Refugees in Our Backyard

Source catalog description

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This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content. A documentary film with the title Refugees in Our Back Yard. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary explores the controversies surrounding mass migration of undocumented Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans into the United States in the late 20th century. It touches on issues such as the impact of civil unrest in Central America; dangers undocumented migrants face on their journey; the policies of the U.S. State Department as well as some of the challenges undocumented migrants face while living in the U.S.

Catalog date

1990

Recorded places

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America; El Salvador, Latin America, North and Central America; Guatemala, Latin America, North and Central America; Nicaragua, Latin America, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Documentary films; Film; Humanitarianism; Immigration; International affairs; Politics

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