"The film broadens the frame to examine Latin American migration to the United States in the wider context of an interconnected history of the Americas Each segment is made fresh through riveting archival footage and personal stories. This perpetual territorial expansion, justified under the idea of Manifest Destiny, persisted throughout colonial history, as America acquired Florida, then Texas, and, through the Mexican War, the territory now included in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming, as well as lands won in the Spanish-American War. ", "In an era of anti-immigrant fervor, this sobering and much-needed look at Latino migration is built on an undeniably optimistic premise: that once Americans have accurate facts, 'they rarely allow injustices to stand. Branches (Las ramas). EDUARDO LPEZ: Exactly. He was a liberal, a social democrat, who attempted to institute new social reforms. Were now talking about 11 to 12 million people that are undocumented in the United States. But I have to say about the Dominican Republic, Id really like to make a point, that one of the main reasons we made this film is really personified by Junot Daz, who is now contributing as one of our great American writers. And that lasted really until the 90s, until this whole new era that has developed in Latin America of socially progressive governments being elected to power, getting rid of old dictatorships, old rule by the military, and giving the popular will a chance to be expressed and to bring more progressive leaders to power. 2012. co-host, New York Times sic columnist. N
Humanities NY, Ford Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and individual donors. And theyre contributing to the prosperity of the United States, so thatand especially the DREAMers, the young folks. UNIDENTIFIED: The instability that we have contributed to creates the kind of chaos and disarray that leads to more immigration. Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! Immigrants from Panama and Columbia face similar issues. publication online or last modification online. So the United States then began allowing large numbers of Dominican former rebels to come to the United States as a way, again, of using migration as a safety valve. A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. I mean, we had to tie our shoes a certain way. And in just about all the cases when you look at history, you see very clearly, as Juan explains in the book, that our different waves of migration are connected to actions that the United States took in our countries, in different times for different reasons, but its very consistent throughout history, this connection between our foreign policy and immigration. JUAN GONZLEZ: The reality is that America is changing. The film is premiering in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Theater in Pasadena and at the Quad theater here in New York beginning on the 28th, on Friday, right through the 4th, here at the Quad theater. This comes at a time when immigration has become a key issue in the 2012 presidential race. ROBERT WHITE: For the first time, someone had faced down the Salvadoran military and said, You people are killing the people you are sworn to protect., SISTER TERRY ALEXANDER: Father Paul Schindler had received a telephone call saying this farmer had seen the bodies of four women, very definitely American. EDUARDO LPEZ: Well, the way was quite difficult, because it was a seven-year journey between the time we first met with Juan about the book and today. This is a rush transcript. Sign up for our Daily News Digest today! In the midst of a historic fight over immigrant rights and the future of millions of Latino families, Latino Impact Media is proud to present Harvest of Empire, an award-winning documentary that takes an unflinching look at the connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Meanwhile, appearing Sunday on ABCs This Week, conservative pundit Ann Coulter argued immigrant rights should not be considered civil rights. You know, so Mexicans often say, the originalthe descendants of those original settlers, We didnt cross the border. Harvest of Empire provides a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely-noted triumphs of our nation's growing Latino community. Spanning 500 years of Hispanic history, from the first New World colonies to the 19th century westward expansion in America, this narrative features family portraits of real-life immigrants along with sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their homeland. hdAk@27l4"zj@Pyh) He routinely kidnapped and assaulted the wives, even of his supporters, and throughout his career made it extremely easy for American companies to do business in the Dominican Republic but was a savage, savage dictator. Juan Gonzlez? Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America (2000, revised 2011), authored by Juan Gonzalez, is a comprehensive account of the intersection of Latin-American history with United States history. This is viewer supported news. The Untold Story of Latinos in America. As Ambassador Robert White says in our film, when you arm a group of uniformed butchers, the people dont emigrate, they flee. So, I think that's part of what I try to show in the book. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Immigrant rights are not civil rights? Germany has an immigration problem. JUNOT DAZ: Well, they said, Were coming to the United States. Whatever that meant. What a remarkable education. AMY GOODMAN: Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American writer Junot Daz in Harvest of Empire. MITT ROMNEY: Were not going towere not going to round up people around the country and deport them. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular culture-from food to entertainment to literature-is greater than ever. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! And, of course, she neglects to deal with the reality of the Puerto Rican existence in the United States. In Harvest of Empire, Juan Gonzalez tells a sweeping history of Latinos in the United States, from the early colonial era to the present day. However, Gonzalez believes that this plan is destined to fail, as there is not a strong enough national consensus amongst Puerto Ricans, many of whom worry about the impacts that full statehood would have on their culture and economy. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Documentary Film Screening - Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM The new documentary Harvest of Empire examines the direct correlation between. Its out of control. Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9750 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters-l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1200032 Openlibrary_edition OL17055334M Openlibrary_work OL7975766W Its on 13th Street. 3. eNotes Editorial. There are nearly five million, 4.6 million, Puerto RicansU.S. Juan Gonzalez's new book, Harvest of Empire, is published by Viking, and he's headed out to the West Coast, where we'll be co-hosting he'll be co-hosting Democracy Now! a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. It handpicked a former railway security officer, Rafael Trujillo, to lead that guard. Gonzalez traces the evolution of Latino political engagement, beginning with the first-generation immigrant efforts to integrate into the existing United States culture. GLENN BECK: They put a strain on our Social Security, our education, our healthcare. EDUARDO LPEZ: This is, again, one of the reasons why we produced this film and why we feel so strongly about it, because, as Juan points out in his book and in the film, El Salvador is really maybe the latest and one of the clearest examples of this direct connection between our foreign policy and immigration. The entire Southwest of the United States was taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846. Harvest (La cosecha). But his whole life was changed dramatically by our invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965 with 23,000 marines, something that most Americans know nothing about because all of this history is never taught in our schools and our colleges. co-host Juan Gonzlez, Harvest of Empire takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nations cultural and economic landscape. Rather than attribute English success to the often touted Protestant work ethic, the author points out that the domination is a direct cause of the Anglo settlers consistently seizing more and more Latino land. Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in . However, despite being politically recognized as United States territory, much of the land that forms the Southwestern United States traditionally belonged to Mexico. Some 25 percent of all the children in the U.S. are Latino, and Census . NEWSREEL: For the first time in 30 years, the people of the Dominican Republic are breathing the sweet air of liberty, and the streets are jammed in celebration. to your inbox each morning. However, Gonzalez notes that the interactions between colonizers and native residents varied by region. [includes rush transcript]. be inflicted upon Indigenous and People of Color communities here and abroad,
Furthermore, the arbitrarily placed national borders separated families and communities that had inhabited the land for centuries. At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, the new feature-length documentary, Harvest of Empire, examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. A year earlier, Penguin Books published a revised edition of the book of Empire:Harvest A History And yet it was imposed on the Puerto Ricans by the United States Congress. The final option, and the one that Gonzalez endorses, is a voluntary association model, wherein Puerto Rico maintains its relationship with the United States while also receiving a greater degree of local autonomy. Fly your flag with pride! online is the same, and will be the first date in the citation. Roots "Roots". AMY GOODMAN: Our guests are Juan Gonzlez and Eduardo Lpez. Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms . 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