.

00:18:27.333 --> 00:18:29.267
Pati: Included because
I'm so grateful.

00:18:29.267 --> 00:18:31.833
Thank you for including me.
I'm a horrible singer...

00:18:31.833 --> 00:18:33.633
[Laughter]

00:18:33.633 --> 00:18:36.067
and I'm not from San Diego
or from Tijuana

00:18:36.067 --> 00:18:37.967
or a gay man, and--

00:18:37.967 --> 00:18:40.133
[Laughter]

00:18:40.133 --> 00:18:41.600
Man: Today, you are.

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:43.033
You are now
an honorary gay man.

00:18:43.033 --> 00:18:45.567
Come, come.
Give me. Give me.

00:18:45.567 --> 00:18:48.167
Man: Just to hear what
we can do in a few days.

00:18:48.167 --> 00:18:51.267
Can you imagine
if we had a few weeks
or a few months?

00:18:51.267 --> 00:18:53.467
I think we'd be
amazing together,

00:18:53.467 --> 00:18:55.400
so I'm really
looking forward to

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.000
continuing this
and to singing
together again.

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.600
Man two: We could
take over the world.

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:01.600
[Laughter]

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:03.333
[Applause]

00:19:03.333 --> 00:19:06.300
[Indistinct chatter]

00:19:07.967 --> 00:19:09.600
Pati, voice-over:
As Charlie said,

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:12.567
you can't hate someone
you just sang a song with.

00:19:12.567 --> 00:19:16.133
I think the same can be
said for sharing a taco.

00:19:17.067 --> 00:19:19.467
We love to
overcomplicate things,

00:19:19.467 --> 00:19:23.233
but a safe space, music,
and good food can go a long way

00:19:23.233 --> 00:19:24.867
to achieving harmony

00:19:24.867 --> 00:19:27.667
no matter which side
of the border you call home.

00:19:27.667 --> 00:19:29.800
Pati: Who liked the tacos?
Anybody?

00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:32.367
[Cheering]

00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:36.300
Yay!

00:19:40.533 --> 00:19:41.967
Pati, voice-over:
Achieving harmony

00:19:41.967 --> 00:19:43.233
within your palate

00:19:43.233 --> 00:19:44.667
is the mission of one man

00:19:44.667 --> 00:19:46.867
in Mexico's wine country.

00:19:46.867 --> 00:19:51.100
40 miles south of Tijuana
lies the Guadalupe Valley,

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:55.700
home to more than 100 wineries
along the famed Ruta del Vino.

00:19:58.633 --> 00:20:01.067
[Speaking Spanish]

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:04.267
Pati, voice-over: Hugo D'Acosta
opened the boutique

00:20:04.267 --> 00:20:07.233
Casa de Piedra in 1997...

00:20:08.767 --> 00:20:13.233
and is known as
the godfather of Mexican wine.

00:20:13.233 --> 00:20:16.467
[Speaking Spanish]

00:20:35.867 --> 00:20:37.367
Uh-huh, uh-huh.

00:20:37.367 --> 00:20:41.267
♪

00:20:41.267 --> 00:20:43.000
Pati, voice-over:
Next door is another

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.533
of Hugo's 4 wineries.

00:20:44.533 --> 00:20:47.400
Aborigen is his more
experimental brand

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.933
that is managed
by his son Lucas.

00:20:49.933 --> 00:20:53.167
[Speaking Spanish]

00:21:07.133 --> 00:21:08.400
Ha ha ha!

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:10.233
[Indistinct chatter]

00:21:10.233 --> 00:21:11.800
Pati, voice-over:
Experimentation is not only

00:21:11.800 --> 00:21:13.600
to discover unique flavors...

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:15.267
[Speaking Spanish]

00:21:15.267 --> 00:21:18.500
...but is a way
to prepare for the future.

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:21.700
The valley's water table
is running dangerously low,

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:24.967
and Aborigen focuses on
techniques and grapes

00:21:24.967 --> 00:21:28.067
that require less water.

00:21:28.067 --> 00:21:31.300
[Speaking Spanish]

00:21:56.867 --> 00:21:58.600
[Gulls squawking]

00:21:58.600 --> 00:22:00.567
Pati, voice-over: But water
definitely isn't the issue

00:22:00.567 --> 00:22:03.000
for Hugo's latest experiment,

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:06.000
arguably his most ambitious yet.

00:22:13.933 --> 00:22:17.167
[Speaking Spanish]

00:22:26.133 --> 00:22:27.400
Pati, voice-over:
Yep, that's right,

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.367
aging wines in the ocean.

00:22:33.967 --> 00:22:36.967
Several miles into
the Bay of Ensenada is home

00:22:36.967 --> 00:22:40.667
to one of the oldest mussel
farming operations in Mexico.

00:22:40.667 --> 00:22:44.400
[Indistinct chatter]

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:46.400
Hugo has partnered
with the farm to create

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:49.333
a unique underwater pairing.

00:22:49.333 --> 00:22:52.533
The blue barrels mark
the area of the mussel farm.

00:22:52.533 --> 00:22:56.367
Beneath the barrels
are 20-foot lines called socks.

00:22:56.367 --> 00:22:59.800
Each sock holds a bottle
of wine wrapped in mesh

00:22:59.800 --> 00:23:02.700
for the mussels to grow on.

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.767
Winemakers got the idea
after divers found

00:23:05.767 --> 00:23:10.000
wine bottles covered in mussels
in the wreck of the Titanic.

00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:15.567
In some ways, the ocean is
a winemaker's dream--

00:23:15.567 --> 00:23:19.633
low temperature
and no light like a cave.

00:23:19.633 --> 00:23:21.333
Pati: Aging the wine

00:23:21.333 --> 00:23:23.600
and waiting
for the mussels to grow

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:25.433
to be at
the right time to eat...

00:23:25.433 --> 00:23:26.533
Exactly.

