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Wetback : the undocumented documentary
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Follows several migrants from Central America and Mexico on their journey to North America. The film begins in Nicaragua and takes the viewer through five borders. Border control tightens as the mi...
Follows several migrants from Central America and Mexico on their journey to North America. The film begins in Nicaragua and takes the viewer through five borders. Border control tightens as the migrants move North. Gangs in Mexico and vigilante groups in the USA are some of the perils the migrants might have to face on their way to the American Dream.
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- Creator
- produced by Heather Haynes ; written and directed by Arturo Pérez Torres
- Included Titles
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- Terminal bar
- Where is Iraq?
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Widescreen
- [San Francisco, CA] : Act Now Productions : distributed by Ironweed Film Club, [2005]
- ©2005
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm65341871
- Credits
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- Cinematographer, Felipe Rodriguez ; editor, Julia Blua ; music, Roko Citroen
- Special features: director interview; two short documentaries: Terminal bar by Stefan Nadelman about one of New York City's less celebrated watering holes (23 min.) and Where is Iraq? by Baz Shamoun about a group of Iraqi men stranded at the Iraqi-Jordanian border soon after the 2003 U.S. invasion (19 min.).
- DVD.
- In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
- Wetback (97 min.) -- Terminal bar (23 min.) -- Where is Iraq? (19 min.)
Subjects
- Immigrants -- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Noncitizens -- Government policy -- United States.
- Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- United States.
- Central Americans -- United States.
- Border patrols -- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Gay bars -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- United States -- Emigration and immigration.
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration.
- North America -- Emigration and immigration.