With heightened U.S. security along the California, Texas, and New Mexico borders, each day thousands of migrants attempting to enter the United States are being diverted into the treacherous terrain of Arizonas brutal desert. The perilous journey, which can take up to four days, has caused a dramatic rise in the number of migrant deaths. Those who make it through the undocumented immigrants who live and work in the U.S. invoke a wide range of impassioned responses over human rights, culture, race, class, and national security. Seen through the eyes of frustrated ranchers, border patrol agents, local politicians, farmers dependent on an illegal work force, seasoned humanitarian activists, desperate migrants preparing for their journey north, and the Minutemen who have become darlings of the national media, this powerful documentary unveils the complicated dilemmas presented by the border crisis and the surprising political stances people take when immigration and border policy fails everyone, on all fronts

"The bordertown of Laredo, Texas hosts a celebration unlike any other. For 116 years, this Mexican American community has dedicated the month of February to honoring a man who never set foot in Laredo: George Washington

film by Chloe Smolarski and Tasha Darbe> Explores the stories of four undocumented students at American universities.

Death on a friendly border / The border that runs between Tijuana and San Diego is the most heavily militarized border between 'friendly' countries anywhere in the world. Since 1994 when the U.S. instituted Operation Gatekeeper, an average of one person a day has died crossing into the U.S. ... This [film] is a memorable portrait of people who risk everything to come to 'the land of plenty'--and often lose this gamble. --Container. Public performance rights included. TxDN Border patrols -- Mexican-American Border Region.;"Illegal aliens -- Mexican-American Border Region.";"Operation Gatekeeper (U.S.)";"U.S. Border Patrol.";"Documentary films. lcgft“

Follows women from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, as they legally cross the border into Texas to give birth, and the midwives who assist them.

"Ay mariposa tells a story of La Mariposa, Zulema, and Marianna - three characters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas whose lives are upended by plans to build a US-Mexico border wall..."
As the director of the National Butterly Center, Marianna Trevino Wright has become a leader of wall resistance in the Valley, a position that has resulted in violent threats from pro-wall factions and an emotional odyssey as she tries to navigate the ever-shifting sands of border policy"--Container.

In this provocative documentary film, director Rodrigo Reyes reimagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante's purgatory. Directed by Rodrigo Reyes Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell.

The personal story of a young woman growing up in America who discovers as a teenager that she is undocumented.

Examines how the second generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of Hispanic Americans are interviewed, including pop film director Robert Rodriguez. The program explores how they view themselves and how they view each other. Public performance rights included. TxDN Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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This program looks at the Three houses of Latino culture --Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American - and their widespread influence from entertainment to politics and to economics.

People who immigrate to the U.S. do so because they are looking for a better quality of life--risking their own lives, paying any price to survive--even if this means leaving behind their loved ones. Each year there are an estimated 100,000 unaccompanied minors entering the United States, crossing the US/Mexico border alone to reunite with their mothers. These children's journeys illustrate a problem--presented by the mass media as a security crisis--which is really a question about how social policy, the legal system, and economic pressures conspire against men, women, and children trying to create a life with greater opportunities. A strong tool to help people desirous of finding peaceful and fair solutions to the "problem" of undocumented immigration, this film captures a piece of American history as it unfolds amidst misconceptions, confusion, and ultimately, transition.

As a 9 year-old second grader, Lupe had been forced to remain in the first grade for three years, not because of her academic performance but solely because she was Mexican American. She was one of eight young students who testified in a federal court case in 1956 to end the discriminatory practice (Hernandez et al. v. Driscoll Consolidated Independent School District), one of the first post-Brown desegregation court cases to be litigated. STOLEN EDUCATION portrays the courage of these young people, testifying in an era when fear and intimidation were used to maintain racial hierarchy and control. The students won the case, but for almost sixty years the case was never spoken about in the farming community where they lived despite its significance.

Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-eezpudH6LE

The inside story of what happened to immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. The film explores the impact of the Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, and how both Trump and Obama dealt with minors at the border.

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