00:23:26.533 --> 00:23:28.233
They don't
necessarily match.

00:23:28.233 --> 00:23:30.667
Hugo: We are working
with the different dates...

00:23:30.667 --> 00:23:32.133
Pati: Uh-huh.

00:23:32.133 --> 00:23:34.333
Hugo: to put the bottles,
different seasons

00:23:34.333 --> 00:23:36.767
to find out which one
is the best for the wine

00:23:36.767 --> 00:23:39.167
and which one is the best
for the mussels.

00:23:39.167 --> 00:23:41.667
Man: For the camera.
Ha ha ha!

00:23:41.667 --> 00:23:44.100
Hey. Let's go. Bueno.

00:23:46.933 --> 00:23:49.233
Pati, voice-over:
It's Alberto's job to retrieve

00:23:49.233 --> 00:23:51.267
the bottles that have
aged underwater

00:23:51.267 --> 00:23:54.967
anywhere from 6 months
to 2 years.

00:23:54.967 --> 00:23:57.400
[Speaking Spanish]

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:59.300
Wow!

00:24:02.167 --> 00:24:05.433
[Speaking Spanish]

00:24:09.133 --> 00:24:10.267
Ah, OK.

00:24:10.267 --> 00:24:12.467
[Speaking Spanish]

00:24:12.467 --> 00:24:14.467
It's been aging for,
like, two years.

00:24:19.567 --> 00:24:21.433
Oh. OK.

00:24:24.433 --> 00:24:25.767
OK.

00:24:25.767 --> 00:24:27.933
Pati, voice-over:
An experiment like this requires

00:24:27.933 --> 00:24:29.667
a lot of trial and error to find

00:24:29.667 --> 00:24:33.133
the perfect balance
of wine and mussel.

00:24:33.133 --> 00:24:34.867
Pati: Look at that
one over there.

00:24:34.867 --> 00:24:37.600
[Speaking Spanish]

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:52.633
Pati, voice-over:
Villa Torel is a popular spot

00:24:52.633 --> 00:24:55.400
in Guadalupe Valley
and was recently named

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:57.900
a top 50 Latin American
restaurant.

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.967
Chef Alfredo Villanueva

00:24:59.967 --> 00:25:01.300
has the honor of turning

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:03.767
these mussels into a meal.

00:25:03.767 --> 00:25:05.167
[Speaking Spanish]

00:25:05.167 --> 00:25:07.400
What's your plan?

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:12.133
Alfredo: Cook with garlic
and--and, uh--and wine.

00:25:12.133 --> 00:25:14.567
Pati: How long was
this in the ocean?
Do you remember?

00:25:14.567 --> 00:25:19.300
Lucas: This one was, like,
probably, like, 8 to 10
months probably.

00:25:24.733 --> 00:25:26.467
Pati, voice-over: Think
about your favorite

00:25:26.467 --> 00:25:28.633
dry white wine, crisp, airy,

00:25:28.633 --> 00:25:31.867
yet brushed with a briny
taste of an ocean wave.

00:25:31.867 --> 00:25:37.033
[Speaking Spanish]

00:25:37.033 --> 00:25:39.133
Pati, voice-over: A recurring
theme I've encountered

00:25:39.133 --> 00:25:41.133
throughout the borderlands
is a culture

00:25:41.133 --> 00:25:44.300
of creativity
and the bravery to explore.

00:25:45.433 --> 00:25:49.867
For Hugo, that means
turning water into wine.

00:25:49.867 --> 00:25:53.400
[Speaking Spanish]

00:26:07.367 --> 00:26:10.600
[Speaking Spanish]

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:12.267
Pati, voice-over: Culinary
invention is

00:26:12.267 --> 00:26:14.333
a hallmark
of Baja California.

00:26:14.333 --> 00:26:17.200
[Speaking Spanish]

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.000
Pati, voice-over: In fact...

00:26:20.467 --> 00:26:22.833
there's a dish
I bet you've heard of

00:26:22.833 --> 00:26:26.133
that was invented here
almost 100 years ago.

00:26:26.133 --> 00:26:28.767
During Prohibition,
Americans poured

00:26:28.767 --> 00:26:31.867
over the border
to the boomtown of Tijuana.

00:26:31.867 --> 00:26:33.200
Some famous...

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:35.600
[Speaking Spanish]

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:37.800
...and others
who would soon be famous

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:42.267
like Italian immigrant
Caesar Cardini.

00:26:42.267 --> 00:26:44.667
This was his restaurant,
the birthplace

00:26:44.667 --> 00:26:48.367
of arguably the most
famous dish on the planet.

00:26:48.367 --> 00:26:50.300
That Caesar salad
was actually...

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:52.133
Created in Tijuana.
created in Tijuana.

00:26:52.133 --> 00:26:53.367
Yes.

00:26:53.367 --> 00:26:55.133
Did you know that?
I did know that.

00:26:55.133 --> 00:26:57.367
Proudly Mexican.
Yes.

00:26:57.367 --> 00:26:59.300
Pati, voice-over: Caesar's
is now owned by the family

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:02.600
of the chef credited
with creating Baja cuisine

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:04.933
Javier Plascencia,
but his family

00:27:04.933 --> 00:27:07.267
was there from the start.

00:27:07.267 --> 00:27:08.667
Javier: My grandpa,

00:27:08.667 --> 00:27:10.133
my father's father,

00:27:10.133 --> 00:27:12.133
he used to be a cantinero,

00:27:12.133 --> 00:27:13.900
a bartender at Caesar's...

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:15.500
Ah!

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:19.733
and my grandma, uh, used--
from my mom's used to work

00:27:19.733 --> 00:27:22.900
at a perfume shop
next door to Caesar's,

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:24.700
so we have a lot
of history.

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:26.467
Pati, voice-over:
Named after the owner,

00:27:26.467 --> 00:27:29.300
the dish is often wrongly
credited to Cardini.

