Letters from the other side [videorecording] / produced and directed by Heather Courtney ; a co-production of Front Porch Films and KERA, Dallas/Ft. Worth in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS).
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by New Day Films, Distributed by New Day Films,
Eugenia González, Maria Yañez, Carmela Rico, Laura Almanza Cruz.
Summary:
Heather Courtney's film interweaves video letters carried across the U.S.-Mexico border by the film's director with the personal stories of women left behind in post-NAFTA Mexico. The video letters provides a way for these women to communicate with both loved ones and strangers on the other side of the border, and illustrates an unjust truth - as an American Courtney can carry these video letters back and forth across a border that these women are not legally allowed to cross. Focusing on a side of the immigration story rarely told by the media or touched upon in the national debate, the film offers a fresh perspective, painting a complex portrait of families torn apart by economics, communities dying at the hands of globalization, and governments incapable or unwilling to do anything about it.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)80015506
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.