Letters from the other side /
Heather Courtney's film interweaves video letters carried across the U.S.-Mexico border by the film's director with the personal stories of women left behind in post-NAFTA Mexico. The video letters provides a way for these women to communicate with both loved ones and strangers on the othe...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Language Notes: | In English and Spanish with English subtitles. |
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[United States] :
Front Porch Films,
[2006]
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| Summary: | Heather Courtney's film interweaves video letters carried across the U.S.-Mexico border by the film's director with the personal stories of women left behind in post-NAFTA Mexico. The video letters provides a way for these women to communicate with both loved ones and strangers on the other side of the border, and illustrates an unjust truth - as an American Courtney can carry these video letters back and forth across a border that these women are not legally allowed to cross. Focusing on a side of the immigration story rarely told by the media or touched upon in the national debate, the film offers a fresh perspective, painting a complex portrait of families torn apart by economics, communities dying at the hands of globalization, and governments incapable or unwilling to do anything about it. |
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| Item Description: | Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Edited by Kyle Henry and Sandra Guardado ; cinematography, Heather Courtney, René Peñaloza Galván ; music, Alex Chavez. |