Luis Mandoki

Luis Mandoki has been called the Michael Moore of Mexico, a filmmaker whose overtly partisan documentaries preach messages to viewers who are already inclined to believe. But that's not the worst thing his critics had to say of Mandoki's most recent film, which purports to prove fraud in the Mexican presidential election of 2006.

MEXICO CITY -- In 1988, filmmaker Lu?s Mandoki left his native Mexico to work in Hollywood because at that time, he says, "it was very difficult to make quality movies in Mexico." Mandoki went on to direct such Hollywood fare as "Angel Eyes" with Jennifer Lopez. Now Mandoki says one of Hollywood's major players, Warner Bros., is partly responsible for blocking the release of his new documentary about last year's disputed Mexican presidential election.

Luis Mandoki: An article on filmmaker Luis Mandoki in Saturday's Calendar section said that the former mayor of Mexico City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, would participate in a question-and-answer forum at USC today. The event is on Tuesday, Sept. 30.