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- Devil's Highway - Luis Alberto Urrea
Devil's Highway - Luis Alberto Urrea
2012 UTSA Freshman Common Reading
DVDs - Documentaries
- Which Way HomeCall Number: DVD JV6600 .W45 2009Follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S.
- Sin Pais (Without Country)Call Number: JPL 2nd Floor, DVD F869.S39 G827 2010Explores one family's experience as they are separated by deportation.
- La Bestia / The BeastCall Number: DVD JV7412 .B47 2010Central American migrants crossing Mexico on the train "La Bestia" in order to reach the United States.
- Other Side of ImmigrationCall Number: JV7412 .B47 2010 (JPL & Downtown)Based on over 700 interviews in Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the U.S., and explores why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind.
- Other Side = El Otro LadoExamines the devastating impact of Mexican-United States migration on the families and communities left behind.
JZ1318 .O844 2001
- Mojados: Through the Night / WetbacksCall Number: JV6798.M6 M65 2005Filmed over the course of ten days, this follows four men into the world of illegal border-crossing from Mexico to the United States.
- De Nadie / Border CrossingCall Number: JV6456 .D4 2007A man leaves behind everything in Central America and faces the dangers in Mexico as he tries to cross into the U.S.
- Abandoned : the Betrayal of America's ImmigrantsJV6483 .A23 2000
DVDs - Fiction
- A Better LifeCall Number: PN1995.9.D7 B48 2011Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed the border into the U.S. But when his wife left him, Carlos's only goal became to make sure his son Luis was given the opportunities he never had. Nominated for Academy Award.
- Sin NombreCall Number: PN1997.2 .S576 2009A teenage Honduran girl forms an unlikely friendship with a Mexican gang member who is helping to smuggle her family into the United States.
- 7 Soles / Seven SunsCall Number: PN1997.S7 S484 2009El Negro gets hired to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants into the United States. When he claims this will be his last trip because he wants out of the business.
- NorteadoCall Number: PN1997.S7 N6784 2011Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Andres sets out on a journey to cross the US border in search of his family.
- El Norte / The NorthCall Number: PN1997 .N677 2002 (JPL & DT)Two Guatemalan Indians, sister and brother, flee to America looking for a better life.
Streaming Video
- Coyote: An Immigration Case Study (58 min.)Call Number: Streaming video: Films on DemandFor guidance northward, illegal immigrants from Latin America frequently enlist mercenary escorts known as “coyotes.” This program examines one such charming and unseemly figure and the three Guatemalans who have placed their trust in him.
- Dying to Get In: Illegal Immigration in the European Union (59 min.)Call Number: Streaming video: Films on DemandIn the E.U., internal borders have been made transparent to promote the free flow of commerce. Its external borders, however, are another matter. This program surveys the high-tech methods being used
- The Guestworker (52 min.)Call Number: Streaming video: Academic Video OnlineAlso available on DVD HD8083.N8 G8 2006
- Border Patrol: The EnforcersCall Number: Streaming video: Films on DemandThis episode of The Enforcers focuses on the Border Patrol, responsible for thwarting illegal immigration and smuggling into the world’s wealthiest nation.
- A New Day: Refugee Families in the United StatesProduced for the U.S. Department of State by the Center for Applied Linguistics. Designed to assist refugees and refugee providers in learning about adjustment of refugee families and refugee youth to their new lives in the United States. Topics include family adjustment, discipline, school life, home life, and learning English.
