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View clips from Unit 1 – About Latinos
Photo Montage: Edited by Working Films, 2006 Latino music accompanies a video montage showing many Latino faces and the many facets of Latino life For more information about SAF documentary work please visit www.saf-unite.org. For more information about Rey Norteño please visit the band’s MySpace profile, www.myspace.com/reynorteno
 From Latin America to North CarolinaRuntime: 3:47 Chapter 2 on DVD Film clip from: "Nuestra Comunidad-Latinos in North Carolina," By Joanne Hershfield and Penny Simpson, New South Productions, 2001 All of the interviewees in this clip discuss the influx of Latinos into North Carolina. Each person introduces him/herself, by telling where they are originally from and why they came to North Carolina. Reflecting the diverse stories of North Carolina Latino immigrants, some moved here fairly recently and some moved here many years ago. In the clip we also hear from North Carolina officials who work with the Latino population and who disucss the increase in the population of Latinos in North Carolina. These include: Iván Parra, Director of El Centro Hispano in Durham, Bill Mace, Center Coordinator, from Centro: La Comunidad in Burlington, Dr. Nolo Martinez, then Director of Hispanic/Latino Affairs for the Office of the Governor Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina highlights key historical moments of the recent Latino immigrant experience in North Carolina. Distributed by New South Productions. To order complete film, click here. View clips from Unit 2 – About Latino Youth
Film clip from: “Escuela”, Produced by Hannah Weyer, Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2002 In this clip, we are introduced to the Luis family, especially their 14-year-old daughter Liliana. The members of the Luis family are Latino migrant workers, who move between Texas and California to do field work. The mother and older children work in the fields, while the father works at the housing complex where all of the workers live. Liliana’s older sisters all dropped out of school to work the fields and help the family. However, Liliana is determined to finish school. In this piece, we follow Liliana into her first day in 9th grade at a new high school in California. Escuela is a clear-eyed view into the lives of contemporary Mexican American migrants and their struggles to educate their children while obtaining employment. Distributed by Women Make Movies (www.wmm.com). To order complete film, click here.
Film clip from: “La Vida No Es Facil”, Produced by Maurice Martinez, Ph.D. 2006 This clip includes interviews with several individuals who are knowledgeable about the issue of access to higher education for undocumented immigrants. The people interviewed include attorneys, advocates, legislators, and undocumented students, eager to enroll in a college or university. La Vida No Es Facil (Life is Not Easy), examines the issue of the ineligibility of undocumented immigrants for in-state tuition at North Carolina's public universities and how this situation affects the lives of college-aged Latino students. To order contact the producer, Dr. Maurice Martinez, Ph. D. at 910-962-4279 or martinezm@uncw.edu
Film clip from: “La Vida No Es Facil”, Produced by Maurice Martinez, Ph.D. 2006 This clip presents legislation designed to help afford undocumented young people the opportunity to pursue higher education in North Carolina La Vida No Es Facil (Life is Not Easy), examines the issue of the ineligibility of undocumented immigrants for in-state tuition at North Carolina's public universities and how this situation affects the lives of college-aged Latino students. To order contact the producer, Dr. Maurice Martinez, Ph. D. at 910-962-4279 or martinezm@uncw.edu
Film clip from: “Escuela”, Produced by Hannah Weyer, Distributed By Women Make Movies, 2002 In this clip students again encounter Liliana Luis, a Latina high school students whose family is composed of migrant workers, who move back and forth between Texas and California to do field work. In this clip Liliana, her sister and cousin are sitting in a car eating fast food while discussing music, dancing, boys, food, language, race, and ethnicity. This scene clearly shows the bilingual/bicultural issues Latino youth face. Escuela is a clear-eyed view into the lives of contemporary Mexican American migrants and their struggles to educate their children while obtaining employment. Distributed by Women Make Movies (www.wmm.com). To order complete film, click here.
