IMMIGRATION


The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of immigration. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.

Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy

Sixty years have passed between Pearl Harbor and September 11th, but have things really changed? An interactive online documentary explores what it means to be an American with the face of the enemy.
Official selection of the third annual festival

Fast and Reliable

Nothing can stop Dexter the bike messenger — not homelessness or even a close encounter with a ten-ton truck.
Official selection of the fifth annual festival

Holla Back Dubai!

In this touching video letter exchange, kids from the United Arab Emirates “holla back” to a class of sixth-graders in Washington Heights, New York and show that a stereotype is no match for a smile.
Official selection of the third annual festival

Is My Neighbor Latino?

Irreverent and funny, this high-spirited newsbrief spoof pokes at preconceptions and shows us that there is no one type of Latino in a country with rapidly shifting demographics.
Official selection of the third annual festival

Laptop

A computer is only as advanced as the person behind the keyboard. Laptop reminds us that the digital divide still resides within our borders.
Official selection of the fifth annual festival

Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border

What happens when people cross the line? Vigilantes take the law into their own hands on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Official selection of the seventh annual festival

Silence Speaks

Domestic abuse, hate crimes, poverty, political persecution and war. Highly personal multimedia pieces tell the stories of survivors and witnesses of these many forms of violence.
Official selection of the third annual festival

The Sixth Section

During the cold winters of upstate New York, a group of immigrants work together to give back to their hometown of Boqueron, Mexico.
Official selection of the fourth annual festival

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