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The whole enchilada / by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin Americans--United States.
- Latin Americans.
- Population forecasting--United States.
- Population forecasting.
- Latin America--Emigration and immigration.
- Latin America.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- United States--Population.
- Genre:
- Documentary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (26 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- In recent years over a million Latin Americans in search of a better life have surged into the U.S. -- conventionally and illegally. The U.S. has undergone arguably the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts in its history and Latinos are expected to emerge as a potential American majority by 2050. The Whole Enchilada details how this growth has resulted in acute growing pains: conservative commentators railing against porous borders and complaining about illegal Latinos taking jobs away from Americans; an increase in hate crimes against Latinos, specifically in the infamous murder in Patchogue, N.Y.; extremely high unemployment in Latino communities; and young Hispanics joining gangs.The film also shows the increasing Latino vibrancy and optimism especially in Los Angeles where there is a new sense of empowerment. The L.A. City Councilman Tony Cardenas, touted as a future political leader, the actress Lupe Ontiveros, Josefina Lopez, the screenwriter of Real Women Have Curves, now the director of a theatre company and TV anchor Geraldo Rivera are some of the people interviewed in this lively film. Most dramatically, the recent appointment of the Supreme Court s first Hispanic justice, Sonia Maria Sotomayor, sent a powerful message of hope and opportunity to the Latino community.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- OCLC:
- 747798588
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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