Moyers & Company. Between Two Worlds - Life on the Border
Description
No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea. His own life is the stuff of great novels. Son of a Mexican father and Anglo mother, Urrea grew up first in Tijuana and then just across the border in San Diego. Over the years he has produced a series of acclaimed novels, including The Hummingbird's Daughter, The Devil's Highway, and his latest, Queen of America - each a rich and revealing account of the people of the borderlands that join and separate our two nations. Three of Urrea's books were among scores of others removed from classrooms when the Tucson school district eliminated Mexican-American studies, claiming it was "divisive." In this edition of Moyers & Company, Urrea talks with Bill Moyers about that episode as he unfolds the modern reality of life on the border.
Runtime
57 min
Subjects
- American literature (423)
- Political planning (192)
- Public policy (69)
- Education (938)
- Policy sciences (61)
- Racism (548)
- Borderlands (5)
- Literature, modern (80)
- Ethnicity (289)
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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