Borderless. Lives of undocumented workers
Description
How much do American and Canadian citizens really understand about the personal, social, and economic struggles of undocumented workers? This program deepens that understanding, providing an intimate look inside the lives of two non-status migrant laborers. Geraldo, a Costa Rican construction worker, and Angela, a Caribbean domestic employee, describe their experiences with labor exploitation and restrictive immigration laws, as well as their separation from children and family-poignantly conveyed through telephone calls home. Humanizing an often-invisible workforce, the program exposes some of the hidden costs of sustaining the "first world" economy.
Runtime
27 min
Subjects
- Criminal law (54)
- Social structure (572)
- Wealth (179)
- Macroeconomics (317)
- Power (Social sciences) (152)
- Political planning (192)
- Civil law (65)
- Social policy (88)
- Economics (3707)
- Public policy (Law) (168)
- Social classes (184)
- Political anthropology (62)
- International economic relations (341)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2006
Database
Films on Demand
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