Karla's Arrivalby Koen Suidgeest Karla's Arrival explores the subculture of Managua's second-generation street kids through the experience of a 19-year-old mother raising her child on the same streets she grew up on. Global Perspectives Collection | |
La Sierraby Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez La Sierra follows the lives of three young people living in a Medellín, Colombia neighborhood ruled by violence and a group of teenage paramilitants as they confront war, death, and love. Independent Lens | |
Letters from the Other Sideby Heather Courtney Through the personal stories of several Mexican women and the cross-border video letters between them, their loved ones, and strangers, Letters from the Other Side reveals the other side of the immigration story. | |
The Longoria Affairby John J. Valadez In Texas after World War II, a funeral home refuses to care for a dead Mexican American soldier’s body “because the whites wouldn’t like it,” sparking nationwide outrage and helping to launch a civil rights movement. Independent Lens | |
Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)by Monika Navarro A young Latina filmmaker chronicles the emotional journey of her uncle, a U.S. military vet deported to Mexico, and uncovers the secrets of her family’s past. Independent Lens | |
Maquilapolis: City of Factoriesby Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre Women workers in Tijuana’s assembly factories tell their stories as they work to carve out lives of agency in a new and complicated century, revealing the transformation of a city and its people by globalization. POV, Global Voices | |
Mi Mambo!by Patricia Jaffe, and Molly McBride Music meets the streets of East Harlem at the Harbor Conservatory where Latin rhythms create a lifeline for kids. | |
New Faces on Main Streetby Eileen Littig An examination of the origins and consequences of immigration patterns in Wisconsin established for Southeast Asian and Latino immigrants. | |
Niños de la Memoriaby María Teresa Rodríguez and Kathryn Pyle Hundreds — possibly thousands — of children disappeared from El Salvador in the midst of that country's civil war in the 1980s. Niños de la Memoría follows three of those children as they return to their native country in search of identity and answers. Global Voices | |
Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidosby Juan Mandelbaum They dreamed of a revolution that would transform Argentina. But what happened to this hopeful generation who suddenly “disappeared”? Independent Lens, Global Voices |
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