I first became aware of Morgan Spurlock through his documentary "Supersize Me", where he ate nothing but McDonald's meals for a month and recorded the effect on his health, energy levels, and well-being.
He's had a series on FX for about a year now called "30 Days" where he or a surrogate spend 30 days living in someone else's shoes.
The latest episode "Immigration", was one of the best pieces of television I've seen in years. Frank, a Minuteman who patrolled the border with his Minutemen buddies trying to prevent Mexicans from illegally entering the United States, agrees to live with an family of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.
Frank, incidentally is a Cuban immigrant who legally entered the country as a child. Now, he has no tolerance for those who enter the U.S. illegally. Ship 'em all home, he says - all 30 million.
Before the experiment starts, he declares his ideal situation would be for him to show up at the house and to have the immigration van to show up right behind him and take the family away.
No prejudice survives intimate contact with reality for long, and watching Frank experience and begin to understand the experiences of the "Gonzalez" family (not their real name), as he lives and works with them is amazing.
Frank certainly changes over time, especially when he goes to Mexico and sees the vilage and home where the "Gonzalez" family came from. I was literally rooting out loud for him, teary-eyed at one point as he starts to soften. "Come on, Frank."
If you've never seen Morgan Spurlock's work, this is worth seeking out. I missed the first season of "30 Days", but I might just go get the DVD.
The next episode, by the way, involves an outsourced American worker moving to India to take his old job back.