Immigration

P.O.V.'s Borders | Migration

P.O.V.'s web original series Borders focused on migration for its premiere episode. Browse the site and find out what life is like for a migrant farmworking family; play some interactive games; follow three teenagers through their fall semester in an exclusive video series (available in Spanish and English); find out what it's like to guard the southern border of the United States from a border patrol agent and much, much more.

 

P.O.V. Films & Features about Immigration

These are just a few P.O.V. films featuring stories of immigration. If you're a community organizer or teacher interested in screening a film for your community, learn more about how you can borrow these and other films from P.O.V.

	Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side) by Natalia Almada (P.O.V. 2006) The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music — captured in the performances of Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte and the late Chalino Sánchez — provides both heartbeat and backbone to this rich examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border.
	The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández by Kieran Fitzgerald (P.O.V. 2008) In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández Jr. Mistaken for a drug runner, the 18-year-old was, in fact, a U.S. citizen tending his family's goats with a .22 rifle. He became the first American killed by U.S. military forces on native soil since the 1970 Kent State shootings.
	Calavera Highway by Renee Tajima-Peña and Evangeline Griego (P.O.V. 2008) When brothers Armando and Carlos Peña set off to carry their mother's ashes to south Texas, their road trip turns into a quest for answers about their family's strangely veiled past. Calavera Highway is a sweeping story of seven Mexican American men grappling with the meaning of masculinity, fatherhood and a legacy of rootless beginnings.
	Farmingville by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini (P.O.V. 2004) The shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia. For nearly a year, Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini lived and worked in Farmingville, New York, so they could capture first-hand the stories of residents, day laborers and activists on all sides of the debate.
	Made in LA by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar (P.O.V. 2007) Made in L.A. follows the remarkable journey of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles's garment factories and their struggle for self-empowerment as they wage a three-year battle to bring a major clothing retailer to the negotiating table.
	The Sixth Section by Alex Rivera (P.O.V. 2003) The Sixth Section captures a dynamic form of cross-border organizing through the story of "Grupo Unión," a small band of Mexican immigrants in upstate New York devoted to raising money to rebuild the town they left behind.