You can now watch A Mexican Sound in its entirety online. We also have lots of extra features available for you, such as deleted scenes and rare live performances. And the best parts: the film only costs 99 cents and is available worldwide. http://vimeo.com/ondemand/amexicansound
We’re excited to announce that our new short film A Mexican Sound will premiere on the opening night of the 20th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival, March 7 at 6pm. The film will also screen at the Phoenix College Latino Film Festival at the end of March and the Irish Latin America Film Festival . . .
Although high rates of migration to the US persist in major border cities like Tijuana, Mexicali, Ciudad Juárez, and Nuevo Lardeo, you may be surprised to learn that Mexico’s border states have among the lowest levels of out-migration in the country. Most Mexican immigrants actually come from the center-west region of the country—from states like . . .
[Leer en español] Some people who appeared in The Other Side of Immigration claimed that the Mexican population doesn’t have much information about all the social programs that are available to them. So I made a list. Please share this with people you know in Mexico. Note: don’t be too optimistic about these programs or . . .
[Read in English] Alguna gente que apareció en la pelicula El Otro Lado de la Inmigración declaraba que la mayoría de los mexicanos no tiene mucha información sobre los programas sociales que están disponibles en su país. Por eso hice una lista de ellos. Compártela con tus amigos. Aviso: que no asumas por el tamaño . . .
I think one of the more powerful statements in The Other Side of Immigration comes in the first minutes of the film when a Mexican policymaker explains his view on illegal immigration. “The effect is migration,” he states. “But that’s not the real problem. The problem is the lack of opportunities in the Mexican countryside.” . . .
For decades, the Mexican government supported its coffee farmers. It provided them subsidized seed and fertilizer, and purchased crops from farmers at guaranteed prices. Guaranteed prices are essential because they allow people to plan for the future and secure loans to purchase inputs. All of this changed when, in 1989, the Mexican government began . . .
Migration divides families. The most unfortunate cases are when a parent must leave a child behind in the home country in the care of grandparents or relatives. This is not at all uncommon. Among the roughly 12 million Mexican immigrants living in the United States (legally and illegally), in fact, an estimated 38 percent of . . .
It is impossible to say exactly how many undocumented immigrants are living in the United States precisely because no authority documents their entry into the country. (This is one reason why researchers like myself prefer the term “undocumented immigrant” to “illegal immigrant”—see my article about how we should refer to people who migrate illegally.) . . .
Winner of the 2011 American Library Association Notable Video Award, "The Other Side of Immigration" explores the root causes of Mexican immigration like no other documentary.
