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Harvest of empire (Motion picture)

Harvest of empire / presented by Onyx Films, EVS Communications and Loquito Productions, in association with Getzels Gordon Productions ; produced by Wendy Thompson-Marquez and Eduardo López ; directed by Peter Getzels and Eduardo López .

[Tampa, Florida] : Onyx Media Group ; [Washington, D.C.] : EVS Communications, [2012]

©2012.

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video all regions

This powerful documentary exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial expansionist policies that decimated the young economies of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, to the covert operations that imposed oppressive military regimes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Harvest of Empire provides an unflinching look at the origins of the growing Latino presence in the United States. Adapted from the landmark book written by journalist Juan Gonzalez, the film tells the story of an epic human saga that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S., but must become part of our national conversation about immigration.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

González, Juan, 1947- -- Film adaptations.

González, Juan, 1947-

Hispanic Americans -- History.

Immigrants -- United States -- History.

Emigration and immigration.

Ethnic relations.

Hispanic Americans.

Immigrants.

International relations.

Territorial expansion.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.

United States -- Relations -- Latin America.

Latin America -- Relations -- United States.

United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.

United States -- Ethnic relations.

Latin America.

United States.

DVD-video discs.

Feature films -- United States.

Spanish language films.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

History.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Getzels, Peter, film director.

López, Eduardo (Motion picture director), film director, film producer.

Thompson-Marquez, Wendy, film producer.

Menchú, Rigoberta, interviewee.

Jackson, Jesse, 1941- interviewee.

Romero, Anthony D., interviewee.

Díaz, Junot, 1968- interviewee.

Hinojosa, Maria, interviewee.

Rivera, Geraldo, interviewee.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): González, Juan, 1947- Harvest of empire.

Williams, Lenny, 1945- composer.

Biondo, Chris, 1956- composer.

Shields, Catherine, editor of moving image work.

Felter, James M., cinematographer.

Onyx Films, film producer, film distributor.

EVS Communications, film producer, film distributor.

Loquito Productions, film producer.

Getzels Gordon Productions, film producer.

Subtitle on disc and container: Untold story of Latinos in America

Based on the book Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America / by Juan González.

DVD release of the 2012 motion picture.

"[The film] takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. military actions and corporate interests played in triggering unprecedented waves of migration from Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America."--Container.

Special features include: Bonus interviews with columnist Naomi Klein, historian Greg Grandin, Maryknoll Sister Terry Alexander ; two poems from Martín Espada.

Principal photography, James M. Felter ; editor, Catherine Shields ; music, Lenny Williams, Chris Biondo.

Interviewees: Rigoberta Menchú, Jesse Jackson, Anthony Romero, Junot Díaz, Maria Hinojosa, Geraldo Rivera.

DVD; all regions; widescreen (16:9) presentation; stereo.

Soundtrack in English and Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.

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