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 . . .
Watch The Other Side of Immigration instantly online! After a brief hiatus, the film is back on Netflix and available for instant streaming.
Last Friday I had the opportunity to give a series of talks about my film and immigration issues in Marshalltown, Iowa. My guide was Marshalltown-native Veronica Guevara, a college student who hosted my visit to the University of Iowa the day before. Many of Marshalltown’s residents and former residents—including Veronica’s parents (who are now citizens) . . .
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 . . .
The Other Side of Immigration is now available for instant streaming on Netflix. Check it out! Also still available for purchase in all of the usual places, like Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, etc. And DVDs licensed for use in Colleges/Universities and various types of organizations like public libraries and K-12 schools are sold exclusively . . .
This morning I had the honor of sitting down with acclaimed journalist Jorge Ramos to discuss U.S. immigration policy and my film, The Other Side of Immigration. Watch the interview below or on the Univision website.
On January 20, 2011, The Other Side of Immigration was featured on Fox News and Telemundo, two channels that usually promote very different views on immigration. Click the links to see the full interviews. My favorite interpretation of the Fox interview was published by Crooks & Liars. My recent interview with Jorge Ramos of Univision . . .
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.
