We Have No Idea

Unintended Consequences: Can Storytelling Become Gentrified?

Adrian Walker Season 2 Episode 11

Guest:
Bernardo Ruiz is a documentary filmmaker and director of The Infinite Race,  part of ESPN's 30 for 30  film series. In his film, Ruiz takes viewers to a remote, mountainous area in northern Mexico, where he examines the unintended consequences caused by a rise in popularity of one of the most grueling and remote ultramarathons in the world.

Topic:
Adrian and Bernardo discuss the motivation and creation of the film, contrasting ideas of competition, how social class impacts storytelling, the trouble with fetishizing unfamiliar cultures, and much more.