00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:31.267
Pati: That's the man,
the myth, the legend,

00:27:31.267 --> 00:27:33.133
but he didn't come up
with the salad.

00:27:33.133 --> 00:27:34.300
It was...

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.567
Livio Santini.
Livio.

00:27:35.567 --> 00:27:36.900
His cook.

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.400
Like, this is
Livio Santini.

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.933
This is his original
picture from 1924.

00:27:39.933 --> 00:27:41.700
That's when he came here.

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.833
He was a cook,

00:27:42.833 --> 00:27:44.300
and he was the guy who

00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:47.067
actually invented
the Caesar salad.

00:27:47.067 --> 00:27:50.267
Pati, voice-over: As legend
has it, Caesar asked Livio

00:27:50.267 --> 00:27:52.867
for a salad, who threw
together a little something

00:27:52.867 --> 00:27:55.533
with the ingredients
he had lying around.

00:27:55.533 --> 00:27:57.433
Because they were very poor
back in Italy,

00:27:57.433 --> 00:27:59.400
so they had stale bread
for the croutons.

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:02.500
They had, of course
Parmesan cheese, olive oil,

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.967
so that's what their mom
used to make

00:28:03.967 --> 00:28:05.267
for them
when they were kids.

00:28:05.267 --> 00:28:06.567
OK.
So he was...

00:28:06.567 --> 00:28:08.233
for the cook that
was in the kitchen.

00:28:08.233 --> 00:28:09.833
For the cook that
was in the kitchen.

00:28:09.833 --> 00:28:11.567
Pati, voice-over: Caesar
was eating in his usual spot

00:28:11.567 --> 00:28:13.100
spot at the front
of the house when a customer saw

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:14.933
it and asked for a taste.

00:28:14.933 --> 00:28:18.400
Overwhelmed, she immediately
asked him to make her one, too.

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:22.233
Caesar, a bit of a showman,
knew what to do next.

00:28:22.233 --> 00:28:24.133
And he was a tall,
handsome Italian guy.

00:28:24.133 --> 00:28:25.867
He started making
it tableside.

00:28:25.867 --> 00:28:28.867
Pati, voice-over: And every
Caesar salad has been made

00:28:28.867 --> 00:28:30.733
tableside since,

00:28:30.733 --> 00:28:34.867
but no man has made more salads
at Caesar's than Efrain,

00:28:34.867 --> 00:28:37.033
a salad-making hero.

00:28:37.033 --> 00:28:40.267
[Speaking Spanish]

00:28:40.267 --> 00:28:41.867
Salad maker for 29 years.

00:28:41.867 --> 00:28:43.167
[Speaking Spanish]

00:28:43.167 --> 00:28:45.133
That's his profession.
Whoa!

00:28:45.133 --> 00:28:48.433
[Speaking Spanish]

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.800
So you're gonna...

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:54.600
[Speaking Spanish]

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:56.733
Pati, voice-over:
The ingredients are simple.

00:28:56.733 --> 00:28:59.000
[Speaking Spanish]

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.500
Javier: Now the hard part.

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.933
The tricky part--not hard.
It's just tricky.

00:29:01.933 --> 00:29:03.867
The egg.

00:29:03.867 --> 00:29:05.467
Heh heh heh.
Ha ha ha!

00:29:05.467 --> 00:29:06.933
You're laughing
already, right?

00:29:06.933 --> 00:29:09.667
I'm making fun of you.
Ha ha ha!

00:29:09.667 --> 00:29:12.333
I'm gonna get it just
to prove you wrong, OK?

00:29:12.333 --> 00:29:14.067
This egg has been
coddled already

00:29:14.067 --> 00:29:17.000
for a couple of minutes
just to get any bacteria out.

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.267
[Speaking Spanish]

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:23.600
Javier: So we want to
use the egg yolk.

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:25.433
I know you're not gonna--
He's already laughing!

00:29:25.433 --> 00:29:28.000
He knows I'm
a messy cook. OK.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:31.267
[Speaking Spanish]

00:29:35.367 --> 00:29:37.867
Javier: There you go.

00:29:37.867 --> 00:29:41.067
[Speaking Spanish]

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.367
Javier: You can't use your
hands at the table, Pati.

00:29:44.367 --> 00:29:49.267
Oh! Oh! Ha ha ha!
Oh. Here.

00:29:49.267 --> 00:29:50.967
Javier: He did it
like--like that.

00:29:50.967 --> 00:29:52.267
Beautiful.
And that's it.

00:29:52.267 --> 00:29:53.467
That's good.

00:29:53.467 --> 00:29:55.267
Good job, Pati.
Pati: OK.

00:29:55.267 --> 00:29:56.967
I like this lime squeezer.

00:29:56.967 --> 00:29:58.533
Javier: There you go.

00:29:58.533 --> 00:30:01.867
So the juice will go
over the egg yolk.

00:30:01.867 --> 00:30:03.067
[Speaking Spanish]

00:30:03.067 --> 00:30:04.500
Worcestershire-shire-shire.

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.767
Javier:
Worcestershire-shire-shire.

00:30:05.767 --> 00:30:06.933
I can never pronounce it.

00:30:06.933 --> 00:30:09.167
Pati: Me either.
Ha ha ha!

00:30:09.167 --> 00:30:11.000
Beautiful.
It smells nice.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:13.500
Pati: It smells
really nice.

00:30:15.767 --> 00:30:18.067
Ha ha ha!

00:30:18.067 --> 00:30:19.733
So we never wash
these bowls.

00:30:19.733 --> 00:30:22.567
We only clean them because
they have that flavor.

00:30:22.567 --> 00:30:26.600
They're probably more
than 20-something years old.

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:29.633
[Speaking Spanish]

00:30:31.467 --> 00:30:32.567
Mmm!

