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Finding Mercy
directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the inde...
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directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
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At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the independent nation. But it was not. Only a few miles away, Mercy's Matabele tribespeople were being massacred by Mugabe's special forces....
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the independent nation. But it was not. Only a few miles away, Mercy's Matabele tribespeople were being massacred by Mugabe's special forces.
A generation later, Robyn begins a high-risk ground search across Zimbabwe - desperate to know what has happened to her friend. Along the way she faces the dangers of filming in a country hostile to media, the shock of what is still going on behind closed doors, and the stark differences that she and Mercy have come to symbolize. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and very different look at the Mugabe era.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films, Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012
Author / Creator
Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Java Films
Speaker / Narrator
Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012
Person Discussed
Robert Mugabe, 1924-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Government policy, Political events, Sociology, History, Origins, Zimbabweans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Java Films
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First Degree
directed by Roger Weisberg; presented by Roger Weisberg; produced by Roger Weisberg, Public Policy Productions (Palisades, NY: Public Policy Productions, 2015), 27 mins
Nationwide, nearly half of released inmates return to prison within 5 years. First Degree takes viewers inside Sing Sing Prison, one of the nation’s most infamous maximum-security prisons, and presents a remarkable program that has dropped the recidivism rate to under 2%. Mercy College has partnered with the p...
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directed by Roger Weisberg; presented by Roger Weisberg; produced by Roger Weisberg, Public Policy Productions (Palisades, NY: Public Policy Productions, 2015), 27 mins
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Nationwide, nearly half of released inmates return to prison within 5 years. First Degree takes viewers inside Sing Sing Prison, one of the nation’s most infamous maximum-security prisons, and presents a remarkable program that has dropped the recidivism rate to under 2%. Mercy College has partnered with the prison to provide an opportunity for inmates to earn a college degree, and with it, an entirely new life upon release. This inspiring do...
Nationwide, nearly half of released inmates return to prison within 5 years. First Degree takes viewers inside Sing Sing Prison, one of the nation’s most infamous maximum-security prisons, and presents a remarkable program that has dropped the recidivism rate to under 2%. Mercy College has partnered with the prison to provide an opportunity for inmates to earn a college degree, and with it, an entirely new life upon release. This inspiring documentary introduces us to the inmates who are actively choosing to change their life paths by participating in the college program, including convicted murderers and gang members who have now become role models for other inmates. First Degree shows how the diploma these men earn is far more than just a piece of paper; it is a second chance at life itself.
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Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Roger Weisberg, Public Policy Productions
Author / Creator
Roger Weisberg
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Public Policy Productions
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Education, Prisoners, Prison sentences, Prisons, Law, Transitional Justice
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Copyright © 2015 by Public Policy Productions
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Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations
produced by Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2002), 40 mins
Images of bones; exhumations This item also contains graphic content.
This documentary, produced by Equipo Argentino de Anthropologia Forense and WITNESS, discusses a massacre during at El Mozote.
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produced by Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2002), 40 mins
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This documentary, produced by Equipo Argentino de Anthropologia Forense and WITNESS, discusses a massacre during at El Mozote.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, WITNESS
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
WITNESS
Topic / Theme
Salvadoran Civil War (1979-1992), Torture, Massacres, Forensics (Evidence), Salvadoran Civil War, 1979-1992, History, Politics & Policy, Never Again Militancy, Transitional Justice, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright 2002 by Equipo Argentino de Antropologia Forense & WITNESS
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Fond Memories of Cuba
directed by David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by Mike Fond and David Bradbury, 1951- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 53 mins
Memories of Cuba is an affectionate and thoughtful portrait of Cuba, some forty years after Castro took power. Academy Award-nominated David Bradbury (Frontline, Chile Hasta Cuando?) documents the erosion of the revolution in Cuba and sadly acknowledges that the socialist dreams of earlier decades have evaporated...
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directed by David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by Mike Fond and David Bradbury, 1951- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 53 mins
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Memories of Cuba is an affectionate and thoughtful portrait of Cuba, some forty years after Castro took power. Academy Award-nominated David Bradbury (Frontline, Chile Hasta Cuando?) documents the erosion of the revolution in Cuba and sadly acknowledges that the socialist dreams of earlier decades have evaporated in the face of harsh circumstances. As the filmmaker travels across the island on trains, in broken-down cars, and sometimes hitchhikin...
