El Elotero, Corn Boy. 2012, USC 3rd year film. Annenberg scholar grant. The Elotero tells the story of an illegal immigrant from Mexico named Juan, age 14 and the odd jobs he and others like him must do in the hopes of a better life. One day on his vending route, his classmate and school crush, Carmen recognizes him. The lower class status, undocumented immigrant stereotype and stigma associated with the elotero profession are all central elements to the film. The subject of cultures and subcultures within minority groups, specifically between American and foreign-born people of the same ethnicity underlies tension between Carmen and Juan.