00:30:32.567 --> 00:30:34.167
[Speaking Spanish]

00:30:34.167 --> 00:30:36.167
Javier: OK. So you just
go very gently

00:30:36.167 --> 00:30:39.233
and make sure all
the salad is covered.

00:30:39.233 --> 00:30:42.133
One of the things that you
probably didn't know

00:30:42.133 --> 00:30:44.400
is that the original way
to eat the salad

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.633
is with your hands.

00:30:45.633 --> 00:30:47.133
Aha.
OK?

00:30:47.133 --> 00:30:49.267
I love eating
with my hands.

00:30:49.267 --> 00:30:51.000
Javier: I like my croutons
to be covered

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.733
in the same dressing.

00:30:52.733 --> 00:30:54.100
Sauce.

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:57.433
It is my first time
eating a Caesar's

00:30:57.433 --> 00:30:59.900
in the place where
the Caesar's originated.

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:02.800
And now we give it another
shower of the cheese.

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:05.100
Pati: Sí.
Shower, shower.

00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:10.567
Oh, beautiful.

00:31:10.567 --> 00:31:15.733
And this is the original
Tijuana style Caesar salad.

00:31:15.733 --> 00:31:17.267
Pati: Wow!

00:31:17.267 --> 00:31:20.300
I'll try--Efrain's.
You can try his.

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:21.900
I'm going to
try yours first.

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.967
[Speaking Spanish]

00:31:25.567 --> 00:31:29.333
Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!

00:31:29.333 --> 00:31:32.100
Javier: Wow.
Mmm!

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:35.233
The most revealing thing
is his face of pride.

00:31:35.233 --> 00:31:36.733
He knows it's good.

00:31:36.733 --> 00:31:38.467
[Speaking Spanish]

00:31:38.467 --> 00:31:41.600
I've had many salads,
and I think, like, yours

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:43.267
is--it's a top.

00:31:43.267 --> 00:31:45.200
It's because we added
more anchovies, I think.

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:47.067
Mmm!
It's amazing.

00:31:47.067 --> 00:31:49.767
I really like mine,
but I like yours better.

00:31:49.767 --> 00:31:51.067
Javier: Ha ha ha!

00:31:51.067 --> 00:31:52.433
Pati: I do.

00:31:52.433 --> 00:31:53.967
So this is a perfect dish.

00:31:53.967 --> 00:31:55.600
You see it all over
the world,

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:57.067
all the hotels,

00:31:57.067 --> 00:31:59.167
but I've never had
a Caesar salad

00:31:59.167 --> 00:32:00.733
like you have it here
because--

00:32:00.733 --> 00:32:02.100
I don't know what it is.

00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:03.667
It's something
in the air,

00:32:03.667 --> 00:32:05.767
something about
the restaurant, the history,

00:32:05.767 --> 00:32:07.700
these bowls, his hands.

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:09.400
It's just very special.

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:15.300
Pati, voice-over:
Tijuana might hold the title

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:18.367
of world's most famous salad,
but it's also home

00:32:18.367 --> 00:32:21.200
to another world title holder.

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:26.567
Jackie Nava is
a lot like most moms...

00:32:26.567 --> 00:32:28.000
Ha ha ha!

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:33.000
making flapjacks
and going to work,

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.800
but when she gets
to her day job,

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:38.433
staying on top of her
punch list is a dogfight.

00:32:38.433 --> 00:32:43.633
♪

00:32:43.633 --> 00:32:45.000
[Bell rings]

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:51.200
♪

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.433
Pati voiceover: Jackie
is Tijuana's

00:32:52.433 --> 00:32:54.400
explosive featherweight warrior

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:56.667
inside and outside the ring.

00:32:56.667 --> 00:33:00.467
She is a former world champion
in two weight classes,

00:33:00.467 --> 00:33:02.267
has served as a representative

00:33:02.267 --> 00:33:05.133
for the state
of Baja California,

00:33:05.133 --> 00:33:08.600
and is a mother
of two beautiful girls.

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:11.133
[Speaking Spanish]

00:33:11.133 --> 00:33:13.867
Pati, voice-over: Today, Jackie
is showing me the ropes...

00:33:13.867 --> 00:33:16.433
[Speaking Spanish]

00:33:22.233 --> 00:33:23.867
Pati, voice-over:
and I'm liking this

00:33:23.867 --> 00:33:26.233
maybe a little too much.

00:33:26.233 --> 00:33:31.033
[Speaking Spanish]

00:33:31.033 --> 00:33:34.200
I already really feel,
like, so empowered,

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:37.000
and I want to stay here
in Tijuana and become a boxer.

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.767
♪

00:33:38.767 --> 00:33:39.867
[Crowd cheering]

00:33:39.867 --> 00:33:41.000
[Bell rings]

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.500
Ha ha ha!

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:45.400
Until I get that first
punch in my face probably.

00:33:46.633 --> 00:33:48.367
Pati, voice-over:
Women's boxing dates back

00:33:48.367 --> 00:33:50.633
to at least the early
18th century

00:33:50.633 --> 00:33:54.267
when Elizabeth Wilkinson fought
men and women in London

00:33:54.267 --> 00:33:57.367
and proclaimed herself
champion of Europe,

00:33:57.367 --> 00:34:00.467
but even with a rich
history, on average,

00:34:00.467 --> 00:34:05.133
women are paid about 70% less
than their male counterparts...

00:34:07.133 --> 00:34:09.867
but that didn't stop Jackie.

00:34:09.867 --> 00:34:13.267
At 16, Jackie's
kickboxing coach saw her talent

00:34:13.267 --> 00:34:16.633
and put her in the ring
for the first time.

