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Children in no man's land [translated: Niños en tierra de nadie]

Impacto Films and Chicken & Egg Pictures present; in association with the Fledgling Fund; a film by Anayansi Prado; produced and directed by Anayansi Prado; executive producers, Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, Judith Helfand
Resource Type:
DVD Video
Publication:
[Los Angeles] : Impacto Films, [2008]
Distribution:
Harriman, N.Y. : Distributed by New Day Films
Copyright:
©2008
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Summary:
People who immigrate to the U.S. do so because they are looking for a better quality of life--risking their own lives, paying any price to survive--even if this means leaving behind their loved ones. Each year there are an estimated 100,000 unaccompanied minors entering the United States, crossing the US/Mexico border alone to reunite with their mothers. These children's journeys illustrate a problem--presented by the mass media as a security crisis--which is really a question about how social policy, the legal system, and economic pressures conspire against men, women, and children trying to create a life with greater opportunities. A strong tool to help people desirous of finding peaceful and fair solutions to the "problem" of undocumented immigration, this film captures a piece of American history as it unfolds amidst misconceptions, confusion, and ultimately, transition.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Shelter
  • Mother
  • Puebla
  • Crossing
  • Second attempt
  • Arrival
  • Six months later.
Contributors:
Prado, Anayansi
Benello, Julie Parker
Ettinger, Wendy
Helfand, Judith, 1964-
Valdes-Rochin, Alejandro
Trucios, Robert F.
Impacto Films (Firm)
Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm)
Fledgling Fund
New Day Films
Languages:
Spanish
English
Language Notes:
In Spanish and English with English and Spanish subtitles; credits and inter titles in parallel English and Spanish.
Alternate Titles:
Title translation: Niños en tierra de nadie
Subjects:
Unaccompanied immigrant children — United States
Immigrant children — United States — Social conditions
Return migration — Mexico
Undocumented immigrants — United States
Undocumented immigrants — United States — Social conditions
Mexico — Emigration and immigration — Social aspects
United States — Emigration and immigration — Social aspects
Unaccompanied immigrant children
Immigrant children
Social conditions
Return migration
Emigration and immigration — Social aspects
Undocumented immigrants
Undocumented immigrants — Social conditions
Mexico
United States
Genres:
Motion pictures — United States
Documentary films
System Details:
DVD-R.
Production Credits:
Editor, Alejandro Valdes-Rochin ; photography, Heather Courtney, Kevin Leadingham, and Anayansi Prado ; original music, Robert F. Trucios ; project advisors, Lyn Goldfarb, Paul Espinosa.
General Notes:
NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.
Special features: Contact [text feature].
Public performance rights included.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics:
plastic; metal; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical
Digital Characteristics:
video file; DVD video; region 1
Call Numbers:
CHI 2008 DVD
OCLC Numbers:
1053091211
251472054 [Invalid]