At The Movies: Casa en Tierra Ajena

Casa en Tierra Ajena or Home in a Foreign Land is a new documentary about Central American migration to the US. It’s produced by the University of Costa Rica and inspired by the work of Carlos Sandoval, a researcher at that university who is the author of Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America.

It’s a three part documentary.

“The right not to migrate” focuses on root causes of migration, such as gang violence;

“the right to have rights” focuses on the dangers migrants face during the trip;

and the final section, “the right to hope,” focuses on hope and solidarity shown by migrants.

The film draws on footage and interviews obtained from some 40 different locations in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.

Here’s the official trailer.

For more, check out this story from the Tico Times.

-KitJ