00:34:16.633 --> 00:34:19.233
[Speaking Spanish]

00:35:24.533 --> 00:35:26.500
[Sizzling]

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:29.733
♪

00:35:29.733 --> 00:35:33.167
[Speaking Spanish]

00:35:40.267 --> 00:35:41.633
Pati, voice over:
Fernando Beltran is

00:35:41.633 --> 00:35:44.200
Jackie's promoter
and has represented

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:46.733
some of the biggest names
in boxing like

00:35:46.733 --> 00:35:50.533
Julio César Chavez
and Erik "Terrible" Morales.

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:57.100
Mariscos El Ángel is his
favorite food spot in Tijuana,

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:58.867
and it's in the neighborhood
where he got

00:35:58.867 --> 00:36:00.867
his start in the eighties.

00:36:00.867 --> 00:36:04.633
♪

00:36:04.633 --> 00:36:08.267
[Speaking Spanish]

00:36:15.733 --> 00:36:17.433
[Crunching]

00:36:17.433 --> 00:36:18.867
Mmm.

00:36:18.867 --> 00:36:20.667
Mmm!

00:36:20.667 --> 00:36:24.233
[Speaking Spanish]

00:36:39.067 --> 00:36:40.500
Pati, voice-over:
Fernando says that boxers

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.100
at the border carry
unique traits

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:44.800
found nowhere else
in the world.

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:48.500
[Speaking Spanish]

00:37:37.933 --> 00:37:39.267
Ah.

00:37:39.267 --> 00:37:42.200
[Speaking Spanish]

00:37:47.133 --> 00:37:48.800
Pati, voice-over:
Viewership is the key

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:51.467
to paying women more,
and although Jackie retired

00:37:51.467 --> 00:37:55.333
in 2022, her legendary
career and persistence

00:37:55.333 --> 00:37:57.400
through adversity has
brought a spotlight

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:59.600
to the sport that is
opening doors

00:37:59.600 --> 00:38:03.633
for the next generation
of female boxers.

00:38:03.633 --> 00:38:06.667
[Speaking Spanish]

00:38:37.433 --> 00:38:39.700
Pati, voice over:
The world sees a champion.

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:42.300
Her kids just see Mom.

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:45.667
[Speaking Spanish]

00:39:01.733 --> 00:39:04.233
Pati, voice over: From
one powerful mother in Tijuana,

00:39:04.233 --> 00:39:07.267
who fights with her fists,
to another in San Diego,

00:39:07.267 --> 00:39:09.133
who fights with her heart.

00:39:09.133 --> 00:39:10.400
[Speaking Spanish]

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.233
Olivia Romero
hasn't won medals

00:39:12.233 --> 00:39:13.733
or invented something new.

00:39:13.733 --> 00:39:15.700
She is simply a fronteriza
who has taken

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:19.467
the best of both worlds
to raise an incredible family.

00:39:19.467 --> 00:39:22.167
She went from being
an assistant in Tijuana

00:39:22.167 --> 00:39:24.133
to running
the accounting department

00:39:24.133 --> 00:39:27.900
of a multinational company
in San Diego...

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:29.600
[Speaking Spanish]

00:39:29.600 --> 00:39:31.233
Pati, voice-over: while
commuting across the border

00:39:31.233 --> 00:39:33.667
every day
and single parenting 5 kids

00:39:33.667 --> 00:39:36.333
after being abandoned
by her husband...

00:39:36.333 --> 00:39:39.100
[Speaking Spanish]

00:39:44.967 --> 00:39:47.333
Pati, voice over: who include
a chef turned entrepreneur,

00:39:47.333 --> 00:39:51.233
a PR executive,
and 3 scientists.

00:39:51.233 --> 00:39:52.300
We're shopping

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:53.500
for dinner tonight,

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.833
where I get to meet her family

00:39:54.833 --> 00:39:55.967
of true fronterizos,

00:39:55.967 --> 00:39:57.267
who've managed to thrive

00:39:57.267 --> 00:39:58.900
in this in-between space

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:01.000
we call La Frontera.

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:03.233
[Speaking Spanish]

00:40:08.933 --> 00:40:12.100
Pati, voice over: I don't
think it's that simple,

00:40:12.100 --> 00:40:15.367
but at her home, I'm going
to do a little more digging

00:40:15.367 --> 00:40:18.133
if I can keep
everybody straight.

00:40:18.133 --> 00:40:20.467
Pati: So, Oli, then...

00:40:20.467 --> 00:40:22.767
Lizzie.
Lizzie. Where's Lizzie?

00:40:22.767 --> 00:40:26.333
Pati, voice-over: Lizelda is
a camera-shy PR executive.

00:40:26.333 --> 00:40:28.667
And then?
Melina.

00:40:28.667 --> 00:40:30.300
Pati, voice-over:
Melina is a former chef

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:32.333
turned entrepreneur.

00:40:32.333 --> 00:40:34.400
[Speaking Spanish]

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:35.933
Pati, voice over: Romina is
an environmental scientist

00:40:35.933 --> 00:40:37.633
with San Diego County.

00:40:37.633 --> 00:40:40.167
So what I do is I monitor
the beaches in San Diego

00:40:40.167 --> 00:40:42.500
for contamination,
and if they're contaminated,

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:45.300
I notify the public
so they don't swim in it.

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:47.200
Pati: That seems
very important.

00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:48.833
What do you deal with?

00:40:48.833 --> 00:40:50.633
Pati, voice-over: Enrique's
job is confidential,

00:40:50.633 --> 00:40:53.100
but he's, like, super good
with space thingies.

00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:56.400
I send satellites
into space

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:59.433
and then use them
for communication.

00:40:59.433 --> 00:41:02.500
Wow! So it has to do
with what you do

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:04.000
because you're
testing materials

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.167
to be used in space maybe.

00:41:05.167 --> 00:41:06.867
Sure, sure.
Yeah.

00:41:06.867 --> 00:41:08.333
Sure.
Ha ha ha!

