RECOMMENDED VIDEO CLIPS ON REFUGEE/IMMIGRATION TOPICS:
*Note: The following are selected video clips (and a couple other resources) related to multiple immigration and refugee topics, updated in October 2018.
Contact Rev. Sharon Stanley-Rea, RIM Director, for additional resources, and to recommend your own favorite and effective resources to share!: sstanley@dhm.disciples.org, 202-957-7826 (cell), @StanleyRea on Twitter, or on Facebook at http://bit.ly/RIMFacebook
Download a copy for handout of all video links below here. Or, go here to download the document: https://www.discipleshomemissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Immigration-and-Refugee-Video-LinksFINAL102018.pdf
ASYLUM SEEKERS:
- Watch the US Turn Away Asylum Seekers at the Border https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/563084/us-border-asylum/
- PBS: How Does the U.S. Asylum Process Work? (7-8 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQnem4VxlBQ
- https://video.nhpbs.org/video/how-does-the-us-asylum-process-work-lypee3/
- Asylum Process, in interview w/ Asylum Lawyer in AZ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-HF8YP8dqw
BORDER:
- “Undeterred,” new film clip and resources: http://undeterredfilm.org/
DACA/DREAMERS:
- FWD.us, Dreamer Stories–
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn2brgLakWQ, Eric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wHcTJoJNg, Leezia
FAMILY DETENTION:
- Family Detention is Not a Solution to Family Separation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Fs-8OIclg
FAMILY SEPARATION:
Spared Family Separation https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/564089/lucky-ones/ (in the voices of children)- How Family Separation Traumatized Children https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/569572/family-separation/ Note: some offensive language.
- NBC News, Inside the Country’s Largest Immigrant Processing Center as Family Separation Outrage Grows https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inside-the-country-s-largest-immigration-processing-center-as-family-separation-outrage-grows-1257865795766?v=raila&
- NBC News, Inside Border Detention Centers Where Thousands of Children are Being Held https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/inside-border-detention-centers-thousands-of-children-are-being-held-1259433027703?v=railb&
FARMWORKERS:
- Find here a variety of video clips about farmworkers, recommended by our partners with the National Farm Worker Ministry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXI6IdQlXpjV16DSb735W9Q/videos
- Music and stats set against images of farmworkers in US fields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ec9TJZoe-Q
Rape in the Fields (a PBS frontline report on sexual violence experienced by farmworkers) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/rape-in-the-fields/- Food Chains (full length documentary): See info., viewing, and action opportunities here: http://www.foodchainsfilm.com/ Also, see Food Chains online on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vw-qTCW8fo
- Chavez: (full length biographical film based on life of Cesar Chavez) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621046/
IMMIGRATION (General):
- Is There Really an Immigration “Line” to Wait In? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpD2gp3Rgl0
IMMIGRANT DETENTION:
- The Case for Harsh Immigrant Detention https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/553913/ice-immigration-detention/
- Gretta’s Story: A Documentary on Immigration Detention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuyEuiBb-0Y
- Immigrant Prisons (14:33) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8S1Q8HKMm0
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:
- Know Your Rights Family Preparation Video: Informed Immigrant.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL310jPqWUs
REFUGEES:
- Video Clip “Look In My Eyes,” honoring CWS Refugees in Lancaster, PA.
- Disciples Refugee Support Video Testimonies, by Rev. Terri Hord Owens, Regional Ministers, and Pastors: https://www.discipleshomemissions.org/missions-advocacy/refugee-immigration-ministries/refugees/pray4refugees/
SPECIAL POPULATIONS SUFFERING:
- How ICE Drives Immigrants to “Self-Deport”—Refugee Road, Mauritanians https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/566831/refugee-road/
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS:
- CNN, What is TPS? https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/05/04/what-is-temporary-protected-status-orig-tc.cnn
UNDOCUMENTED:
- The Atlantic, What Will Happen to Undocumented Doctors? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfSLjNU9dBo
ADD’L RESOURCES/HANDOUTS:
DEPORTATION DEFENSE — Handouts:
- Community Raid Preparedness Checklist https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/raids_checklist_firm_2007-04.pdf
- Deportation Defense Guide for the Faith Community (from Faith in Action/formerly PICO) https://faithinaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Deportation-Defense-Guide-.pdf
