| Al Otro Lado (To The Other Side) |
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| Directed By:
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Natalia Almada
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| Produced In:
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USA/Mexico, 2006
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| Running Time:
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60 minutes
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| Genre:
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Documentary
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| Language:
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Spanish with English Subtitles
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| Themes:
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USA, Mexico, Cultural Identity: Latino, Immigration, Labor, War on Drugs
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| Distributor:
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Altamura films
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| Trailer
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Click Here to view the trailer
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Synopsis:
"Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)" tells the human story behind illegal immigration and drug trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico through the eyes of Magdiel, a 23-year-old fisherman and aspiring composer who dreams of a better life. For people south of the border, the "other side" is the dream of an impossibly rich United States, where even menial jobs can support families and whole communities that have been left behind. For people north of the border, "Al Otro Lado" sheds light on harsh choices that their neighbors to the south often face because of economic crisis.
As movingly chronicled in "Al Otro Lado," Natalia Almada's debut feature, the border is a place where one people's dreams collide with another people's politics, and the 200-year-old tradition of corrido music vibrantly chronicles it all. In fact, if you really want to understand what is happening on the U.S./Mexico border, listen to the corridos, troubadour-like ballads that have become the voice of people whose views are rarely heard in mainstream media.
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Links:
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Download the P.O.V. discussion guide for the film.
Read about Human Rights Watch's research in Mexico
Find out what happened to the people featured in the film after the film was completed.
Read about Sinaloa, the city featured in the film and the 'Drug Capital' of Mexico.
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