00:41:08.333 --> 00:41:10.400
Pati, voice-over:
And lastly, Olivia Greave,

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:12.133
who is making
our dinner tonight,

00:41:12.133 --> 00:41:14.633
also works with space materials.

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:18.867
In fact, she's so good,
she was named

00:41:18.867 --> 00:41:22.600
by "Forbes Mexico" as one
of the 100 most powerful women

00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:26.400
in Mexico,
but how's her picadillo?

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:29.633
Oli: We're
gonna add about 5 cups

00:41:29.633 --> 00:41:34.300
of kind of coarsely
ground tomatoes. Yes.

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:36.200
Pati, voice-over: On the menu
is Olivia's

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:38.333
green bean casserole,
cheese soup,

00:41:38.333 --> 00:41:40.100
and picadillo sopes.

00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:43.633
[Speaking Spanish]

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:54.133
Pati: This is so good!

00:41:54.133 --> 00:41:57.367
[Speaking Spanish]

00:41:59.333 --> 00:42:00.933
Hola.

00:42:00.933 --> 00:42:03.667
Hola.

00:42:03.667 --> 00:42:05.600
Pati: I really
feel at home.

00:42:05.600 --> 00:42:07.733
It feels, like, so

00:42:07.733 --> 00:42:09.267
Mexican in America,

00:42:09.267 --> 00:42:12.533
like, in every
possible way.

00:42:12.533 --> 00:42:14.900
All: Salud.

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:16.600
Cheers!

00:42:19.167 --> 00:42:20.667
Pati: And, Oli,
you were telling me

00:42:20.667 --> 00:42:23.533
so much about
how your family

00:42:23.533 --> 00:42:26.333
has this story
of back and forth.

00:42:26.333 --> 00:42:28.233
Your dad is
from San Diego,

00:42:28.233 --> 00:42:30.133
and your mom is
rom Tijuana,

00:42:30.133 --> 00:42:32.133
and you have so,
so much family

00:42:32.133 --> 00:42:34.967
from so many generations
in the region.

00:42:34.967 --> 00:42:38.300
In both sides
of the border. Yes.

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:40.367
Pati, voice-over: Olivia's
family members have been

00:42:40.367 --> 00:42:43.167
fronterizos
or borderlanders straddling

00:42:43.167 --> 00:42:47.167
both sides
for multiple generations.

00:42:47.167 --> 00:42:48.900
What does fronterizo
mean to you?

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:52.267
Romina: It means that
we're always straddling
that border.

00:42:52.267 --> 00:42:53.900
We're not 100% Mexican.

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:55.500
We're not 100%--sorry.

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:57.033
I'm holding
a baby, so I need...

00:42:57.033 --> 00:42:58.600
Pati: It's good.
It's rocking me.

00:42:58.600 --> 00:43:00.133
It's rocking me.
It's nice, it's nice.

00:43:00.133 --> 00:43:01.700
Romina: I need to rock.
I need to rock.

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:03.200
We're taking the best from
both cultures and merging it

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:04.867
into our own,
and I think that's

00:43:04.867 --> 00:43:06.233
what fronterizo means.

00:43:06.233 --> 00:43:07.967
We're a little bit of both.

00:43:07.967 --> 00:43:10.200
You know, what's the best
thing about San Diego? Tijuana?

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:12.600
What's the best thing
about Tijuana? San Diego.

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:14.300
Oh, that is amazing!

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:15.733
Pati, voice-over: Utilizing
the best of both worlds

00:43:15.733 --> 00:43:18.333
is what allowed Olivia Romero
to climb

00:43:18.333 --> 00:43:20.900
the corporate ladder
in the U.S. while living

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.533
with her family in Tijuana.

00:43:22.533 --> 00:43:25.133
Romina: She was raised in
a time where you got married,

00:43:25.133 --> 00:43:28.000
you had kids, you had
a--you were a housewife,

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.800
and that was
your role, right?

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:34.000
But then she did that,
and then she got divorced,

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.233
and she looked around
and said,

00:43:35.233 --> 00:43:36.867
"Well, this didn't
work for me.

00:43:36.867 --> 00:43:38.567
Let's make it work."

00:43:38.567 --> 00:43:41.400
So she turned around
and became an executive.

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.367
She went back to work,
and at the end,

00:43:43.367 --> 00:43:47.100
she was managing a company
with, like, 3,000 employees.

00:43:47.100 --> 00:43:51.000
So that model that she was
raised in, in a box,

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:53.800
she blew it open,
so we wouldn't be

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:57.500
where we were if she
would have stayed
within that box.

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:59.567
Like, "OK, well, if
she did it, I can do it."

00:43:59.567 --> 00:44:02.500
Pati: Quique, What do
you think pushed you,

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:06.033
like, propelled you
to do--to do science

00:44:06.033 --> 00:44:07.933
and to study
so much and to be

00:44:07.933 --> 00:44:09.800
in the field
that you are?

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:14.400
I think the reason, um,
that I was able to achieve

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:17.233
what I've achieved
so far

00:44:17.233 --> 00:44:21.100
is, um, a collection
of moments.

00:44:21.100 --> 00:44:25.600
Gangs, drugs--I was
surrounded by it every day,

00:44:25.600 --> 00:44:29.500
and a lot of my friends
fell to that,

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:31.533
but I didn't,
and the things

00:44:31.533 --> 00:44:34.200
that make you
make the right choices

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:37.733
are your strong
family values

00:44:37.733 --> 00:44:41.267
and, um, that foundation,

00:44:41.267 --> 00:44:43.400
but it all started
with my mom.

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:45.867
Everybody in my family
will tell you that

00:44:45.867 --> 00:44:49.133
my mom did
almost the impossible

00:44:49.133 --> 00:44:51.400
to raise 5 kids by herself,

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:55.800
and I'm very proud
to have the mom that I have.

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:58.800
[Speaking Spanish]

00:44:58.800 --> 00:45:00.067
Cheers to mom.