Memories of Cuba is an affectionate and thoughtful portrait of Cuba, some forty years after Castro took power. Academy Award-nominated David Bradbury (Frontline, Chile Hasta Cuando?) documents the erosion of the revolution in Cuba and sadly acknowledges that the socialist dreams of earlier decades have evaporated in the face of harsh circumstances. As the filmmaker travels across the island on trains, in broken-down cars, and sometimes hitchhiking, he encounters a fascinating cross-section of people who share their current reality, their hopes and disappointments. He discovers that the new generation looks to capitalism and tourism as the desperate solution to Cuba's economic woes. Among those Cubans Bradbury encounters are: an elderly couple living in a rent free apartment without plumbing who are grateful they eat every day; a broadcaster whose family has deserted Cuba to live in Miami; a documentary filmmaker who expresses frustration because his film on racism in Cuba was banned from the Havanna Film Festival; a dissident who calls for freedom of speech and free elections, and faces arrest. The story that unfolds is set against a backdrop of exuberant music and local color. While revolutionary ardor still burns in the breasts of many Cubans, and Che Guevara is still revered, forty years of economic hardship has taken its toll. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mike Fond, David Bradbury, 1951-
Author / Creator
David Bradbury, 1951-
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro Regime, 1953-2011, Economics, Politics & Policy, History, Humanities, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Freedom to Hate
produced by Ray Errol Errol (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994, originally published 1993), 1 hour 7 mins
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ray Errol Fox took extraordinary personal risks documenting the new form of anti-Semitism emerging in the former Soviet Union. While Russian anti-Semitism has been a constant in that country's troubled history, it has been unleashed with disturbing virulence by the nationalist movement, "...
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produced by Ray Errol Errol (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994, originally published 1993), 1 hour 7 mins
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ray Errol Fox took extraordinary personal risks documenting the new form of anti-Semitism emerging in the former Soviet Union. While Russian anti-Semitism has been a constant in that country's troubled history, it has been unleashed with disturbing virulence by the nationalist movement, "Pamyat." The freedom unleashed by Glasnost, Gorbachev and Yeltsin has included the freedom to hate. The popularity of ultra-nationalist...
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ray Errol Fox took extraordinary personal risks documenting the new form of anti-Semitism emerging in the former Soviet Union. While Russian anti-Semitism has been a constant in that country's troubled history, it has been unleashed with disturbing virulence by the nationalist movement, "Pamyat." The freedom unleashed by Glasnost, Gorbachev and Yeltsin has included the freedom to hate. The popularity of ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky is the logical extension of that hatred. Organized black-shirted hate groups are observed spearheading a grass-roots movement against their traditional Jewish scapegoats. Clandestinely made footage shows Pamyat thugs taking over a Writers Union meeting. Pamyat spokesmen stir up and enlist their working class sympathizers with anti-Semitic statements at a town meeting. A rare interview with a KGB major general exposes the present government's indifference to the threatening situation. While Russian Jews now have the freedom to emigrate, they are often victimized in the process. Although there are voices raised in defense of the Jews, such as that of "Babi Yar" poet Yevtushenko, the potential for tragedy is disturbingly imminent. This is a film for anyone concerned with the emergence of neo-fascism and religious hatred wherever they may occur. The filmmaker is available for speaking engagements with the film. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ray Errol Errol, Dan Rather, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1993, 1994
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Dan Rather, 1931-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Antisemitism, Hate groups, Jewish people, Threats of violence, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, Anthropology, Sociology, Origins, World History, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1994. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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The Freedom Train
produced by Kingberry Productions and WDIV-TV (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 38 mins
The National Negro Labor Council, formed in 1951, was a forerunner of the civil rights movement that followed in the '60's. It grew out of the auto factories of Detroit, the packinghouses of Chicago and the sweat of black laborers across the country. Its mission was to advance blacks in the workplace and eliminate...
