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You may not recognize the name Lee Unkrich (or you may, depending on how big of a Disney/Pixar fan you are!) but you re definitely familiar with his work. Lee Unkrich is the director of Disney/Pixar s Toy Story 3 and, of course, Coco .
The borderland favorite, Coco recently got the beautiful mural treatment local artist Ruben Mariscal aka Midnight Maurauder on Instagram, and a few other local artists, came together to replicate scenes from the beloved 2017 animated film.
The mural was loved by many across the borderland, and now, the actual director of Coco has taken notice! Taking to his official Twitter account, Unkrich Tweeted out the EP Times gallery of the beautiful mural- and he s a fan!
And of course, you ll find Mama Coco: Coco is a movie that I m sure many Mexicans and Mexican-American s related to. It s such a beautiful movie that makes you laugh and cry; I even know cholos who have cried watching that movie!
Speaking to Chuco Relic, the artist had this to say:
We wanted to paint something inspiring to the neighborhood, and considering that area is in an older area, we wanted to do something that hit home for a lot of us in the Hispanic culture. I grew up with a grandmother who actually had Alzheimer s. My other brother who helped collaborate on this, @relm72, also has a gma that lives nearby. We wanted to do something that alot of the hispanic community can relate to. Numerous diseases as far as dementia, Alzheimer s, Parkinson s, and diabetes take the ones that we love too early. I loved the film from beginning to end honestly, so I cant say there s a favorite part. But the part that did it for me is when gma coco remembers the song and came back to he