Immigration in the movies
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Movies dealing with immigration are shifting from the journey itself to the issues that crop up after arrival, exploring how the changes affect everyone involved, writes Reed Johnson in this report.
‘The representation in American movies of immigrants (and of two close relations, ethnicity and ‘race’) is practically as old as the movies themselves, from ‘Birth of a Nation’ and Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Immigrant’ to ‘Crash’ and ‘Under the Same Moon.’ Today, as mass immigration has evolved into a global phenomenon, a growing number of filmmakers in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America as well as the United States are probing immigration’s causes as well as its consequences for the lives of ordinary people.’
Read the full report about films that deal with immigration and all its issues here.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City
Photo: Richard Jenkins, left, and Haaz Sleiman star in ‘The Visitor.’ Credit: Jo Jo Whilden / Overture Films