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DESCRIPTION:"Wetback"  Persistent, massive unemployment has left millions of Central 
 Americans desperately impoverished, with little choice but to migrate to 
 jobs in Canada and the U.S. It is estimated that 3,000 a day embark on the 
 treacherous overland journey north, and fewer than 300 ever make it.  
 \n\n\nWetback is a powerful record of the journey of five Nicaraguans, with 
 no documents and little money, as they make their way north. The obstacles 
 they face are tremendous and life threatening, from corrupt Mexican border 
 police and vicious Mexican gangs, to dangerously overcrowded freight trains 
 and fast-moving rivers. Those who make it into the U.S. face armed white 
 supremacist vigilante groups who patrol the border to prevent illegal 
 entry. Some make it, some don't; all suffer greatly.\n\n\nWetback is an 
 exemplary, committed documentary that offers crucial human insights into 
 the politics of poverty, the forces of repression and the will to survive. 
 (90 min, 2004)\n\n\nAudience Choice Award, 21st Chicago Latin Film 
 Festival. Spectrum award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2005. Best 
 documentary: Cinequest film fest, San Jose 2005. Winner, Best Story: 
 Festival Pamplona Punto de Vista.\n\n\nSpeakers (for some films), 
 discussion, socializing, and drinks/snacks follow the screening. Part of a 
 continuing series from World Centric. For a complete schedule and 
 description of upcoming films, go to  
 "http://www.worldcentric.org/filmseries/winter2006.htm">http://www.worldcentric.org/filmseries/winter2006.htm 
    \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/16/85143.php
SUMMARY:FILM: Wetback
LOCATION:Main Hall - Unitarian Universalist Church  505 E. Charleston, Palo Alto, CA 
 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/16/85143.php
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