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Watch BEYOND THE BORDER on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
June 19, 2009Over the past decade, thousands of Latinos seeking una vida mejor ("a better life") have migrated to Kentucky, finding low-paying service jobs. As the Latino communities have swelled, so too have xenophobia and discrimination. BEYOND THE BORDER traces the painful transition made by four sons who leave their family in Mexico and fight cultural, class and…
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Watch AT HOME IN UTOPIA Tonight on Independent Lens
April 28, 2009A home of your own: that's the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall of the community from the 1920s into the 1950s, bearing…
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MADE IN L.A. Screens on Capitol Hill
April 9, 2009Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar went to Washington, D.C. last week for a screening on Capitol Hill of MADE IN L.A., which documents the lives, struggle and personal transformation of three Latina immigrants working in garment factories. This event included comments and conversation with Congresswoman Diane Watson; Congressman Luis…