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The Guestworker
directed by Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 and Charles Thompson; produced by Charles Thompson and Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 53 mins
When President Bush and some members of Congress proposed guest worker programs as part of new immigration reform legislation, it was as though nothing like this had existed before. Yet since 1986, thousands of Mexican men have legally entered the United States to work here, because of the little known H-2A guestw...
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directed by Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 and Charles Thompson; produced by Charles Thompson and Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 53 mins
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When President Bush and some members of Congress proposed guest worker programs as part of new immigration reform legislation, it was as though nothing like this had existed before. Yet since 1986, thousands of Mexican men have legally entered the United States to work here, because of the little known H-2A guestworker program, put in effect during the Reagan years. Filmed on both sides of the border, the documentary chronicles the life of such f...
When President Bush and some members of Congress proposed guest worker programs as part of new immigration reform legislation, it was as though nothing like this had existed before. Yet since 1986, thousands of Mexican men have legally entered the United States to work here, because of the little known H-2A guestworker program, put in effect during the Reagan years. Filmed on both sides of the border, the documentary chronicles the life of such farm- workers while looking at the issues surrounding the program. The film focuses on a 66-year-old Mexican farmer, Candelario Moreno Gonzales, who works on the tobacco, cucumber and pepper fields of the Western Farms in North Carolina . He has made this annual trip for forty years, initially as an undocumented immigrant for which he was jailed three times. Now too old to risk illegal crossings, he has paid as much as a thousand dollars for his bus fare and other costs of participating in the program. Although he is twenty years older than most of his fellow workers, he puts in the same grueling hours with no hope of citizenship and the benefits that go along with it. The film also shows the troubles of his employer, Len Wester, who may loose his farm because of drought. Wester, like many US farmers, is dependent on foreign farm laborers to sustain his farm. Candelario loves his home and family but the deteriorating condition of Mexico's rural economy leave him little choice but to continue his yearly trek. As he says " I need to go as long as I can work. I'm old. The work has worn me down and made me tired. My family needs me at home in Mexico, but I need to be here too." High School College Adult
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Charles Thompson, Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003
Author / Creator
Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003, Charles Thompson
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Farm workers, Migrant life, Immigration laws, Sociology, Politics & Policy, Ethnic Studies, Mexicans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Mwalimu Nyerere
produced by Kabinda Lemba, Africa24 Media and Camerapix (Nairobi, Nairobi Area District: Africa24 Media, 2014), 27 mins
Mwalimu”, the teacher, as he was known, led his country to a peaceful transfer of power from the British. He was a patron of the arts, dabbled in socialist economic policy, but was always a unifier, using the Swahili language to bring the dozens of tribes in Tanzania together. Despite his position of power, he...
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produced by Kabinda Lemba, Africa24 Media and Camerapix (Nairobi, Nairobi Area District: Africa24 Media, 2014), 27 mins
Description
Mwalimu”, the teacher, as he was known, led his country to a peaceful transfer of power from the British. He was a patron of the arts, dabbled in socialist economic policy, but was always a unifier, using the Swahili language to bring the dozens of tribes in Tanzania together. Despite his position of power, he always was in touch with the common man.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kabinda Lemba, Africa24 Media, Camerapix
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Africa24 Media
Speaker / Narrator
Kabinda Lemba
Person Discussed
Julius Kambarage Nyerere, 1922-1999
Topic / Theme
Socialism, Imperialism and Colonialism, Tanzanians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Africa24 Media
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