This NME story points to the trailer for Passions Just Like Mine, a documentary about Morrissey fans directed by Kerri Koch. According to the movie’s website, the film focuses on one fan in particular, a working-class Mexican immigrant named Jose who “credits Morrissey with saving his life.”

This makes Passions the second documentary about the Los Angeles-based subculture of Latino Morrissey fans that I’ve heard of in as many years. The first was Is it Really So Strange?, directed by William T. Jones, which I saw at Anthology Film Archives in 2006, at a hipster-packed screening where I sat behind celebrity Smiths fan Chloe Sevigny. What made that film interesting was the ingenious ways in which Jones turned his lack of access into an asset. A photographer-turned filmmaker, Jones structured the film as fan’s photo album of fandom. His only meeting with Morrissey was almost accidental, but Jones’ diary-esque telling of that encounter was compelling in an almost confessional way.

It’ll be interesting to see if Koch’s approach sufficiently differentiates her film from Jones‘, which screened at several festivals and is available on DVD via Frameline. I’ll tell you one thing: I never thought I’d have to worry about Latino Morrissey fan doc fatigue.

UPDATE: In the comments, Matt Dentler and Tom Hall point to Viva Morrissey, another doc about Morrissey’s Latino fans (this one’s a short), which screened at SXSW in 2006. I haven’t seen it, but of the three films, it certainly has the most sophisticated trailer.