Professor Safia Swimelar’s POL 389 class on International Human Rights is screening films as part of their Human Rights Film Festival. The seventh in their film series is “Beyond Borders: The Debate over Human Migration,” which will be shown in McEwen 011 auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity to get cultural event credit while learning about human rights.
To get a glimpse of the movie, click on the link to the right or read the synopsis below:
“Beyond Borders” moves past the headlines and takes an in-depth look at the hot-button issues of legal and illegal immigration. “Beyond Borders” explores the psychological forces driving the immigration controversy from both sides of the debate.
Anti-immigration activists demand we stop this “illegal alien invasion,” while some pro-immigration forces speak of a Reconquista, a reclaiming of the American Southwest by Mexico. In search of a middle ground, “Beyond Borders” travels across the U.S. and beyond to give voices to those on the front lines of this issue, including candid interviews with Border Patrol agents, radio celebrities, demographers, the Minute Men, potential migrants and a host of experts, including Noam Chomsky (Distorted Morality) and Gustavo Arellano (Ask A Mexican). “Beyond Borders” is an entertaining and enlightening film that asks: Is migration a basic human right? (Provided by Beyondborders.com.)
If you have any questions, please contact Katie Meyer (kmeyer3@elon.edu) for more information.