Amor Vegetal: Our Harvest (La Cosecha Nuestra)
A community garden to address the nutritional needs of an Escondido neighborhood is the starting point for this multifaceted exploration of immigration, activism, media representation and self determination. To mitigate the detrimental effects that American fast food culture was having on the community, especially migrants, local organizers, including the filmmakers, took an innovative approach. They […]
Rancho California (por favor)
Premiering in the Frontier section at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002, John T. Caldwell’s experimental, ethnographic documentary explores the internal borders that extend well beyond the international line between Mexico and America, sharply dividing migrants in Orange and North San Diego Counties from the affluent suburbs that depend on their labor. In ravines and […]