Events
Little Immigrants
Date and Time
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Description
Documentary (.42 min) w/ Co-Director, Sonia Fritz
Filmmaker's Statement
"LITTLE IMMIGRANTS is a moving story about María and her two children that shows how children are the latest victims in the migration process. It also shows the enforcement, or the reinforcement, of the border, with the building of the wall. It makes the viewer question whether the children want to immigrate or not, whether they are going to face hardships or not, whether they are going to be at the mercy of the coyotes (people who are paid to help others cross the Mexican/United States border illegally) found at the border. The children or their parents don't know whether they are going to be detained, whether they will be sent to transitory houses where they are treated as prisoners until the families can find additional money the coyotes are demanding for the children's release. You can imagine how difficult it must be for a mother or father to decide if their child should go through this process. The parents must want to be reunited with the child badly enough to go through with it."
- Sonia Fritz, Director
Two showings: one from 12-12:45 and one from 1-1:45, in two locations: Cook DeWitt Center Auditorium, Allendale and Loosemore Auditorium, Pew Campus.