Film clip from: “Student Action with Farmworkers”, By Visionaries, 2003 Student Action with Farmworkers is a North Carolina non-profit organization whose mission is to bring students and farm workers together to learn about each other’s lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farm workers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change. In this clip, we learn about SAF and meet its director, Melinda Wiggins, who started the organization while a student at Duke University. We listen to testimony from Latino college students, who have worked with SAF, on their future plans for community improvement. Student Action with Farmworkers is part of a segment called “With Liberty and Justice for All,” which examines SAF’s efforts to speak for those without a voice. Distributed by Visionaries. To order the complete film click here (www.visionaries.org) View clips from Unit 3 – About Latino Workers
Film clip from: “Help Wanted: Farm Workers in North Carolina”, Burning Tree Productions, 2001 Joan Preiss, from the Triangle Friends of the United Farm Workers, Melinda Wiggins from Student Action with Farmworkers, and Sandy Smith-Nonini, a farm labor researcher, discuss the substandard conditions and treatment farm workers still face. Regina Luginbuhl from the North Carolina Department of Labor, Everett Puckett, a North Carolina Department of Labor inspector, Frank Howell, a Wayne County farmer and various other farm workers discuss the issue of housing workers. The whole range of housing facilities is shown: from “gold-star” to substandard housing. Help Wanted: Farmworkers in North Carolina takes a critical look at the lives of the difficult work of the people who work in North Carolina’s fields. To order the complete film please contact Burning tree productions at btproductions@bellsouth.net
Film clip from “Help Wanted: Farm Workers in North Carolina”, Burning Tree Productions, 2001 In this clip, the film narrator and Stan Eury, from the North Carolina Grower’s Association, give some background information about the H2A Guest Worker program. A former H2A farm worker discusses his experience in the program. Then, Alice Tejada, a lawyer with Legal Services of North Carolina, who represents H2A workers and Sandy Smith-Nonini, a farm labor researcher, discuss the problems with the program. Help Wanted: Farmworkers in North Carolina takes a critical look at the lives of the difficult work of the people who work in North Carolina’s fields. To order the complete film please contact Burning tree productions at btproductions@bellsouth.net
Film clip from: “Morristown”, By Anne Lewis, 2007 Women who work in manufacturing plants, specifically a Saturn plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico discuss their work, salaries, economic situation and living conditions. Their homes, made out of wood planks and cardboard discarded by the nearby manufacturing plants, called “maquiladoras,” are shown. Children are shown playing in the town. Some of the women’s husbands attempt to cross the border for weeks at a time, to work in the United States. Although these people work hard, their lives continue to be very difficult. Morristown is a working class look at globalization from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. To order the complete film please visit Appalshop (www.appalshop.org). View clips from Unit 4 - Latino Challenges and Contributions
The U.S government has offered “Temporary Protected Status” (TPS) to citizens from Honduras and El Salvador who came to the United States due to Hurricane Mitch in November 1998. In this lesson clip, we are introduced to Juan, an immigrant from El Salvador, who decides to take advantage of this amnesty and thus become a documented resident. However, as it turns out, Juan does not qualify, because he arrived after the designated dates for the amnesty and is instead deported. We follow his story until the date he has to leave the United States. Through the words of immigrant workers and the families they've left behind, Los Trabajadores /The Workerstells the stories of workers at an Austin, Texas day labor site. To order a complete copy of Los Trabajadores/ The Workers, please visit www.newday.com