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produced by Kingberry Productions and WDIV-TV (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 38 mins
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The National Negro Labor Council, formed in 1951, was a forerunner of the civil rights movement that followed in the '60's. It grew out of the auto factories of Detroit, the packinghouses of Chicago and the sweat of black laborers across the country. Its mission was to advance blacks in the workplace and eliminate racism inside the unions. During the red scare of the 50's this was considered a radical agenda and the NNLC came under the scrutiny o...
The National Negro Labor Council, formed in 1951, was a forerunner of the civil rights movement that followed in the '60's. It grew out of the auto factories of Detroit, the packinghouses of Chicago and the sweat of black laborers across the country. Its mission was to advance blacks in the workplace and eliminate racism inside the unions. During the red scare of the 50's this was considered a radical agenda and the NNLC came under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities' Committee. Little has been written about the NNLC and its history can only be found in the collective memory of the surviving members. In this film they recall their first convention for which it was difficult to find a Cincinnati hotel that would house them. At that convention it was decided to fight for black women in the work force as well as men, and to open up jobs currently barred from black workers. Paul Robeson's presence inspired the members. During the course of the next years, the NNLC organized a boycott of Sears, petitioned Truman in behalf of an effective fair employment act, and put pressure on union officials to put blacks on their boards. Although the Council was ultimately disbanded due to pressure from HUAC, its efforts were not in vain. Ten thousand people got jobs as a result of its activities and the torch was passed on to the '60's activists. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kingberry Productions, WDIV-TV
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Race and culture, Labor and unions, McCarthy Era, U.S., 1949-1954, Politics & Policy, History, Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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The Genocide in Me
directed by Araz Artinian (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 53 mins
This intensely personal film traces the filmmaker’s search for identity within the culture of her Armenian parents and in the context of the larger multicultural society in which she lives. Is it her responsibility to carry on the traditions of her forbears who bear the scars of the Genocide of 1915? Through her...
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directed by Araz Artinian (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 53 mins
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This intensely personal film traces the filmmaker’s search for identity within the culture of her Armenian parents and in the context of the larger multicultural society in which she lives. Is it her responsibility to carry on the traditions of her forbears who bear the scars of the Genocide of 1915? Through her story one realizes how the legacy of history has impacted on a people. Those Armenians who survived the catastrophic persecution by th...
This intensely personal film traces the filmmaker’s search for identity within the culture of her Armenian parents and in the context of the larger multicultural society in which she lives. Is it her responsibility to carry on the traditions of her forbears who bear the scars of the Genocide of 1915? Through her story one realizes how the legacy of history has impacted on a people. Those Armenians who survived the catastrophic persecution by the Ottoman Turks became part of a diaspora. The Artinians settled in Canada and fiercely maintained their identity as Armenians. Araz’ father started an Armenian school in Montreal, the Armenian language was spoken at home, and the conscience of the people demanded that the Turks acknowledge the brutality with which they killed one and a half million Armenians and drove out an equal number. When Araz journeys to Eastern Turkey to search for evidence of her people’s tragic history she finds that the guide books never mention the Armenians who once lived there.The Turks have been educated to minimize and explain away the Genocide. The Genocide in Me weaves together archival footage and moving interviews with elderly survivors to create a deeply felt portrayal of a holocaust that needs universal recognition. NEW, This intensely personal film traces the filmmaker’s search for identity within the culture of her Armenian parents and in the context of the larger multicultural society in which she lives. Weaving together archival footage and interviews with elderly survivors of the Genocide, it creates a deeply- felt portrayal of a holocaust that the Turks deny. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Araz Artinian
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Ottoman Empire and Armenia (1914-1922), History curriculums, Ethnic groups, Genocide victims, Armenian Massacre, Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916, History, Documentation of Crimes, Area Studies, Turkish, Armenians
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Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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God Went Surfing with the Devil
directed by Alexander Klein, fl. 2010; produced by Nikki Scoggins, fl. 2010, Edward Chase Masterson, fl. 2010, Alexander Klein, fl. 2010 and Jonathan Schwartz, High Road to Pandemonium (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2010), 1 hour 23 mins
In 2006, when Israel sealed off the borders into the region, that ended the free-flow of people and goods. Shortly thereafter, it emerged that a small group of young men were surfing in Gaza, sharing battered surfboards and used gear.
