Mando Alvarado, Michael Ray Escamilla, 2009, 2010, Feature, Mexico, United States, 94min, Spanish with English subtitles
There’s no place like home…even if home is not all that great.
This session will be followed by an engaging discussion with a guest panel. Entry by donation courtesy of Dendy Cinemas, arrive early to get your seat!
Greg Brosnan, Jennifer Szymaszek, 2009, 2010, Documentary, Guatemala, Mexico, United States, 30min, Spanish/English with English subtitles
When the US government stormed a Kosher meat plant in the American heartland arresting nearly 400 undocumented workers, a Guatemalan village wept. The biggest immigration raid in US history severed an economic lifeline to one of the poorest corners of the Western Hemisphere while pushing an Iowa
farm town to the brink of collapse.
A powerful and topical documentary about the human cost of deportation and detention of immigrants.
Presented in association with Ambulante Film Festival
Natalia Almada, 2009, 2010, Documentary, Mexico, United States, 83min, Spanish with English subtitles
Sundance Film Festival’s 2009 Documentary Directing Award winner!
Boxers, cockfighters, gang members and visionaries give voice to a vibrant barrio on the brink of extinction
John Urbano, 2008, 2010, Documentary, Panama, United States, 69min, Spanish with English subtitles
Award-winning photographer and director John Urbano’s stunning documentary captures the essence of two colourful communities in the heart of Panama City: El Chorrillo and Barraza. Nearly destroyed by the US invasion that took place 20 years ago, this “interim” shantytown is now being dismantled street by street to make room for skyscrapers for the new Panamanian wealthy.