Hi Matthew, 7th Art also has a couple films that might be in line with what you're looking for:
VALLEY OF TEARS, Directed by Hart Perry http://www.7thart.com/films/Valley-of-Tears Dense, contradictory and distressingly honest, "Valley of Tears" is that rarity among political documentaries: a genuinely thought-provoking film. -The New York Times Years as Barbara Kopple's cinematographer serve documaker Hart Perry well with his magnificent cinema verite epic of campesino struggle in a small south Texas town. -Variety Hart Perry (Director of Photography - "Harlan County, USA"), has documented the lives of Mexican-American migrant farm workers in Raymondville, TX since 1979 when the onion workers' strike broke out. What followed was a fight not only for higher pay but also for equal rights and representation. For 24 years, the county's Mexican-American residents were determined to fight for what is right. "Valley of Tears" is a complex story of the long journey of individuals who endure hardship in order to make a better future for their families. BEYOND BORDERS, Directed by Brian Ging http://www.7thart.com/films/Beyond-Borders Beyond Borders moves past the headlines and takes an in-depth look at the hot-button issues of legal and illegal immigration. The film explores the forces driving the immigration controversy from both sides of the debate. Anti-immigration activists demand we stop this "illegal alien invasion,” while some pro-immigration forces speak of a Reconquista, a reclaiming of the American Southwest by Mexico. In search of a middle ground, Beyond Borders travels across the U.S. and beyond to give voice to those on the front-line of the issue, including candid interviews with Border Patrol agents, radio talk show celebrities, demographers, the Minute Men, potential migrants, and a host of experts including Noam Chomsky (Distorted Morality) and Gustavo Arellano (Ask A Mexican). Beyond Borders is an entertaining and enlightening film that asks: Is migration a basic human right? Best, James James Eowan 7AR 7TH ART RELEASING | 6579 Pickwick Street | Los Angeles CA 90042 | phone 323 259 8259 | fax 323 474 6371 www.7thart.com | www.facebook.com/7thartreleasing | http://twitter.com/7thartreleasing On Feb 8, 2013, at 12:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 12:43:13 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [Videolib] films on undocumented workers > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <of803edad0.178e146c-on88257b0c.00714f6d-88257b0c.0071d...@unlv.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > I have been asked to come up with a list of films on the lives of > undocumented workers. The films need to focus on workers and their labor > issues, as opposed to films on other parts of the undocumented experience > (i.e. wonderful films like "Inocente"). > > I have several in our collection and don't need to know about those: > > Maid in America > No Sweat > El Contrato > Los Trabajadores / The Workers > > but any others in the same ball park would be good to know about, > especially if they highlight Latino workers. Thanks, > Matthew > > > Matthew Wright > Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services > William S. Boyd School of Law > University of Nevada Las Vegas > 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 > Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 > (702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (fax) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. > HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > > End of videolib Digest, Vol 63, Issue 12 > ****************************************
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