00:45:00.067 --> 00:45:01.700
Pati: You're so blessed.

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:03.533
Olivia: Yes, I'm blessed.

00:45:03.533 --> 00:45:06.300
I don't know how
this happened,

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:07.667
but I'm so happy.

00:45:07.667 --> 00:45:09.133
Thank you for opening
your home

00:45:09.133 --> 00:45:10.467
and your stories.

00:45:10.467 --> 00:45:11.900
Thank you.
No, thank you.

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:13.500
Thank you.

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:15.033
All: Salud.

00:45:15.033 --> 00:45:16.633
Pati, voice-over:
Olivia and her family are

00:45:16.633 --> 00:45:18.833
a good reminder that family
doesn't have to be

00:45:18.833 --> 00:45:21.133
as perfect as this little guy.

00:45:21.133 --> 00:45:24.233
Oh, my gosh!
He's talking to me.

00:45:24.233 --> 00:45:25.800
[Speaking Spanish]

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:28.000
Pati, voice-over: It just
needs love and hard work.

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.633
Really?

00:45:29.633 --> 00:45:31.867
Pati, voice-over:
Fronterizos like Olivia

00:45:31.867 --> 00:45:34.933
have the best of both worlds,

00:45:34.933 --> 00:45:36.667
but what about the best of 3?

00:45:36.667 --> 00:45:39.400
That is the experience
of those who have migrated

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:41.333
to the borderlands
from a country

00:45:41.333 --> 00:45:44.433
that is neither the U.S.
or Mexico.

00:45:44.433 --> 00:45:47.267
Mexicali has the largest
Chinatown in Mexico,

00:45:47.267 --> 00:45:49.733
known as La Chinesca.

00:45:49.733 --> 00:45:52.267
On the surface are
pagodas, shops,

00:45:52.267 --> 00:45:54.933
and more than 200 Chinese
restaurants,

00:45:54.933 --> 00:45:58.100
but below the surface,
there's a series of tunnels

00:45:58.100 --> 00:46:00.733
connecting basements that
hold the secrets

00:46:00.733 --> 00:46:05.033
of the people who for decades
lived in an underground world.

00:46:05.033 --> 00:46:08.400
[Speaking Spanish]

00:46:09.967 --> 00:46:12.400
Pati, voice-over: My guide
is Rubén Hernandez Chin,

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:15.000
a local merchant
of Chinese Mexican descent

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:17.067
who owns some
of these basements

00:46:17.067 --> 00:46:19.200
and is helping to
revitalize La Chinesca

00:46:19.200 --> 00:46:21.100
to bring the stories to life.

00:46:21.100 --> 00:46:23.367
[Speaking Spanish]

00:46:53.533 --> 00:46:55.400
Pati, voice over: Marco Miranda
is one of the artists

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:58.133
who helped transform
this alley in 2020

00:46:58.133 --> 00:47:01.600
into what is now
the heart of La Chinesca.

00:47:01.600 --> 00:47:04.700
[Speaking Spanish]

00:47:40.100 --> 00:47:41.767
Pati, voice over:
The Chinese began arriving

00:47:41.767 --> 00:47:43.533
in Mexicali in 1903.

00:47:43.533 --> 00:47:46.333
Millions had come to
the U.S. for the gold rush,

00:47:46.333 --> 00:47:48.600
the promise of higher wages
on railroads,

00:47:48.600 --> 00:47:51.567
and the allure
of American freedom,

00:47:51.567 --> 00:47:54.000
but in a time of deepening
economic instability

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:58.767
and civil war, white resentment
was burning at an all-time high.

00:47:58.767 --> 00:48:00.800
Malicious hate crimes
and eventually

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:06.000
the Chinese Exclusion Act caused
many to try to find a new home.

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:08.300
[Speaking Spanish]

00:48:59.967 --> 00:49:02.400
Pati, voice-over: The network
of more than 40 basements

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:05.033
were used for everything
from dormitories

00:49:05.033 --> 00:49:07.800
to gambling rooms
and opioid dens.

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:10.733
In the 1920s,
neighboring Mexican states

00:49:10.733 --> 00:49:13.600
began to violently expel
the Chinese,

00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:16.367
and Mexicali became
a sanctuary.

00:49:16.367 --> 00:49:18.967
[Speaking Spanish]

00:49:44.867 --> 00:49:46.800
Pati, voice over:
The last known inhabitants left

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:50.600
in the 1970s due to disrepair
and frequent flooding,

00:49:50.600 --> 00:49:53.200
so Rubén has reimagined
the underground

00:49:53.200 --> 00:49:56.633
with his own props
to educate tourists.

00:49:56.633 --> 00:50:00.200
[Speaking Spanish]

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:13.167
Pati, voice over:
Today, the migratory flow

00:50:13.167 --> 00:50:14.867
from China has slowed down.

00:50:14.867 --> 00:50:17.700
However, the influence
from the early Chinese

00:50:17.700 --> 00:50:22.100
is everywhere, most notably
in the 200 Chinese restaurants

00:50:22.100 --> 00:50:24.100
throughout the city.

00:50:24.100 --> 00:50:27.267
El Dragón is one
of the oldest in Mexicali.

00:50:27.267 --> 00:50:30.400
Since 1976, they have
offered traditional

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:33.700
Canton recipes
with Mexican flair.

00:50:33.700 --> 00:50:37.467
Canuto Lim owns the restaurant
with his son Jorge.

00:50:37.467 --> 00:50:40.467
He moved from Canton, China,
when he was 20

00:50:40.467 --> 00:50:42.667
and started working
in restaurants.

00:50:42.667 --> 00:50:46.800
At almost 90,
he hasn't slowed down a bit.

00:50:46.800 --> 00:50:48.133
He's here every day.

