IMMIGRATION
LE HAVRE
Marcel Marx scrapes together a living by shining shoes, living frugally with his wife Arletty in their small flat and socialising in a low-key manner with his neighbours.
THE LONGORIA AFFAIR
THE LONGORIA AFFAIR tells the story of one key injustice – the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead Mexican American soldier’s body “because the whites wouldn’t like it” – and shows how the incident sparked outrage nationwide. Two stubborn and savvy leaders, newly-elected Senator Lyndon Johnson and veteran/activist Dr. Hector Garcia, formed an alliance over the incident. Over the next 15 years, their complex, sometimes contentious relationship would help Latinos become a national political force for the first time in American history, carry John Kennedy to the White House, and ultimately lead to Johnson’s signature on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Find out more about THE LONGORIA AFFAIR: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lo… Learn more about “Independent Lens”: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens Watch “Independent Lens” films online:
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The Other Side of Immigration
ABOUT THE FILM. Based on over 700 interviews in Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, The Other Side of Immigration asks why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. Through an approach that is both subtle and thought-provoking, filmmaker Roy Germano provides a perspective on undocumented immigration rarely witnessed by American eyes, challenging audiences to imagine more creative and effective solutions to the problem.
BROOKLYN -PG13
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Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
ONCE – R
A drama staring musicians Glen Hansard (of popular Irish rock band The Frames) and Markéta Irglová as fictional struggling musicians and their journey as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
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WALKOUT PG13
Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo (now Romo) is not Mexican- American–she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.
– Written by Norma Schaffer
GRAN TORINO – R
Walt Kowalski is a widower, grumpy, tough-minded, borderline-hateful, unhappy old man who can’t get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1973 Gran Torino he keeps in cherry condition. When his neighbor Tao, a young Hmong teenager, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Tao’s family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them form the gangs that foul their neighborhood.
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BABEL – R
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Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.