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Immigrant nation : the battle for the dream / production by Clandestino Films ; a documentary film by Esaú Meléndez ; directed & produced by Esaú Meléndez ; written by Esaú Meléndez.
LIBRA DVD 019 956
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Immigrants.
- Border patrols.
- Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Mexico--Emigration and immigration.
- Mexico.
- Emigration and immigration.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Mexico--Boundaries--United States.
- Boundaries.
- United States--Boundaries--Mexico.
- Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Anamorphic widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Battle for the dream
- Place of Publication:
- [New York?] : New Day Films : Clandestino Films, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English; subtitles in Spanish and English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Documentary film that is the story of the modern immigrant rights movement and the struggle of single mother, Elvira Arellano, who fought against her deportation. It tells how organizations, activists, community leaders and individuals came together to oppose bill HR4437 and the anti-immigration forces.
- Credits:
- Principal videography, Esaú Meléndez, Andrew Friend; editors, Diego Lopez, Esaú Meléndez; music, Benjamín Anaya González & The Certones; research and archiving, Patricia Lofthouse.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2010.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781574480764
- 1574480766
- OCLC:
- 782052764
- Publisher Number:
- 884501709811
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