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1) X500
Publisher
Alfhaville Cinema
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Thousands of kilometers apart, three young migrants undergo mental, emotional, and physical transformations in order to survive the violence of their new worlds. Includes forced Spanish subtitles.
Publisher
Televisa
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Español
Description
A thick fog surrounds California's borders, communication beyond state lines is cut off, and the Mexicans disappear: workers, spouses, and business owners are missing. Cars are abandoned in the street, food is left cooking on the stove. We meet the wife of a musician who's gone, a state Senator whose maid doesn't show up for work, and a farm owner whose produce is ripe and unpicked. A scientist asks any Mexicans who haven't disappeared to volunteer...
7) Entre nos
Publisher
IndiePix
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
Mariana brings her two children from Colombia to New York to reunite with her husband, only to be abandoned by him. Desperate and alone, Mariana must find a way to survive and care for her family.
9) Nowhere
Publisher
TLA Releasing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Adrian and Sebastian live an openly gay life in New York as immigrants. When Sebastian's visa is rejected, the two must decide whether to return to Colombia where they face rejection and persecution for their sexual orientation or do whatever is necessary to stay in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
Español
Description
"Este es el recuento épico y conmovedor de una familia mexicana de migrantes, sus peripecias en Estados Unidos y las expectativas del pueblo que dejaron atrás"--Container.
Martínez follows the migrants' progress from their small southern Mexican town of Cherán to California, Wisconsin, and Missouri where far from joining the melting pot, Martínez argues, the seven million migrants in the U.S. are creating a new culture that will alter both Mexico...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
Español
Description
En Nosotros los dreamers, Josefina Vázquez Mota se acerca a las leyes, a las estadísticas, pero sobre todo a las historias y a las emociones que se encuentran detrás de estas historias de vida.Al mes de agosto de 2016, se estima que en Estados Unidos habitan 35 millones de personas de origen mexicano, de los cuales 23.5 millones nacieron en Estados Unidos y 11.5 millones, en México. De estos últimos sólo 5 millones carecen de documentos, y dentro...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
"Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy was passionate about the issue of immigration reform. He believed that America is a nation of people who value both tradition and the exploration of new frontiers, people who deserve the freedom to build better lives for themselves in their adopted homeland. This 60th anniversary edition of his posthumously published, timeless work--with a new introduction, a new foreword by Jonathan Greenblatt, the national...
17) Las biuty queens
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
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Description
Una voz única en la literatura latinoamericana actual que sacude, con un mordaz talento narrativo, la escena trans de Nueva York. Con una mirada descarada y honesta, Iván Monalisa Ojeda se sumerge en el universo travesti de las calles neoyorquinas. Los cuentos de este libro narran su vida y la de sus compañeras, transexuales latinoamericanas que hacen la calle, fuman crystal meth, participan en concursos de belleza, buscan clientes sobre altísimos...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"In this personal manifesto, Ramos sets out to examine what it means to be a Latino immigrant, or just an immigrant, in present-day America. Using current research and statistics, with a journalist's nose for a story, and interweaving his own personal experience, Ramos shows us the changing face of America while also trying to find an explanation for why he, and millions of others, still feel like strangers in this country"--Back cover of English-language...
20) A better life
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
Description
Carlos Galindo (Demian Bichir), mexicano de cuarenta a©łos, es un trabajador inmigrante ilegal que reside en la ciudad de Los Angeles. Un hombre honrado y decente, lo ©ðnico que Carlos persigue es esforzarse al m©Łximo para dar la mejor calidad de vida posible a su hijo Luis (Jose Julian), por ofrecerle una vida que ©♭l nunca tuvo.-- veotrailers.com.
Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed...
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