00:50:48.133 --> 00:50:51.000
[Speaking Spanish]

00:51:43.867 --> 00:51:45.567
Pati, voice-over: Even though
it's a busy afternoon

00:51:45.567 --> 00:51:47.767
at the restaurant,
Jorge takes the time

00:51:47.767 --> 00:51:50.800
to walk me through
his favorite dishes.

00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.333
Pati: Ay. That's the one
I saw in the kitchen.

00:51:53.333 --> 00:51:54.533
You'll like this one.

00:51:54.533 --> 00:51:56.033
It's filled with
shrimp and pork.

00:51:56.033 --> 00:51:57.200
[Speaking Spanish]

00:51:57.200 --> 00:51:58.400
There's some sauce.

00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.800
And what's in the sauce?

00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:00.867
Uh, Sorry. It's

00:52:00.867 --> 00:52:01.967
a ancient Chinese secret.

00:52:01.967 --> 00:52:03.667
I can't--I can't divulge it.

00:52:03.667 --> 00:52:04.900
Ha ha ha!

00:52:04.900 --> 00:52:06.300
No. It's soy sauce--
Uh-huh.

00:52:06.300 --> 00:52:09.567
soy sauce, cilantro,
and hot oil.

00:52:09.567 --> 00:52:10.833
How is it?
Mmm!

00:52:10.833 --> 00:52:13.100
Good?
Mmm! Mmm!

00:52:13.100 --> 00:52:14.800
Pati, voice-over:
El Dragón, like many

00:52:14.800 --> 00:52:17.400
of the Chinese restaurants here,
have localized their menus

00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:20.000
over the years
by adding regional ingredients

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:22.367
and inventing new fusions.

00:52:22.367 --> 00:52:24.533
Jorge: Our customers
are mainly Mexican.

00:52:24.533 --> 00:52:26.733
They like spicy.
It's really spicy.

00:52:26.733 --> 00:52:27.867
Pati: What's that?

00:52:27.867 --> 00:52:29.067
Jorge:
That's fried chilies

00:52:29.067 --> 00:52:30.667
with lemon
and special salt.

00:52:30.667 --> 00:52:32.667
Pati, voice-over:
Much like El Dragón's food,

00:52:32.667 --> 00:52:35.133
the borderlands are
by definition a fusion

00:52:35.133 --> 00:52:37.800
of cultures,
but for people like Jorge,

00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:40.333
there's an additional
layer to navigate.

00:52:40.333 --> 00:52:43.433
I'm not--I'm neither
Chinese, Mexican, or American.

00:52:43.433 --> 00:52:45.200
One time, I was talking
to this person,

00:52:45.200 --> 00:52:46.667
and they said, "You know what?
You're international."

00:52:46.667 --> 00:52:48.667
I was thinking,
"Yeah, you're right. I am."

00:52:48.667 --> 00:52:51.233
I was born in--I was born
in Mexico,

00:52:51.233 --> 00:52:52.500
I live in the U.S.,

00:52:52.500 --> 00:52:54.633
but I work in
Mexico, so what am I?

00:52:54.633 --> 00:52:58.633
And at home, you have
Cantonese, Chinese culture.

00:52:58.633 --> 00:52:59.967
Right. Chinese culture.

00:52:59.967 --> 00:53:02.400
Cantonese
and Mexican culture, too.

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:04.600
Has Mexico
as a country embraced

00:53:04.600 --> 00:53:06.167
the Chinese community?
I believe so.

00:53:06.167 --> 00:53:07.467
I believe--I mean,
I can only speak

00:53:07.467 --> 00:53:09.867
of here in Mexicali.
Uh-huh.

00:53:09.867 --> 00:53:13.333
Uh, for example, when I was
growing up, I remember

00:53:13.333 --> 00:53:15.700
the first thing that people
would say--would say,

00:53:15.700 --> 00:53:20.533
"Paisano," and to me it was
I thought it meant Chinese,

00:53:20.533 --> 00:53:22.800
but later in life, I found
out that paisano

00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:24.533
doesn't mean Chinese.

00:53:24.533 --> 00:53:27.300
It means countryman,
so a lot of people, like,

00:53:27.300 --> 00:53:30.000
in Mexico, they would see
a Chinese person,

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:31.600
and they say, "Paisano."

00:53:31.600 --> 00:53:34.000
So that's--I mean, I didn't
even know it back then,

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:37.133
but that's showing you
the embracing

00:53:37.133 --> 00:53:40.300
of, uh--of the community
here in Mex--in Mexicali.

00:53:42.067 --> 00:53:44.500
[Gulls crying]

00:53:47.667 --> 00:53:49.567
Pati, voice-over:
The U.S.-Mexico cross-border

00:53:49.567 --> 00:53:51.467
communities seem to dance
to the beat

00:53:51.467 --> 00:53:55.000
of their own drum,
but CaliBaja dances

00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:58.133
with a pulsing electricity.

00:53:58.133 --> 00:54:01.000
The contrasting narratives
only add fuel

00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:02.933
to its kinetic creativity.

00:54:02.933 --> 00:54:04.567
♪ A-ma i ♪

00:54:04.567 --> 00:54:05.833
Pati, voice-over:
The fronterizos

00:54:05.833 --> 00:54:07.067
of the Golden Coast

00:54:07.067 --> 00:54:08.267
are blazing their own paths

00:54:08.267 --> 00:54:10.967
and fighting to be themselves,

00:54:10.967 --> 00:54:12.600
to stick together...

00:54:12.600 --> 00:54:14.167
Pati: Wow!

00:54:14.167 --> 00:54:15.767
...and they've taught me
that even something

00:54:15.767 --> 00:54:19.700
as ancient as wine can still
cross new frontiers,

00:54:19.700 --> 00:54:24.067
a lesson that there's always one
more way to come together.

00:54:24.067 --> 00:54:26.933
♪

00:54:32.800 --> 00:54:47.733
♪

00:54:47.733 --> 00:55:00.333
♪