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Genre/Form: | DVD-Video discs Documentaries and Factual Films Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Documentary films Interviews Nonfiction films Documentaires Films autres que de fiction Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives Entretiens Entrevistas Anécdotas |
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Material Type: | Internet resource, Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy Germano; Conor Oberst; Ryan Schmitz; Denise Landeros; María Terrazas; My Morning Jacket (Musical group),; Mystic Valley Band,; Bright Eyes (Musical group),; Team Love Records (Firm),; RG Films, |
OCLC Number: | 669826280 |
Language Note: | English and Spanish; English subtitles and intertitles; optional simultaneous English and Spanish subtitles and intertitles. |
Notes: | Title from title frame. Originally produced as a documentary motion picture in 2009. Special features: director's commentary, extra scenes. |
Credits: | Edited by Roy Germano ; featuring music by: My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Bright Eyes ; translation, Roy Germano with assistance from Ryan Schmitz, Denise Landeros, Maria Terrazas. |
Performer(s): | Interviews conducted by Roy Germano ; interviewees, Alejo Froylán Guzmán, Maria Elena Macías Sánchez, Artemio Díaz Figueroa, Agustín Cisnero Rincón, Francisco Vanegas, Carolina Coria Rueda, Javier García. |
Awards: | Winner: Founder's Award - 2009 Politics on Film Festival; Official Selection - 2009 Global Peace Film Festival; Official Selection - 2009 San Antonio Film Festival; Official Selection - 2009 Las Vegas Film Festival; Official Selection - 2009 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival; Official Selection - 2009 Flyover Film Festival; Official Selection - 2009 Portobello Film Festival. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Details: | DVD; region all, NTSC; widescreen; LPCM 2.0. |
Contents: | The fantasy = La fantasía -- The rural economy = La economía rural -- The politics = La política -- The money = El dinero -- The families = Las familias -- The way forward = Soluciones. |
Other Titles: | Otro lado de la inmigración |
Responsibility: | a film by Roy Germano ; written & directed by Roy Germano ; produced by Roy Germano. |
More information: |
Abstract:
"Based on over 700 interviews in rural Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, [this film] asks why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind."--Container
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