by Jason Buchanan
synopsis
Filmmaker Chantal Akerman alternates between the dusty Mexican border town of Agua Prieta, Sonora and neighboring Douglas, Arizona to offer a compassionate account of the immigration issue, and profile migrant workers who endure grueling labor conditions in an effort to provide for their struggling families back home.
characteristics
- Migrant
- Mexican [nationality]
- Race Relations
- Racism
- Social Injustice
- Racist
- Immigration
- Immigrant Life
- Border-town
- Border-guard
- Emigrant
- Emigration
- Illegal-alien
- Food For Thought
- Border [geographic]
