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The New Latino Immigration to Tennessee:
Opportunities and Challenges

UT Conference Center, 600 Henley St., Knoxville, TN 37902
March 31 - April 1, 2006


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IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM
Social Justice Film Series Schedule
Spring 2006
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology


The Grapes of Wrath (1940) -   Director: John Ford, 128 min.
Friday, February 10 - 3:00-5:30 pm - Library Auditorium - Room 101
Description: The saga of a family fleeing the Oklahoma dust bowl in search of a better life in California.

Dirty Pretty Things (2002) -   D: Stephen Frears, 97 min.
Friday, February 24 - 3:00-5:30 pm - Library Auditorium - Room 101
Description: The plight of illegal immigrants in London.

Maria Full of Grace (2004) -    D: Joshua Marston, 101 min.
Friday, March 10 - 3:00-5:30 pm - Library Auditorium - Room 101
Description: A young female transports drugs from Columbia to the U.S. in an effort to help her family.

The Beautiful Country (2004) -   D: Hans Petter Moland, 125 min.
Friday, March 31 - 3:00-5:30 pm - Library Auditorium Room 101
Description: A young Vietnamese man travels to the U.S. in search of his father who was stationed in country during the Vietnam War.

Central Station (1998) -   D: Walter Salles, 113 min.
Friday, April 21 - 3:00-5:30 pm - Library Auditorium - Room 101
Description: A journey within Brazil by a former schoolteacher and a young boy in search of his father.




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