Melting Pot, also known as Race, is a 1998 feature film directed by Tom Musca,[1][2] writer and producer of Stand and Deliver.
Gustavo Alvarez is a Latino house painter who resides in Los Angeles.
His wife urges him to compete for a seat on the city council now that Councilman Jack Durman has retired from politics.
[3] Wrote Doug Pratt, "The jacket art tries to sell the film as a gang drama, but it is more of a seriously toned comedy.
While exaggerations of the political process prevent it from being totally believable, it does offer insights and humor on a subject that is far less covered than it ought to be in popular entertainment.