Summary: Take a trip to historic Tombstone, Arizona, and relive Wyatt Earp's gunfight at the O.K. Corral-or watch 21st-century vigilantes scour the landscape for Mexican invaders. Modern pseudo-cowboys haunt Southwestern communities with growing frequency, and they represent one of several new trends examined in this documentary on America's immigration anxiety. Focusing on the porous U.S.-Mexico border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In this program-a follow-up to the alarming 1960 broadcast Harvest of Shame, which first awakened the nation to the plight of migrant workers-correspondents Dan Rather and Randall Pinkston document the ongoing exploitation of America's invisible laborers while highlighting efforts being made to protect them. Topics of investigation include pesticide risks, the uneven enforcement of employment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Entering a crucible of racial, political, and legal issues, this program explores America's national debate over affirmative action. Viewers will receive a detailed look at the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case which confirmed the legality of race-based academic admission criteria, as well as a behind-the-scenes examination of hiring policies at the Ford Motor Company. Observations from students,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Can institutional policies-or racial quotas, as some affirmative action opponents call them-remedy the historical mistreatment of African Americans without impinging on the prospects of white citizens? In anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court's Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger decisions, this NBC News program explored the legal, racial, and socioeconomic issues behind those historic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: For many teenagers in Mexico, heading across the U.S. border after high school is much more common than heading off to college. But as law enforcement continues to tighten security, that journey is growing more and more hazardous. Filmed on both sides of the border, this program briefly examines issues surrounding illegal immigration-particularly how much more a person can earn in America than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006