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Bryan R. Pearce-Gonzales

Ph.D.Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

Since its premiere screening at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington, Kentucky, Beyond the Border / Más allá de la frontera has continued to be enthusiastically received by crowds everywhere, provoking a profound dialogue centering on the realities of immigrant workers. 

During the present time, when immigration is fueling many of the political debates around the country, Beyond the Border has proven to be an ever-important educational tool as it offers an intimate perspective of migrant worker life in the United States.

I have used the documentary in many classes and in conjunction with a University Film Series entitled “Celebrating the “Other:” Overcoming Us and Them.” University students, many of whom have no personal contact with the immigrant population, relate well to the stories of the Ayala brothers and have commented publicly that, as a result of watching the film, their views on immigrant workers in the United States have been changed.

Beyond the Border succeeds in giving a voice to Hispanic immigrants and their stories, universal stories that stretch beyond political and national borders to speak of family, love, and the American Dream.Beyond the Border, as a unique, profound depiction of immigrant life in the United States, possesses the ability to change one’s preconceived notions of a very important group. For this reason, it should be made available in every public library and school system in the nation.

- Bryan R. Pearce-Gonzales, Ph.D.Shenandoah UniversityWinchester

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