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Status pending / director, producer, Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz ; producer, Laura Reich ; co-producer, Liz Fields.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Immigration lawyers--United States.
- Immigration lawyers.
- Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Mexican Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Emigration and immigration law--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- Self-help groups.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Portland, Oregon] : Collective Eye Films, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with English subtitles; closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- Summary:
- Contending with the constant attack on immigrants and Immigration Law, the lawyers on the front-lines are feeling burned out and disillusioned. This film takes us into the lives and work of five members of an informal support group comprised of Mexican-American, solo-practitioners who got their start at the same high-intensity law firm in Los Angeles. Through their friendship and constant communication, Araceli, Alma, Gladdys, Elizabeth and Jose provide professional and emotional support for each other as they navigate the constant attacks on their clients and profession. Through their perspectives, we see how changes in the interpretation of the laws and in legal procedures directly affect the people they so passionately advocate for by endangering their safety and prolonging family separation. After several years in the trenches, even the most dedicated come to question whether they can continue in this often-heartbreaking line of work.
- Credits:
- Edited by Sarah Garrahan ; camera, Nathan Reich [and 3 others].
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 14, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1280600067
- Publisher Number:
- ce-status Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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