Tag Archives: immigration

The Associcated Press Decides To Drop The “I” Word… Finally!

I guess you could say it’s been a long time coming.  Too long perhaps.  I mean how long have people been asking for respected news organizations and reporters to stop using the “I” word when…

A Very Special Plea, From a DREAMer!

I met Jose Luis Zelaya this year.  From that very first moment I knew he had a dream.  It was and still is to be a teacher in this country.  The self-described DREAMer, has quite…

2501 Migrants: A Journey

Nibe te nuná, that is the one line in Zapotec that has stuck in my mind from this gem of a film.  It means “Why leave when you have it all here?” …and quite literally,…

How Do You Make Your Child Understand What It Means To Be Undocumented?

This week, we finally connected the internet to our television at home.  Don’t ask me how I did it.  The truth is I don’t actually remember.  I just kind of kept pushing buttons until it…

Premiering on MTV: The Story of 15 & Homeless, Inocente

This Friday, August 17, 2012, at 10/9C, MTV will air the independent film Inocente.  The film, produced by the same folks behind last year’s La Cosecha, tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, named Inocente…

The Apple Pushers of New York City – Movie Review

You can’t compare apples to oranges, the saying goes.  Well… why not?  In the new documentary The Apple Pushers, which I had the opportunity to screen this week, the argument seems to be that when…