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¿Tacos or Tacos? Films Austin's Food Trucks, Old and New

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El Guero Taco Truck.
El Guero Taco Truck.
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As the new gourmet breed of food trucks infest Austin, what's happening to the traditional taco truck? Robert Lemon's film ¿Tacos or Tacos? looks at Austin's food truck culture — both the old school variety and the shiny new Airstream variety.

The film, which premieres at the Sonoma International Film Festival next month and as yet has no Austin premiere date, focuses on the "immigrant taco trucks on the East side of Austin to the new trendy food trucks in the eclectic and eccentric neighborhood of South Austin," and the trailers below each focus on one of the two neighborhoods.

Video: ¿Tacos or Tacos? Trailer 1

Video: ¿Tacos or Tacos? Trailer 2

· ¿Tacos or Tacos? [Facebook]
· ¿Tacos or Tacos?: Food-Truck Short Debuts at Sonoma Film Fest [SF Weekly via Slackerwood]

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