Editor's Note:
A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON IMMIGRANTS ORGANIZING ACROSS BORDERS

"Globalization" usually refers to corporations moving their factories around the world in search of lower wages and other opportunities. But over the past few decades, there1s been a second, parallel globalization occurring - this one driven by uprooted people from around the globe. Immigrants in the twenty first century are organizing across national borders, and forming "hometown associations." These immigrant-run organizations raise funds in the "First World," where the immigrants now live and work, but they use the money to rebuild their hometowns in the "Third World." There are at least a thousand of these groups around the United States, and collectively they send millions of dollars back to the hometowns they've left behind. Their stories shatter our assumptions about national identity, globalization, and the "American Dream."

Award-winning filmmakers Alex Rivera (Papapapa, Why Cybraceros?) and Co-Producer Bernardo Ruiz explore this complex phenomenon in THE SIXTH SECTION, which is scheduled to broadcast nationally on the critically acclaimed PBS series P.O.V. on September 2nd (check local listings).

THE SIXTH SECTION blends digital animation with documentary to tell the story of Grupo Union, an extraordinary transnational organization created by a community of Mexican immigrants living and working in upstate New York. Following its members over the course of three years, the film documents how they raised tens of thousands of American dollars to bring electricity, an ambulance and, most dramatically, a 2,000-seat baseball stadium to their Mexican hometown of Boqueron, Puebla. The group's remarkable ability to organize has transformed them into a political force to be reckoned with in southern Mexico. This revealing documentary makes it clear that immigrants are not only changing the face of America- they are radically altering the places they leave behind as well. A Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) co-presentation (TBC). A Diverse Voices Project Selection.

***Use THE SIXTH SECTION in your local community.***

Here's what you can do: SPREAD THE WORD Pass along this announcement to your friends, family and community members and alert them to the broadcast via email, newsletter announcements and web site links.

ORGANIZE A SCREENING Get your community involved by hosting a day-of-broadcast screening. On the P.O.V. website you'll find a great discussion guide on THE SIXTH SECTION with tips on how to facilitate dialogue around the stories and issues in the piece. (The discussion guide will be available soon at: http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/povengagements_downloads.html ) LET THE PRESS KNOW Press releases and photos can be found at: http://pbs.org/pov/utils/pressroom2003.html http://sixthsection.com/page-press.html

TUNE-IN Pull up a bowl of popcorn and watch THE SIXTH SECTION on P.O.V. Tuesday,September 2nd (for local listings visit http://pbs.org/pov )

ACT NOW Visit THE SIXTH SECTION1S website at http://sixthsection.com . On the website are ideas for how you can work with advocacy organizations on the issues provoked in the documentary.

For a schedule of P.O.V. programs on your local PBS station, visit http://pbs.org/pov.

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For more information on using THE SIXTH SECTION go to http://sixthsection.com/page-help.html http://www.pbs.org/pov/outreach/ or email us at action@subcine.com

Other Work by Alex Rivera

Papapapa   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Alex Rivera
exp/doc   28 minutes   1995
With English subtitles
An experimental documentary about the social, cultural and personal effects of immigration. Looking at the potato, which was first cultivated in Peru as an Inca staple food, PAPAPAPA follows this immigrating vegetable north as it eventually becomes the potato chip. PAPAPAPA simultaneously follows another Peruvian in motion: Augusto Rivera, immigrant father of the video maker. The stories of these two disparate immigrants converge in this humorous look at race and immigration, television and consumerism, distance and the many ways people deal with it.
Purchase Price: $ 200.00


Las Papas del Papa   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Alex Rivera
Fiction   8 minutes   1999
With English subtitles
In 1999 Pope John Paul II visited Mexico. In true end-of-the-millennium style, the visit was not only the visit of Mexico's most revered living religious figure, but also an opportunity for product placements and corporate tie-ins. In one case, promotional stickers of the Pope (El Papa) appeared in bags of potato chips (Las papas). This short narrative follows the confusions of a young boy who searches for a shortcut to heaven in the media saturated world of the Pope's 1999 visit to Mexico. A hilarious commentary on faith, free markets, and the surreal by-products of the New World Order.
Purchase Price: $ 150.00


Animaquiladora   Get Details and Purchasing Info
Alex Rivera and Lalo Lopez
Animation   10 minutes   1998
With English subtitles
A significant amount of the hand drawn animation seen on television today is cartooned in sweatshop-like animation factories in Korea, China, and the Philippines. The writers and animators who form ANIMAQUILADORA sharpened their skills in one such factory located in Tijuana, Mexico. After years of animating logos for the American talk show "Regis and Kathie Lee," Lalo Lopez and Alex Rivera escaped from the hellish sweatshop in Tijuana and now are seeking better lives in Los Angeles and New York. The videos produced by ANIMAQUILADORA use a combination of the latest in digital imaging technology and cutting edge Latino political satire.
Purchase Price: $ 175.00

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