Joao Nuno Pinto As in Antonio Lobo Antunes’ novel South Of Nowhere (Os Cus de Judas,
1979), a novel, telling the story about the war in Angola, but being
actually a story about Portugal, in the first feature film of the young
Portuguese director Joao Nuno Pinto the story is about immigrants, but
the subject is again Portugal. Joao Nuno Pinto was born in 1969 in
Mozambique and his family, being Portuguese, immigrated to Portugal as
refugees during another post-colonial war in Afric...
"Border Stories - Illegal Immigration" a short Film by Florian Wyss, produced by Andy Svensson & Oscar Lauterbach, filmed by Martin Albisetti, has reached over 16'000 views 2008 Version without subtitles: 6000 views. Subtitled 2009 Version: 10'000 views. This short Film has received 4 Awards at Filmfestivals.
2009 Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQFvyfS_yQ ;
2008 Version w/o subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeaiQGKqWf4
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Hannibal & Manuel, two Latinos, manage to cross the US Border illegally through the Desert. After running out of food and water, they finally find a lonely trailer with some food, but also something ells. A dramatic short story about dreams, goals, choices and friendship.
The debate over immigration is the issue that never seems to go away. While it may flare hot, especially during this Presidential election year, the solutions to the problems of "illegals" is not a simple one. America has always been a refuge for those seeking economic, political and religious freedom. On the other hand, are "illegals" offering themselves as cheap alternatives to American workers, whose job security has become all the more tentative in a depressed economy. Adding to the debate o...
Friday, April 11------The debate over immigration is the issue that never seems to go away. While it may flare hot, especially during this Presidential election year, the solutions to the problems of "illegals" is not a simple one. America has always been a refuge for those seeking economic, political and religious freedom. On the other hand, are "illegals" offering themselves as cheap alternatives to American workers, whose job security has become all the more tentative in...
