HARVEST OF EMPIRE
The Untold Story of Latinos in America “We are all Americans of the New World, and our most dangerous enemies are not each other, but the great wall of ignorance between us.” Juan González, Harvest of Empire Friday, September 28th thru October 4th Pasadena Laemmle's Playhouse 7 673 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena 91101 310-478-3836 Showtimes: 1:00 PM - 3:20 PM - 5:40 PM - 8:00 PM - 10:15 PM www.harvestofempiremovie.com Trailer: http://files.wheelhousenyc.com/1Q2D3Z001n0G At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, Onyx Films is proud to present Harvest of Empire, a feature-length documentary that examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist Juan González, Harvest of Empire takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation’s cultural and economic landscape. >From the wars for territorial expansion that gave the U.S. control of Puerto >Rico, Cuba and more than half of Mexico, to the covert operations that imposed >oppressive military regimes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua >and El Salvador, Harvest of Empire unveils a moving human story that is >largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S. “They never >teach us in school that the huge Latino presence here is a direct result of >our own government’s actions in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America over >many decades -- actions that forced millions from that region to leave their >homeland and journey north,” says Juan González at the beginning of the film. Harvest of Empire provides a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely-noted triumphs of our nation’s growing Latino community. The film features present day immigrant stories, rarely seen archival material, as well as interviews with such respected figures as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Junot Díaz, Mexican historian Dr. Lorenzo Meyer, journalists Maria Hinojosa & Geraldo Rivera, Grammy award-winning singer Luis Enrique, poet Martín Espada, School of the Americas Watch Founder Father Roy Bourgeois, Former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Robert White & Salvadoran Immigrant & Torture Survivor Maria Guardado. Democracy Now with Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez New "Harvest of Empire" Film Examines U.S. Intervention in Latin America, Immigration Crisis www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/9/21/new_harvest_of_empire_film_examines_us_intervention_in_latin_america_immigration_crisis ### [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
