Immigrant Nation! The Battle for the Dream (2010)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the immigrant rights movement in the United States from 2006 to 2009. It focuses on the story of Elvira Arellano and her fight against deportation, along with the activism of other individuals and groups opposing the HR4437 immigration bill.

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What happens

Immigrant Nation! The Battle for the Dream is a 2010 feature documentary movie by Esaú Meléndez about the immigrant rights movement from 2006 to 2009 and Elvira Arellano's resistance to deportation. It opened on 2010-03-06 in Washington, DC, at the DC Independent Film Festival. The film includes stories of individuals, organizations, activists and community leaders. It includes coverage of anti-immigrant activists, but more coverage of those "united by passion and a concern for justice." This film features the opposition to the controversial HR4437 immigration bill, especially the march to Batavia, Illinois, to decry Speaker Dennis Hastert's blockage of comprehensive immigration reform. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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