AMIP, Arte France, Paradise Films, Chemas I.S.; en coproduction avec Carre Noir-RTBF Liege; un film de Chantal Akerman.
Notes: Credits in French; interviews in English and in Spanish with English subtitles. Videocassette 99 min. JV6465 .D44 2002
Summary: In images and interviews, this film examines the plight of poor Mexicans who try to emigrate to the United States illegally in hope of a better life. U.S. attempts to stem the influx has forced immigrants to take dangerous routes to avoid detection, and many have died.

with Linda Chavez
Notes: Talk sponsored by the University of Tennessee Issues Committee. Videocassette 67 min. E184.S75C483 2001
Summary: Conservative author, columnist, and political commentator Linda Chavez discusses the growth of immigration from Latin America, implications for the United States, and the integration of the Latino population into American society.
Event Note: Recorded at the University of Tennessee, March 6, 2001. Other Authors: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Issues Committee.

a co-production of Dos Vatos Production and KET; produced in association with ITVS and Latino Public Broadcasting.
Notes: In English and Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles.Videodisc 57 min. [Widescreen] F460 .M5 B49 2001
Summary: Traces the painful transition made by four sons in the Ayala family who leave their close-knit family in Mexico to seek a better life in Kentucky. Struggling to fit in, they find a different version of the American dream.

a film by Stephan Hallmann. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2000.
Notes: Videocassette 44 min. F1391.T36M49 2000
Summary: In this program, children of desperately poor families share stories of their hardships and the choices they have made. For some. childhood means heavy labor as migrant workers in northern Mexico, while for others it means gang life on the streets of Tijuana. Yet for all-economic refugees for whom dollars are more valuable than education- the dream of life in America is like a vision of the promised land.

North Star Films; a film by David Riker; written, directed and edited by David Riker; producers, David Riker, Paul S. Mezey. [2000], c1998. PN1995.9.F67 C58 2000 88 min.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. In Spanish and English with English subtitles.
Summary: Tells four stories about recent immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.

producer/director Pam Sporn; associate priducer Diana-Elena Matsoukas; executive producer, Bill Miles. c2000. 56:40 min. Videocassette: E184.C97 C82 2000
Notes: Funded by Latino Public Broadcasting. English and Spanish, with English subtitles.
Summary: Pablo Elliot Foster Carrion interviews members of his family who left Cuba in 1962, including his grandfather, Pablo Abraham Foster, his father, Pablo Foster, his uncle Ruben Foster, and his aunt Diana-Elena Matsoukas. He learns of their experiences in Cuba, as well how they grew up in the Bronx. His father makes a return visit to Cuba, in 1995 with his wife and daughter, in order to see the landmarks of his childhood, and to visit with his aunt who was left behind. Family members talk about their complex identities as Afro-Cuban immigrants and as Americans.

Gättingen : Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film ; [distributed by] Berkley, CA : University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, c1991. HQ1462.W43 1991 53 min.
Notes: In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Summary:Documents the weaving techniques, social organization, and economic situation for women weavers in a weaving village in Michoacán, Mexico. Examines the changes in weaving style and materials, how they are taught by mothers to daughters and explores the changes caused by the long absences of the women's husbands, who leave for migrant farm work in the U.S.

produced at the Center for Visual Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology in collaboration with the School of Cinema-Television, University of Southern California; directed by Ellen Frankenstein. 1987. 15 min. Videocassette: F869.L89 M482 1987b
Notes: Originally released by University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television.

Independent Productions; screenplay by Gregory Nava and Anna H. Thomas; original story by Gregory Nava; directed by Gregory Nava; produced by Anna Thomas in association with American Playhouse. [Los Angeles, Ca.] : Frontera Films, [2002?]
Hodges Media Center - PN1995.9.F67N657 2002
Notes: VHS videocassette 141 min.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1983.
Grand Prix des Amériques (Gregory Nava) at the 1984 Montreal World Film Festival.
Spanish and English dialogue; English subtitles.
Summary: A brother and sister, two young Indians from Guatemala, set out to find a better life when their father is killed by government soldiers and their mother is taken away. Their journey to the north, the "promised land," is frought with dangers and when they reach Los Angeles they are "illegals" submerged in an alien culture.