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Shelbyville Director Tackles Race, Immigration, and What it Means to Be American
Kim A. Snyder is an award-winning filmmaker who has made more than a dozen shorts and two feature documentaries. Her latest film, Welcome To Shelbyville, is premiering on Independent Lens Tuesday May...
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American Graduate Shorts: Immigrant High
Our American Graduate short film festival continues with Immigrant High, a film by Xochitl Dorsey. [Go here for more on the American Graduate films.] Immigrant teens find face discrimination, language...
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On the occasion of the premiere of the documentary The State of Arizona [on PBS January 27; check local listings], we’ve created a new immigration quiz. You may find some of the questions challenging,...
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Filmmakers Explore The State of Arizona
Doing a fair-minded film about an issue as contentious as U.S. immigration policy is no easy task, but filmmakers Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval aren’t strangers to dealing with some of the...
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Hispanic Heritage Month and The State of Arizona
Tamalada, by artist Carmen Lomas Garza, via Smithsonian American Art Museum What began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week became National Hispanic Heritage Month 20 years later and runs every year...
View ArticleImmigration Battle: The High-Stakes World of Immigration Reform
Premiering on PBS Tuesday October 20 at 10pm [please check local listings] as a co-presentation of Independent Lens and FRONTLINE, the new documentary Immigration Battle plunges straight into the heart...
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Laura Pacheco and Jackie Mow Tell the Story of a Farmworker’s Studious Son
Not just a filmmaker but a trained anthropologist, Laura Pacheco has traveled the world to tell the stories of people overcoming the odds of their rough circumstances, including for the Emmy...
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Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States
Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations – immigrants,...
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United States Officially Recognizes Tony Sullivan and Richard Adams’s Marriage
Tony Sullivan in the living room of his Hollywood apartment that he shared with his husband of 37 years. (Photo via The Pride LA by Jon Viscott) For those of you who remember the dear story told in the...
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Screenwriter Josefina López on how Dolores Huerta is the Mother of Inspiration
by Josefina López The award-winning screenwriter (Real Women Have Curves), playwright, and activist López writes her own personal perspective on her connection to and parallels with Dolores Huerta’s...
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An Update from Elizabeth Perez
Note: Elizabeth Perez, star of David Sutherland’s film Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (a co-presentation of Independent Lens, FRONTLINE, and Voces), wrote us a heartfelt update about how she, her...
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Acclaimed Filmmaker David Sutherland Tells the Story of a Family Torn Apart...
David Sutherland takes his time to tell a story, both in the years he spends with his subject, the amount of footage he shoots, and the ultimate running time — which always feels earned. His film...
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Following the Journey of Interpreters We Left Behind
Filmmakers Andrés Caballero and Sofian Khan‘s previous feature-length collaboration Gaucho del Norte, which made its broadcast premiere on public television’s America ReFramed series, followed the...
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American Graduate Shorts: Immigrant High
Our American Graduate short film festival continues with Immigrant High, a film by Xochitl Dorsey. [Go here for more on the American Graduate films.] Immigrant teens find face discrimination, language...
View ArticleImmigration Quiz
An always hot-button topic, immigration gets at the heart of who we are as Americans. Our immigration quiz is meant to test your knowledge of immigration in the United States. You may find some of the...
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Filmmakers Explore The State of Arizona
Doing a fair-minded film about an issue as contentious as U.S. immigration policy is no easy task, but filmmakers Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval aren’t strangers to dealing with some of the...
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Hispanic Heritage Month and The State of Arizona
Tamalada, by artist Carmen Lomas Garza, via Smithsonian American Art Museum What began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week became National Hispanic Heritage Month 20 years later and runs every year...
View ArticleImmigration Battle: The High-Stakes World of Immigration Reform
Premiering on PBS Tuesday October 20 at 10pm [please check local listings] as a co-presentation of Independent Lens and FRONTLINE, the new documentary Immigration Battle plunges straight into the heart...
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Laura Pacheco and Jackie Mow Tell the Story of a Farmworker’s Studious Son
Not just a filmmaker but a trained anthropologist, Laura Pacheco has traveled the world to tell the stories of people overcoming the odds of their rough circumstances, including for the Emmy...
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Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States
Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations – immigrants,...
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