From first-time director, Alexander Klein, comes an inspirational film that char...
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directed by Alexander Klein, fl. 2010; produced by Nikki Scoggins, fl. 2010, Edward Chase Masterson, fl. 2010, Alexander Klein, fl. 2010 and Jonathan Schwartz, High Road to Pandemonium (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2010), 1 hour 23 mins
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In 2006, when Israel sealed off the borders into the region, that ended the free-flow of people and goods. Shortly thereafter, it emerged that a small group of young men were surfing in Gaza, sharing battered surfboards and used gear.
From first-time director, Alexander Klein, comes an inspirational film that charts the difficulties and dangers encountered by surfers in Gaza and how a non-profit group would attempt to deliver 23 surfboards into t...
In 2006, when Israel sealed off the borders into the region, that ended the free-flow of people and goods. Shortly thereafter, it emerged that a small group of young men were surfing in Gaza, sharing battered surfboards and used gear.
From first-time director, Alexander Klein, comes an inspirational film that charts the difficulties and dangers encountered by surfers in Gaza and how a non-profit group would attempt to deliver 23 surfboards into the region. Along the way, Israelis, Arab-Israelis, and Palestinians who are affected by the violence speak candidly about their daily struggle to supersede the conflict through the pure joy of surfing.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nikki Scoggins, fl. 2010, Edward Chase Masterson, fl. 2010, Alexander Klein, fl. 2010, Jonathan Schwartz, High Road to Pandemonium
Author / Creator
Alexander Klein, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Human rights, Government policy, Surfing, Equipment, Shipping, Violence, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-, Sociology, Border Enforcement and Control, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2011 Cinema Libre Studio
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The Greens
directed by Sam Spitz, fl. 2013; produced by L. C. Harris, 1965-, Theodore Williams, fl. 2013 and Sam Spitz, fl. 2013, Groundswell Educational Films (Chicago, IL: Groundswell Educational Films, 2013), 21 mins
The Greens is a personal story about what happens when a place that defines you disappears.The story starts with a chance encounter, when a white college kid sits in black barber’s chair. Weary of being pitched a story, Sam rolls his eyes when Teddy asks him to “make a film about me.” But as the two Chicagoa...
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directed by Sam Spitz, fl. 2013; produced by L. C. Harris, 1965-, Theodore Williams, fl. 2013 and Sam Spitz, fl. 2013, Groundswell Educational Films (Chicago, IL: Groundswell Educational Films, 2013), 21 mins
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The Greens is a personal story about what happens when a place that defines you disappears.The story starts with a chance encounter, when a white college kid sits in black barber’s chair. Weary of being pitched a story, Sam rolls his eyes when Teddy asks him to “make a film about me.” But as the two Chicagoans talk they realize they have something in common: Sam and Teddy grew up four blocks apart on Division Street – Sam at a private sch...
The Greens is a personal story about what happens when a place that defines you disappears.The story starts with a chance encounter, when a white college kid sits in black barber’s chair. Weary of being pitched a story, Sam rolls his eyes when Teddy asks him to “make a film about me.” But as the two Chicagoans talk they realize they have something in common: Sam and Teddy grew up four blocks apart on Division Street – Sam at a private school in Pulaski Park, and Teddy on the other side of the Chicago River, in the white high rises of Cabrini Green.Teddy offers to take Sam for a walk down his side of Division, and so begins a journey through time, back into the contentious memory of one of Chicago’s “most notorious” housing projects. As Sam and Teddy walk they exchange memories: insider vs. outsider, news vs. reality. At first their memories seem contradictory, but when the two wander into an old row house their stories start to blend. In the end this documentary about Cabrini Green forces viewers to confront their deepest assumptions about the neighborhood, its residents, violence, and the possibility of finding common ground.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
L. C. Harris, 1965-, Theodore Williams, fl. 2013, Sam Spitz, fl. 2013, Groundswell Educational Films
Author / Creator
Sam Spitz, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Groundswell Educational Films
Topic / Theme
Homelessness, Poverty, Public housing, African Americans
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Copyright © 2013 Groundswell Films
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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)
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Copyright © 2006. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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