Film clip from: “Los Trabajadores/The Workers”, By Heather Courtney, 2003 To order a complete copy of Los Trabajadores/ The Workers, please go to www.newday.com This scene takes place outside of Austin, Texas, on a day labor site, where employers can pick up workers for the day. Some workers are complaining about certain employers who refuse to pay them. Mack Martinez, from the County Attorney’s Office, tells a group of workers that he knows some employers do not pay and although threats have been made toward these workers, he wants the workers to report these people. Then the scene shifts to two police officers who tell workers who have received checks from employers with insufficient funds that they are going to investigate the matter on behalf of the workers. Through the words of immigrant workers and the families they've left behind, Los Trabajadores /The Workers tells the stories of workers at an Austin, Texas day labor site. To order a complete copy of Los Trabajadores/ The Workers, please visit www.newday.com  Ramon’s Family LawRuntime: 0:57 Chapter 13 on DVD Film: “Los Trabajadores/ The Workers”, By Heather Courtney, 2003 In this clip we meet Ramón who entered the United States illegally seeking work. He states in the film, that although he understands that he has broken U.S. immigration law, he feels he has followed “family law”- which is to provide for his family. We see images of Ramón’s family back in Mexico, his wife and two daughters, who are now teenagers. He says he would much rather be with them in Mexico, but their financial reality does not permit it. Through the words of immigrant workers and the families they've left behind, Los Trabajadores /The Workers tells the stories of workers at an Austin, Texas day labor site. To order a complete copy of Los Trabajadores/ The Workers, please visit www.newday.com  Latinos in the WorkforceRuntime: 3:51 Chapter 14 on DVD Film clip from: “Nuestra Comunidad-Latinos in North Carolina”, By Joanne Hershfield and Penny Simpson, New South Productions, 2001 We watch images of the Latino Festival taking place in Newton Grove, North Carolina, while Melinda Wiggins, director of Student Action with Farmworkers tells us that although Latinos have never taken jobs away from anyone, this is still the perception among some people in North Carolina communities. Alberto Herrera-Jeferson, originally from Peru, discusses the fact that although Latino immigration is a relatively new phenomenon in North Carolina, it has been an important immigration because Latinos are taking jobs in a broad base of categories, including agriculture, construction, processing plants and landscaping. Dan Gerlach, from the North Carolina Justice Center, in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Durham, shares that statistics show Latino immigrants are not taking away jobs from Americans. He gives examples. A welding instructor from the Wake Tech Community College in Garner, NC, explains that the demand for workers, specifically in this field, in North Carolina is tremendous. It seems to him that some Latinos are especially interested in “hands-on” trades - electricians, plumbers, and welders. Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina highlights key historical moments of the recent Latino immigrant experience in North Carolina. Distributed by New South Productions.). To order complete film, click here.  Latino Financial ContributionsRuntime: 2:05 Chapter 15 on DVD Film clip from: “Nuestra Comunidad-Latinos in North Carolina”, By Joanne Hershfield and Penny Simpson, New South Productions, 2001 We are also introduced to Marco Roldán, originally from Guatemala, who owns “El Mandado,” a Latino commercial center that offers a multitude of services, including a supermarket, laundromat and an international shipping center. Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina highlights key historical moments of the recent Latino immigrant experience in North Carolina. Distributed by New South Productions.). To order complete film, click here.  La Fiesta Del PuebloRuntime: 4:31 Chapter 16 on DVD Film clip from: “Nuestra Comunidad-Latinos in North Carolina”, By Joanne Hershfield and Penny Simpson, New South Productions, 2001 Andrea Bazán and Katie Pomerans discuss the mission of El Pueblo, Inc. as we watch images from the organization’s annual festival, “La Fiesta.” Then, Rich Bell, Executive Director of Seeds, Inc. describes the community gardening project in North East Central Durham, as we watch images of people participating in activities at the garden itself. Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina highlights key historical moments of the recent Latino immigrant experience in North Carolina. Distributed by New South Productions.). To order complete film, click here. |
Many Faces of Latinos
Liliana’s Story: Migrant Families and Education
Off to College? Immigrant Students and Life After High School
Legislation About Immigrant Access to Higher Education
Liliana’s Friends
Student Action with Farmworkers
Farmworker Housing and Working Conditions
Guestworkers
Maquiladoras on the Border
Temporary Protective Status
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